Help! My Scholarship Application Never Made It!

FlyLikeAPenguin
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:41:46 +0000

Help! How should I proceed with this situation???

I called the Wake Forest Office of Merit-Based Scholarships yesterday to ask about why I hadn’t recieved anything about whether or not I recieved a scholarship. They said that I never recieved anything because my application was never complete. My file only contained my high school transcript and teacher recommendation, but the portion of the application that I had to fill out, and the personal recommendation were not there. I called my field hockey coach who filled out the personal reccomendation, and she knows that she sent it back in December, and I know that I did the same with my portion of the application.

I called today again, and the woman checked my admission folder to see if the two items had been misplaced there, and there was nothing. I have no record of whether or not I sent it, so it comes down to my word vs theirs (putting both of us in a difficult spot). They said that I should have called when I didn’t recieve anything saying that my application for scholarships was complete, but it honestly didn’t occur to me because I was recieving things from admissions. I did call once back in January just to check in with the scholarship office, but there was no answer, and I never thought to try to call again.

By now, even if they found the other two documents, all scholarships have been given out, so I couldn’t recieve anything. My thought is that the two documents are probably together somewhere at Wake Forest, filed together in the wrong place. I think that the chances of finding them are very slim, but I’m wondering what I can do to get a chance at getting scholarships? Do you think that they would agree to letting me be considered for freshman scholarships as a sophomore, given the situation? Is it totally helpless?

I don’t want to bother them too much, because there is no way to prove who’s fault it truely is that they aren’t on file. My mom also talked to the lady on the phone today. The lady was very nice, but basically said that there was nothing she could do if my file was not complete. In 20/20 hindsight, I should have called before now, but I didn’t know that I needed to. What would be the best way for me to approach this situation? Money will not be a determining factor in my college decision, but I would like to be considered for the scholarships that I applied for! Help!

(note: I didn’t not apply for those big full-ride scholarships, just the general merit-based ones)