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does anyone know how many months you get the stipend from NHSC the applicant bulletin says academic year, which months are excluded?
Probably the months when you're not in school.does anyone know how many months you get the stipend from NHSC the applicant bulletin says academic year, which months are excluded?
Probably the months when you're not in school.
I'm also wondering what happens with the stipend checks we're supposed to get this month (backdated to first of semester). If I took out the full COA in loans this semester, does that mean I won't get a big fattie check from NHSC?
Dude, that is the best news I've heard all week! Thank you! So I wonder how they got around the "Cost of Attendance" thing? I was told that the scholarship and stipend can not equal more than you would normally receive in COA loans.I received an e-mail the other day that we'll be receiving the first deposit on November 13th and it includes from the start of the academic year until now. The next stipend will be sent at the end of December and the end of each month after that.
Regarding loans, any refund check you received and have been living off of is yours to either keep as cushion money (and repay when you finish school) or you can send it directly back to the loan company when you receive your stipend & not incur any interest on it or worry about paying it back after graduation. As L413 said, your tutition/fees loans that the school has can be canceled and sent back & the NHSC billed by financial aid.
Can't wait for that nice big deposit on 11/13!
Dude, that is the best news I've heard all week! Thank you! So I wonder how they got around the "Cost of Attendance" thing? I was told that the scholarship and stipend can not equal more than you would normally receive in COA loans.
I'm not sure where your confusion is coming from.
The NHSC expects that, before you are awarded the scholarship, you WILL have taken out loans. They also expect you to give those loans back once your stipend money starts coming in.
Regarding loans, any refund check you received and have been living off of is yours to either keep as cushion money (and repay when you finish school) or you can send it directly back to the loan company when you receive your stipend & not incur any interest on it or worry about paying it back after graduation.
Yeah. Crystal clear.
The only reason I'm concerned with the stipend is I have a wife, a kid, and one on the way. Cash is very hard to come by.Ohhh....now I see what you're asking.
I'm not 100% sure - I think that the expectation is that you'd just pay back loans rather than let interest accrue. But it does say in the scholars bulletin that you're eligible for other funding sources, as long as those funding sources don't require any kind of conflicting service payback.
...so I got the finalist e-mail in mid-October, then heard nothing...until today when $10,128.10 magically appeared in my bank account from HRSA? WTF?
Could someone else who received the scholarship please tell me if this is the amount they received and explain what it is for? The monthly living stipend, even backdated until August, shouldn't be anywhere near this amount, but this is not even half of what my tuition is. I am really confused, and am just getting the run around from the call center. Thanks.
I got $10135.10....so bizarre. I tried to call them/email them and I have heard nothing. I think this is our stipend PLUS the ORC? But what's weird is that, the financial aid officer at my school hasn't heard anything from NHSC. How did they determine the ORC amount??!!
Could someone else who received the scholarship please tell me if this is the amount they received and explain what it is for? The monthly living stipend, even backdated until August, shouldn't be anywhere near this amount, but this is not even half of what my tuition is. I am really confused, and am just getting the run around from the call center. Thanks.
does the other reasonable cost payment include health insurance or is it sent to the school directly with you tuition and fees? If a current scholar has any information, it would be much appreciated.
Do they ever send you a statement or something saying what the money they give you is supposed to be covering?
does anyone who is currently a scholar know about the stipend. One place says you receive it during the academic year another says you receive the stipend all year long. which information is correct?
Regarding other posted questions, I can answer these:
1) WHEN DOES SCHOOL GET TUITION: YOU, the SCHOLAR, need to go to your bursar with a copy of your award letter (or fax said letter after contacting bursars office), and ask them to send an INVOICE to NHSC.
I never got a letter, or any emails since the finalist e-mail a couple months ago. Is there an address on your letter that my bursar could send this invoice to? A fax number? I literally have gotten zero answers from my analyst and the call center, and could really use a straight answer from somebody. Thanks
I know it's frustrating now, and I know it's going to be frustrating when it comes to repaying our service commitment and paperwork goes astray and dialing dungeons get us nowhere (which will happen, trust me), but let's all embrace the mediocrity and ineptitude, as we are getting a free ride for school. Maybe we should form a support group or something
Hah! That is awesome. ...in a very sad way.This is so funny/maddening, I just though I should share. Hopefully it will bring a little chuckle to everybody out there trying to get straight answers out of the call center.
This is the reply I received to an e-mail asking how to verify my address, whether or not I had actually received the scholarship, and how to go about getting a copy of my award letter:
"Thank you for your inquiry to the HRSA Call Center. According to our records you called the call center on 11/16 about the issue in this email dated on 11/15. I assume your issue was resolved with the phone call but if you need any further assistance please feel free to contact the call center."
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
This is so funny/maddening, I just though I should share. Hopefully it will bring a little chuckle to everybody out there trying to get straight answers out of the call center.
This is the reply I received to an e-mail asking how to verify my address, whether or not I had actually received the scholarship, and how to go about getting a copy of my award letter:
"Thank you for your inquiry to the HRSA Call Center. According to our records you called the call center on 11/16 about the issue in this email dated on 11/15. I assume your issue was resolved with the phone call but if you need any further assistance please feel free to contact the call center."
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
My analyst said she couldn't answer any of my questions, and that I had to call the division of awards. They took my info and said I would be called back, which has not happened. I am so frustrated I could cry, I'm stuck in the referral circle of death.
Congrats, lastar, and keep your fingers crossed for me!