Most students saw a long line-up at the doors of the financial aid department on the first week of the quarter, or were among those waiting in-line for their turn.
Those majoring in biological sciences (except medicine and other clinical fields), physical sciences: including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and material science, mathematical sciences, computer and information sciences, geosciences, engineering, and technology, areas associated with the preceding fields, don't need to be amongst those wait in-line for an hour or even more just to get a financial aid.
The S-STEM Scholarship is a national scholarship funded by the National Sciences Foundation, which offers $3125 to forty Green River students majoring in the biological and physical sciences; however, there are some eligibility requirements.
For starters, you have to be a citizen of the United States, nationals of the United States, aliens admitted as refugees, or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
Also, one has to be fully enrolled for each quarter in a degree program at the associate level. Since the scholarships are given on a need basis, one has to be in financial need as defined students by the U.S department of education's rules for undergraduate students.
Students interested in the program should visit the Financial Aid Resource Publications from the U.S. Department of Education website and fill out FAFSA form found at FAFSA Webpage.
S-STEM scholarships are now looking for applicants, but they can be hard to find. The project director, Donnie Hallstone, reported "We've been trying to give it away but it seems there are some difficulties. We could have made some conditions weaker but it would make way too many students applicable, which shouldn't be happening."
According to the director of the project they were trying to give the scholarships to students, but it seems a little challenging. If they cannot find enough applicants, then scholarships will be carried over and over, in the end, and they will have to ask for extension.
One of the reasons that it's so hard to find applicants for the scholarship is because it's not advertised enough.
Jordan Bokov, a student majoring in engineering, has no idea whether they are offering the scholarship for students of this field of science. "A what a scholarship? No, I've never heard of it. I wish I could get it because I really need it, desperately!" Bokev exclaimed.
Not only Bokov was affected by these problems, many other students in science fields are not even aware of the scholarship. When they were asked randomly whether they know about the scholarship, only 5 out of 10 students was aware of it.
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