r/HaganScholarship

I was selected as a recipient and was wondering when they should reach out again. I haven’t heard anything yet and wanted to know if any new recipients have received anything.

Are we allowed to spend the 2000 we get on gift cards. I don’t know if i’m going to use all of the 2000 and just wanted to know if we could use what’s remaining on a gift card to just spend the remaining money. Thank youuuu.

Does anyone know if hagan covers off campus housing? I was looking to stay at an apartment around/near the campus of my uni and was wondering if hagan covers it. Since in the particulars, it says hagan WONT cover any housing if recipient stays with parents, and I won’t be staying with parents in this case.

hey recipients, CONGRATS! 🥳i’d love to make a group chat so we’re all connected throughout this process and get to know each other! drop your instagrams so i can add you!

I understand that this will quite litterally be over a year from now, but can my mom attend the conference with me? She thinks she can't, but I thought I would go ahead and ask. I would prefer for her to be there for moral support. She will be flying out/driving with me to Nebraska anyway because I am not comfortable staying by myself 8 hours away.

I am reviewing my submittal for the Award / Agreement forms and noticed that there was a discrepancy between what is listed on the Online Form and the actual PDF document.

On the Online Form is states the following:

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However on the scholarship form, it states the following :

• d. Scan the two signed documents and create one Adobe PDF, with the Award / Agreement on top.
• e. Title the PDF as follows: First your HSFID followed by your Last Name, underscore, First Name, underscore, 2026 Award-Agreement. Example Only: 15000 Smith_John_2026 Award-Agreement

The main difference is the added dash (-) in the PDF name. On my submittal, I just left my PDF title without the dash/hyphen as was shown on the Online Form, but I don't know how significant this is. What way did you all format the PDF name? I am assuming it won't be a big deal but I won't take my chances.

Has anyone here used the Hagan Scholarship while living completely off campus in their own apartment (not university housing)?

I’m trying to understand how the room & board portion works. If your school includes off-campus housing in the COA, does Hagan basically reimburse/refund that amount to you after tuition is paid, so you can use it toward rent?

I know they don’t directly pay landlords, but I’m confused about how eligibility for non-campus housing actually works in practice.

I feel kind of stupid. I’m working on the list of expenditures right now and I didn’t realize that it asked for the receipts of the most expensive purchases. I was initially under the impression that you list the items that you plan to buy, hagan gives the money, then you buy and show proof with the receipts.

I don’t even know if I have time to buy anything by 5PM tomorrow, maybe if I leave school early. Idk I’ve been so preoccupied with AP exams that I kinda just put this at the back of my head.

Am I interpreting this wrong or am I finished 😞. Also my parents won’t be so happy about buying anything expensive so that’s gonna take some convincing…

If I can’t get everything ready by 5PM tomorrow that just means I won’t get the $2000 for this semester right? I can still continue everything with the scholarship as long as I finish the other necessary forms?

My son’s remaining COA is $23,000. I’m thinking he should still take the work study ($3,200/year) since even with that he should still get the full $15,000 from Hagan. Is this correct or am I missing something? I’ve seen a lot of posts about not doing work study so I’m wanting to make sure we understand this correctly before accepting work study.

Hey, I was just wondering if any of the recipients (congrats btw) where able to access their awards agreement submission after pressing submit. Asking because I know I hit submit, but they don't send a confirmation email or anything.

Any other things about the format of the application(s) you think should be changed?