futurePA56 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Hey everyone, I didn’t see a discussion started for the NHSC scholarship 2020 so I decided to start one. The deadline was extended to May 15, 2020. I just submitted my application today! Good luck everyone! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jminugh Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hey there! Glad you started this, I submitted my application about two weeks ago! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfroeb38 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I also submitted mine, the beginning of april! Goodluck to you both! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartPA Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Wow good luck to you all! I just submitted mine as well. Does anyone know when we are hearing back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurePA56 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 32 minutes ago, IheartPA said: Wow good luck to you all! I just submitted mine as well. Does anyone know when we are hearing back? I think if they check your credit, we’ll hear back if we are a finalist in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartPA Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I see, thanks for your response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puravida Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 On 4/21/2020 at 11:35 PM, futurePA56 said: Hey everyone, I didn’t see a discussion started for the NHSC scholarship 2020 so I decided to start one. The deadline was extended to May 15, 2020. I just submitted my application today! Good luck everyone! hey! trying to figure out at what point does one appy? before starting PA school or once already in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurePA56 Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Puravida said: hey! trying to figure out at what point does one appy? before starting PA school or once already in? Hi! You would apply once you are accepted to PA school, you can’t apply before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiculturalmarylander Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Do they review scholarship applications on a rolling basis or do they review them as soon as they are submitted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAdude27 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Did everyone get email confirmation after submitting their application? I submitted last week and never got any confirmation. I also got an email today saying “one more week to submit your application” when I log into my account, it says submitted, but wondering if I should have gotten some kind of confirmation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiculturalmarylander Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 On 5/5/2020 at 4:21 PM, WannabePA911 said: How many finalists does the scholarship provide? From the DHHS website: National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program ($47.1 million) provides 222 new awards and 7 continuation awards to students pursuing primary care training leading to a degree in medicine, dentistry, or a degree as a nurse-midwife, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner in exchange for providing primary health care services in areas of greatest need. Here’s the link https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/10/18/hhs-awards-293-million-expand-primary-health-care-workforce.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkulisur Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/8/2020 at 9:53 AM, PAdude27 said: Did everyone get email confirmation after submitting their application? I submitted last week and never got any confirmation. I also got an email today saying “one more week to submit your application” when I log into my account, it says submitted, but wondering if I should have gotten some kind of confirmation I don't remember receiving any sort of e-mail confirmation after submitting my application. Now that the application deadline has passed, I see my status has been updated to "Under Review." Best of luck to everyone who applied! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkulisur Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/7/2020 at 1:50 PM, multiculturalmarylander said: Do they review scholarship applications on a rolling basis or do they review them as soon as they are submitted? Per one of the online NHSC Q&A sessions I attended, they don't begin reviewing applications until the submission deadline passes. The deadline was yesterday, and I see that my status has now been changed from "Submitted" to "Under Review." Good luck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk1040 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Hey Everyone! Does anyone know how many PA scholarships they give out? I have read that they give out around 222 total scholarships but that is between PA, medical, dental, NP ect. Also good luck to everyone!! I hope we all get it!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jminugh Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) Does anyone know if their is a certain amount of spots allocated for PAs, MDs, dental, etc. or is it just as many of each as they want to select? Side note, my status also changed to "under review", I am assuming ours will all stay that way unless we become a finalist. Also- who else is super nervous/anxious?! Edited May 17, 2020 by Jminugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkulisur Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Jminugh said: Does anyone know if their is a certain amount of spots allocated for PAs, MDs, dental, etc. or is it just as many of each as they want to select? Side note, my status also changed to "under review", I am assuming ours will all stay that way unless we become a finalist. Also- who else is super nervous/anxious?! I don't think they allocate a specific number of awards per discipline. There's a NHSC presentation here that shows the number of awards by discipline for 2013-2015, and each year the number/percent of awards given to those in each discipline appears to vary. Based on my math, for 2014 and 2015 about 9-10% of applicants were awarded the scholarship; for NP/PA applicants specifically, this number drops to only about 2-3% It looks like the bulk of awards went to MD and Dental applicants. Not sure how different the numbers might be nowadays. And I'm not too nervous... What's done is done, nothing we can do now other than be patient. I'm just trying to enjoy these last few months before the madness that is PA school begins advisory-council-meeting-March-2016-nhsc-award-process-and-data-analysis.pdf Edited May 18, 2020 by dukkulisur Link not working. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jminugh Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 @dukkulisur Thank you so much! This was actually super helpful because I could not figure out how much of an actual percentage of PA's actually got selected! Wow that is quite low, I have heard they tend to favor MD's so that makes sense. I couldn't agree more, we got in to PA school which is the hardest obstacle yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkulisur Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 @Jminugh No problem, I just noticed the link I posted wasn't working so I attached the PDF I found of the NHSC presentation in case you want to look at the information yourself. Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jreid Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 2:09 PM, futurePA56 said: I think if they check your credit, we’ll hear back if we are a finalist in August. How are you guys going to see if they check your credit? I think I read on an old forum about the Credit Karma app... but I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jminugh Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Does anyone know if they run your credit through equifax or transunion? I remember seeing equifax but was just curious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuka Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I was reading past forums and had a bit of a panic attack because I realized I had forgotten to put my name, social security number, and disciplinary on each of my additional documents and essays. Does anyone know if that automatically disqualifies me from the scholarship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkulisur Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 @Shuka I can't imagine a minor detail like that would completely disqualify someone (especially if the application package overall is a good one), but who knows, it's the federal government In one of the Student Doctor Network forums for last year's application period, several users reported conflicting information from NHSC reps regarding this very issue, so who knows. Too late to change anything now, so just hope for the best... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katew Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Best of luck to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamxo97 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 On 6/2/2020 at 1:25 PM, Shuka said: I was reading past forums and had a bit of a panic attack because I realized I had forgotten to put my name, social security number, and disciplinary on each of my additional documents and essays. Does anyone know if that automatically disqualifies me from the scholarship? Was that a requirement??? I did not put my social on my essays. I only put my social in the box that was specifically for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkulisur Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Hamxo97 said: Was that a requirement??? I did not put my social on my essays. I only put my social in the box that was specifically for that. Yes, it's mentioned on page 41 of the application guide: "Applicants must upload all supporting documents at the time of the online application submission. Each document submitted must include the applicant’s first name, last name, discipline, and last four digits of their social security number." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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