GE - Ronald Reagan Foundation Scholarship page now up

Paying for College Scholarships
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<p>[GE</a> Ronald Reagan Foundation Scholarship - Brand new, honoring a great man.](<a href=“Not Found | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute”>GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute)</p>

<p>I mean this page is just up…I think it was deployed yesterday the 19th. I heard about this last fall in an interview on American Family Radio (NOT the unwisely-named “family radio” which has been in the news this week) with a person connected to this foundation. This is the first year of the scholarship (2011 would have had President Reagan’s 100th birthday), it pays up to $10,000 per school year to recipients and the deadline for applying is mid-March.</p>

<p>Thank you again, Mr. President.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info!</p>

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<p>do you know the program key to apply for this scholarship</p>

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<p>Thanks, Mominaz.</p>

<p>GraceMT…I’m not sure what a program key is here…it looks like you can just create a record (or have your child create one) and submit it after you have all the pages filled in.</p>

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<p>Thanks! Do you guys think the Chief of a local volunteer fire department would qualify as a demonstrated community leader with significant authority and responsibility? Or do you guys think I should ask the mayor of my town for one? (I am a volunteer firefighter so he knows me a bit)</p>

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<p>I would say go with the one that you feel knows you the best AND will write the best about you. Do you feel that they are equal - or do you have a feeling that one would do a much better job for you? You may already know that answer to your question. I think they both meet the qualifications for a recommender so you will just need to figure out who is the best for what you need them to do.</p>

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<p>I am a US citizen but reside abroad,can i apply?</p>

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<p>Can you get the nomination yourself or do someone have to nominate you without you knowing? I couldn’t find this out from the website.</p>

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<p>Do you HAVE to be citizen? Perm. resident isn’t good enough? =[</p>

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<p>Gang, again, there’s plenty of time on this one (March 11th deadline)…they’ve got a contact link that I’m sure you can ask these questions (all quite valid) on.</p>

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<p>question-for those of you that have started the application, when you list your extracurricular activities, you have to select a year. Do we select the year we started or the last year we were in it…I’m not sure…</p>

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<p>How exactly do some of these scholarships determine if you have financial need? Does it vary from scholarship to scholarship?</p>

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<p>@Harvard_Hopeful/Georgetown EA Buddy: I filled out one row for each year for each club. For example, I have four years of Model UN. Therefore, one row for each year. That allows me to differentiate between officer positions per year and whatnot. Hope that helps :).</p>

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<p>I’m applying for this, and was fortunate enough to find a US Congressman to nominate me. :D</p>

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<p>who else is in it ?
i could not find any info on how long it takes?
anyone know anything?
thanks!
Lisa</p>

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<p>I applied. Yeah it didn’t say anything on how long it takes to hear back. Maybe mid May or June?</p>

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<p>Hey, does anyone know if they will accept one of the components of the scholarship late if it’s just the academic verification. I had assumed that I couldn’t submit the application until all components were in, not knowing the academic verification would only be sent after I submitted my application. I found this out like Tuesday so I immediately submitted it but I think my guidance counselor has been out sick all this time and so the verification was not completed. </p>

<p>Would they accept it if it was sent in this week or is my application automatically disqualified? :frowning: I just hope it’s the former because I put a lot of work into this particular application.</p>

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<p>I would tell my daughter to be in the guidance department first thing Monday AM and at least try…
good luck!
Lisa</p>

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<p>arsenalcrazy</p>

<p>Unfortunately I don’t think they will =[</p>

<p>Applications that do not include these components will be ineligible for consideration. I got that from the Nomination/Verification tab of the application.</p>

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<p>Anybody receive any updates on when we find out if we receive this Reagan Scholarship?</p>