After you apply (high school)
Thank you for the time you spent on this. Here is what happens now.
Once we receive your application, we email an acknowledgment with instructions for logging in to your applicant portal. That message goes to the same address you used to apply.
The portal is where you check whether we have received your transcript and your recommendation, and it is where you will read your decision.
What happens next
- You submit, and we send an acknowledgment email to the address on your application.
- Your checklist fills in as materials arrive. Anything sent by someone else can take up to a week to appear.
- Applications close on April 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.
- Readers go through every application after the deadline.
- Finalists are selected.
- Finalists are asked for one document confirming their costs, and finalists are interviewed.
- The interview and the full file decide who receives the award.
- Decisions go out in late May 2027, posted in your portal.
Nobody is asked for a document while we are still reading applications. The one document is asked of finalists only, and one staff member reads it.
Finalists are interviewed, and the interview is part of deciding who receives the award. The interview is online and lasts 30 to 45 minutes.
What we ask you to show
We do not ask anyone for a document while we read applications. If you become a finalist, we ask for one document that supports what you told us about your costs. Any one of these works: an aid award letter, a funding or assistantship offer letter, a FAFSA Submission Summary, a bursar or financial aid office letter, a meal-eligibility letter, a counselor letter, or a signed statement from a school official or employer.
One staff member at the Goal Get It! Lu Office of Financial Aid reads that document. The selection committee does not see it.
We never ask you for tax returns, bank statements, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, or other government identification numbers.
Your materials and your checklist
I never received my acknowledgment email. What should I do?
Check your junk, spam, and promotions folders for an email with the subject line "Your Lu Memorial Scholarship Application." If it is not there, the message may have bounced, and we may hold only one address for you. Email scholarship@lu-memorial.org with an alternative address, your application ID, and the address you applied with, and we will resend it. A non-school address you check often works best.
All my materials have been submitted. Why is my checklist not complete?
Materials submitted by other people, including school staff, can take up to a week to process after we receive your application, even when they were sent before you submitted. Keep checking your applicant portal until everything appears.
If a part of the application you are not responsible for, such as your transcript or your recommendation, reaches us slightly after the deadline, it does not count against you. We read your application once all of it arrives, and we contact you if something required is still missing.
I submitted on the deadline, but the timestamp says the day after. Is my application late?
No. The deadline is April 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, and a timestamp recorded in another time zone can read as the following day. As long as you have an acknowledgment email, we have your application.
My recommender cannot complete their form by the deadline. What should I do?
The recommendation is the only part of this application another person sends. Your school sends nothing: there is no counselor form and no school form. If your recommender is running late, we allow a short grace period after the deadline for their form. Remind them to send it as soon as they can, and keep checking your applicant portal until it appears.
My recommender cannot submit online. Is there another way to send it?
Yes, by email, and only from the recommender themselves. We do not accept a transcript or a recommendation forwarded by the applicant.
The portal is much better for everyone, but if your recommender cannot use it they may email scholarship@lu-memorial.org instead. They send answers to the four questions and the readiness check, in the body of the message. There is no letter to write and no form to attach. Ask them to say who they are to you. A school sending a transcript should send it to credentials@goalgetit.org. Either way, put your full legal name, your school, and your application ID in the message.
Changing something after you submit
How can I add new information or correct a mistake?
Email scholarship@lu-memorial.org with your full name, your application ID, and what needs to change. Use the subject line "Application Update - [Your Name]".
How do I request a change to my name or date of birth?
Email scholarship@lu-memorial.org. Along with the correction, include your application ID, your full name, your school, and your date of birth as you submitted them. A change to a legal name needs verification.
I have moved. How do I update my address?
Update it yourself on your application status page.
How do I submit the Optional Video Profile?
It is optional, and an application without one is not weaker for it. Upload it in the Portfolio (Supplemental Materials) section of this page, then edit the file and retitle it Optional Video Profile. Short responses has the full instructions and what the video is for.
How do I withdraw my application?
Your application status page has a Change of plans? block in the sidebar, with an Application Withdrawal Form. Complete that form. You do not have to give a reason.
If you cannot reach the portal, email scholarship@lu-memorial.org with your full name and your application ID instead.
