NHSC Scholarship 2020-2021

[MeltingPot3]

Question! How do the school prove that you're "Disadvantaged Background Status" or where do they go to look to determine that? My undergrad school asked. Wouldn't they just look at my previous FASFA info?

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[beyondme]

Question! How do the school prove that you're "Disadvantaged Background Status" or where do they go to look to determine that? My undergrad school asked. Wouldn't they just look at my previous FASFA info?

Under this section, the application guide says: This document certifies that the applicant comes from a disadvantaged background and either participated in, or would have been eligible to participate in, federal programs such as “Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students,” “Loans to Disadvantaged Students,” or the “Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant Program.”

 

[MeltingPot3]

Under this section, the application guide says: This document certifies that the applicant comes from a disadvantaged background and either participated in, or would have been eligible to participate in, federal programs such as “Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students,” “Loans to Disadvantaged Students,” or the “Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant Program.”

If you look at the actual paper though, it gives criteria for the financial aid office to consider (in bullet points).

 

[beyondme]

If you look at the actual paper though, it gives criteria for the financial aid office to consider (in bullet points).

Ha.. I hadn't realized that.. looking at the form, it looks like previous FAFSA forms may be a good way to go about this. You could also call the NHSC to ask if no one else here has suggestions.

 

[anondent20]

If you look at the actual paper though, it gives criteria for the financial aid office to consider (in bullet points).

Yeah seems pretty self-explanatory. I don't know why they would give you a hard time. The loans would be previous FAFSA data, but if you have public assistance (SNAP, Medicaid, etc) I would just send them proof of the card/paper. The harder to proof ones are probably being a first-gen college student and the ones that deal with HS.

 

[cupbored]

Question! How do the school prove that you're "Disadvantaged Background Status" or where do they go to look to determine that? My undergrad school asked. Wouldn't they just look at my previous FASFA info?

Can you go through the financial aid office for the school you're entering into? My dental school's financial aid office was very helpful and just asked me a few questions to verify my disadvantage background.

 

[MeltingPot3]

Can you go through the financial aid office for the school you're entering into? My dental school's financial aid office was very helpful and just asked me a few questions to verify my disadvantage background.

I believe the paper has to be signed from the financial aid office from undergrad!

 

[MeltingPot3]

Yeah seems pretty self-explanatory. I don't know why they would give you a hard time. The loans would be previous FAFSA data, but if you have public assistance (SNAP, Medicaid, etc) I would just send them proof of the card/paper. The harder to proof ones are probably being a first-gen college student and the ones that deal with HS.

Ha.. I hadn't realized that.. looking at the form, it looks like previous FAFSA forms may be a good way to go about this. You could also call the NHSC to ask if no one else here has suggestions.

The school did not realize that I was a previous student there as well. So she is able to use my FASFA info, so it all worked out!

 

[anondent20]

I believe the paper has to be signed from the financial aid office from undergrad!

I also did it with the dental school I will be attending, since it never stated otherwise. Just figured it would be easier to have them fill out all the forms I needed. Hopefully that is okay with the NHSC.

 

[cluelessdr]

im trying to get ahold of my professor at my college, but he is not emailing back. i already sent him a link but now im thinking i should email a different professor, but i can send them a new link can i?

 

[anondent20]

im trying to get ahold of my professor at my college, but he is not emailing back. i already sent him a link but now im thinking i should email a different professor, but i can send them a new link can i?

You can I am pretty sure, but you would have to cancel your original LOR request on the portal.

 

[cupbored]

https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/NHSC/scholarships/nhsc-scholarship-application-program-guidance.pdf

Hmmm. it seems that the deadline already passed.. I had assumed it was May 15, 2020, but according to this it says that it's actually April, 23, 2020?

That was the original deadline, before the pandemic. The updated deadline is on the portal, which is still opened!

 

[trinity333]

For the Essays, The longest I wrote was about 340 words and the shortest was about 230 words. Is this okay? Do you think they are too short? They did say 2500 characters or less (which translates to 500 words or less), so I assumed less is acceptable. I already submitted the application but I became worried about the essay length and thought to ask you guys. Also can anyone tell me why a credit check is necessary? My credit score isn't the best right now so i'm kinda worried about that also.

 

[beyondme]

For the Essays, The longest I wrote was about 340 words and the shortest was about 230 words. Is this okay? Do you think they are too short? They did say 2500 characters or less (which translates to 500 words or less), so I assumed less is acceptable. I already submitted the application but I became worried about the essay length and thought to ask you guys. Also can anyone tell me why a credit check is necessary? My credit score isn't the best right now so i'm kinda worried about that also.

I think for essay length, quality over quantity. As long as your essays are well structured and respond to the prompt, I don’t see why they would hold that against you. For your second question, I believe they use the credit check to confirm you haven’t defaulted on payments (which may serve as an indicator of your reliability to pay back service).

 

[trinity333]

I think for essay length, quality over quantity. As long as your essays are well structured and respond to the prompt, I don’t see why they would hold that against you. For your second question, I believe they use the credit check to confirm you haven’t defaulted on payments (which may serve as an indicator of your reliability to pay back service).

Makes sense. Thank you

 

[deleted849476]

For those of you who have submitted already, would someone mind taking a look at their completed application for me? I clicked ”View your submitted application” and scrolled through and noticed that one of my letters of rec says
“Letter Uploaded, Submitted on [date]” but the other says verbatim...
”Letter Uploaded, on [date]” Without the ‘submitted‘ but it does have the comma lol..

I did receive confirmations for both of these letters being uploaded, but is there anything special I maybe missed to submit the second letter? I don’t think I wouldve been able to submit without both letters present and I don’t want to edit my app and risk losing info or something.

 

[flossboss314159]

For those of you who have submitted already, would someone mind taking a look at their completed application for me? I clicked ”View your submitted application” and scrolled through and noticed that one of my letters of rec says
“Letter Uploaded, Submitted on [date]” but the other says verbatim...
”Letter Uploaded, on [date]” Without the ‘submitted‘ but it does have the comma lol..

I did receive confirmations for both of these letters being uploaded, but is there anything special I maybe missed to submit the second letter? I don’t think I wouldve been able to submit without both letters present and I don’t want to edit my app and risk losing info or something.

Just checked and mine says the same thing. Tbh not going to stress over it, it's probably just a discrepancy in their system. I also received 2 confirmation emails from NHSC as well as confirmation from my recommenders.

 

[deleted849476]

Just checked and mine says the same thing. Tbh not going to stress over it, it's probably just a discrepancy in their system. I also received 2 confirmation emails from NHSC as well as confirmation from my recommenders.

ok, yeah same here, glad it’s just their end.

 

[emky]

For those of you who have submitted already, would someone mind taking a look at their completed application for me? I clicked ”View your submitted application” and scrolled through and noticed that one of my letters of rec says
“Letter Uploaded, Submitted on [date]” but the other says verbatim...
”Letter Uploaded, on [date]” Without the ‘submitted‘ but it does have the comma lol..

I did receive confirmations for both of these letters being uploaded, but is there anything special I maybe missed to submit the second letter? I don’t think I wouldve been able to submit without both letters present and I don’t want to edit my app and risk losing info or something.

Mine says the same thing

 

[toothlover23]

Are we suppose to put how many volunteer hours we accumulated from each volunteer experiences on the resume? Also I was wondering do we have to included the supervisor and contact information for each of the experiences as well? Is the cover letter required? They said no more than 5 pages for the resume so this is not your typical resume. They want us to be very detailed on the experiences im guessing.

 

[deleted849476]

Are we suppose to put how many volunteer hours we accumulated from each volunteer experiences on the resume? Also I was wondering do we have to included the supervisor and contact information for each of the experiences as well? Is the cover letter required? They said no more than 5 pages for the resume so this is not your typical resume. They want us to be very detailed on the experiences im guessing.

Hmm interesting questions--I don't know the answers but I can say what I did. I didn't list hours; I uploaded a "CV" style document, which my impression is, is just a more extensive resume of the highlights of your academic/practical experiences and positions held. So I didn't list supervisors, contact, or hours, only date timeframes and full or part-time. I'm guessing letters of rec are where they will "verify" your experiences because they ask letter writers to attest to the candidates' experiences. As for length of the resume, I'm out of the loop for "industry standards" but I read somewhere 2 pages or less is decent, so I did that. I did a few sentences for each experience. I went into more detail on a couple of resume items in my essays. Also, I didn't have a cover letter on my CV.

 

[cupbored]

Hmm interesting questions--I don't know the answers but I can say what I did. I didn't list hours; I uploaded a "CV" style document, which my impression is, is just a more extensive resume of the highlights of your academic/practical experiences and positions held. So I didn't list supervisors, contact, or hours, only date timeframes and full or part-time. I'm guessing letters of rec are where they will "verify" your experiences because they ask letter writers to attest to the candidates' experiences. As for length of the resume, I'm out of the loop for "industry standards" but I read somewhere 2 pages or less is decent, so I did that. I did a few sentences for each experience. I went into more detail on a couple of resume items in my essays. Also, I didn't have a cover letter on my CV.

I agree. This was exactly how I wrote my CV. 🙂

 

[deleted849476]

Food for thought... does anyone else think that they extended the application deadline because fewer people applied this year?🙄

Ugh, it's gonna be a long next few months.

 

[caloc]

Just wondering because I might have interpreted this wrong...
for one of the essay prompts- "Please tell us what does patient centered care mean to you and provide an example"
Does that mean to provide an example of patient centered care that you have done?

 

[deleted849476]

Just wondering because I might have interpreted this wrong...
for one of the essay prompts- "Please tell us what does patient centered care mean to you and provide an example"
Does that mean to provide an example of patient centered care that you have done?

I didn't interpret that as something you yourself needed to have done.

 

[Lovelyfuturedentist]

Question: Did you guys upload anything for the "Additional Supporting Document" section? What type of documents did you upload or did you leave it blank?

 

[deleted849476]

Question: Did you guys upload anything for the "Additional Supporting Document" section? What type of documents did you upload or did you leave it blank?

I believe that’s reserved for your underserved/disadvantaged background paperwork—if you have that.

 

[dentengr]

I believe that’s reserved for your underserved/disadvantaged background paperwork—if you have that.

It was but, now they added a upload section for the disadvantaged paperwork so, I don’t think that would go in additional supporting anymore?


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[deleted849476]

It was but, now they added a upload section for the disadvantaged paperwork so, I don’t think that would go in additional supporting anymore?


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Hmm have you submitted yet? I didn’t notice if that section was present before I submitted but right now (after submitting) this is all I have:

 

[justadream44]

Question: Did you guys upload anything for the "Additional Supporting Document" section? What type of documents did you upload or did you leave it blank?

since I also attended grad school, I put my undergraduate transcript in that section

 

[cupbored]

Question: Did you guys upload anything for the "Additional Supporting Document" section? What type of documents did you upload or did you leave it blank?

In the manual, you can include a "Statement Regarding Existing Service Obligation."

 

[MeltingPot3]

"Each document submitted must include the applicant’s first name, last name, discipline, and last four digits of their social security number."

Can anyone explain what they mean by this? And do we just put these 4 things somewhere on our paper or is there a specific spot?

 

[anondent20]

"Each document submitted must include the applicant’s first name, last name, discipline, and last four digits of their social security number."

Can anyone explain what they mean by this? And do we just put these 4 things somewhere on our paper or is there a specific spot?

I think it can go anywhere on the papers, but the top makes the most sense. Also disciple means dental/dentistry etc. I think if you're a medical student, you need to specify allopathic or osteopathic.

 

[toothlover23]

"Each document submitted must include the applicant’s first name, last name, discipline, and last four digits of their social security number."

Can anyone explain what they mean by this? And do we just put these 4 things somewhere on our paper or is there a specific spot?

Where does it say that? I just want to make sure I have everything corrected

 

[ak14]

"Each document submitted must include the applicant’s first name, last name, discipline, and last four digits of their social security number."

Can anyone explain what they mean by this? And do we just put these 4 things somewhere on our paper or is there a specific spot?

For things like the transcript, auth for release, and acceptance report, I just made a cover sheet with this info since it they are multiple pages. I haven't submitted yet, but I think this is fine? Or do we think this stuff has to be on ALL pages.

 

[deleted849476]

"Each document submitted must include the applicant’s first name, last name, discipline, and last four digits of their social security number."

Can anyone explain what they mean by this? And do we just put these 4 things somewhere on our paper or is there a specific spot?

Where does it say that? I just want to make sure I have everything corrected

Yes could someone please provide a link to where on the site it says that? I have seen this on past years' threads as well, and I thought I read the requirements PDF pretty well, but I haven't come across this.

 

[ak14]

Yes could someone please provide a link to where on the site it says that? I have seen this on past years' threads as well, and I thought I read the requirements PDF pretty well, but I haven't come across this.

It's on the bottom of page 41 of the PDF.

 

[flossboss314159]

For things like the transcript, auth for release, and acceptance report, I just made a cover sheet with this info since it they are multiple pages. I haven't submitted yet, but I think this is fine? Or do we think this stuff has to be on ALL pages.

I also made a coversheet. It only has to be on the first page, per the NHSC SP Q&A session that occurred a few weeks back.

 

[dentengr]

Hmm have you submitted yet? I didn’t notice if that section was present before I submitted but right now (after submitting) this is all I have:
View attachment 305224

No I haven’t submitted yet.

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[dentengr]

since I also attended grad school, I put my undergraduate transcript in that section

I’m confused. Reading through this thread and what was asked during the Q&A I thought it was established that the GPA and transcript they are requesting is for undergrad and any post graduate transcripts went in the additional supporting document?


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[justadream44]

I’m confused. Reading through this thread and what was asked during the Q&A I thought it was established that the GPA and transcript they are requesting is for undergrad and any post graduate transcripts went in the additional supporting document?


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That’s different from what I got from the Q&A. I was under the impression that the GPA and transcript they wanted was from the last program finished (my masters) I also remember reading that too. Either way they’ll have both of mine

 

[toothlover23]

The supporting documents are
a. Proof of Citizenship
b. Authorization to Release Information Form
c. Acceptance Report/Verification of Good Standing
d. Resume/Curriculum Vitae
e. Essays f. Transcript
g. Current Tuition and Fee Schedule

How are we able to put our name, last 4 of ssn, and discipline on the pdf files other than the resume/cv and essay?

 

[toothlover23]

Also do we need to convert our essays and resume to a pdf file? I use Microsoft word to type these documents

 

[anondent20]

The supporting documents are
a. Proof of Citizenship
b. Authorization to Release Information Form
c. Acceptance Report/Verification of Good Standing
d. Resume/Curriculum Vitae
e. Essays f. Transcript
g. Current Tuition and Fee Schedule

How are we able to put our name, last 4 of ssn, and discipline on the pdf files other than the resume/cv and essay?

I printed out the PDFs that faculty sent me and just wrote those four items they wanted to be safe. Also yes, I did convert my docs into PDF format because it is the most consistent across OS platforms.

 

[deleted849476]

No I haven’t submitted yet.

Ah, if I remember correctly, earlier in the app it asks if you want to be considered disadvantaged. I said no. If you hit Yes then that would be the place to upload your form that your school verified for you.

 

[deleted849476]

How are we able to put our name, last 4 of ssn, and discipline on the pdf files other than the resume/cv and essay?

Your PDF editor (whatever opens when you double click a PDF), should allow you to put text boxes on PDFs. I use MAC, it's really straightforward, you just click a little pencil editor icon and it gives you a bunch of options. I placed it at the top right of my docs.

 

[cluelessdr]

does this include the letters of rec that need last 4 last name and discipline. please say no lol

 

[cluelessdr]

also for the transcripts...if we took dual enrollment or summer classes and had them transferred into our university.. that one transcript from university will be good right?

 

[toothlover23]

Are there any recipients that has been rewarded this scholarship that can give any tips/advice or what they think what made them standout? Would love to hear feedback because I know this scholarship is pretty competitive

 

[cooliyak]

does this include the letters of rec that need last 4 last name and discipline. please say no lol

I just wrote and submitted a letter for someone and the instructions for the recommender said to include the applicants first initial/last name, discipline, the application ID (which was given to me on the page I submitted it on), my name/title/address, points to include in the letter (how I know and how long I’ve known the applicant, etc), and then hand sign/date it and/or have it on letterhead. Assuming your recommender read it and followed the directions, you should be fine.