b'55Managing Your ScholarshipsCongratulations, you have successfully earned a scholarship, or multiple scholarships.Follow these next steps:First, it is important that you have all the details will impact your overall aid package. If you have Paying for Collegeof your scholarship. Is it a one time award, concerns about scholarship displacement,or is it renewable? Are there grade point average you can also speak with the scholarship providerrequirements to maintain the scholarship? to discuss your options.Next, you need to know when the scholarship funds will be dispersed. Will the scholarship be sent directlyThank You Lettersto you, or will it be sent directly to the college? Send thank you letters to the organizations fromFollow up with your colleges financial aid office which you receive scholarships. The letters should to ensure that the scholarship is applied to the demonstrate an appreciation for the time andappropriate semester and costs that it is meant consideration of your application, and includeto defer. a mention of how the scholarship will positivelyFinally, you want to do an assessment of your impact your college experience. You can find example financial aid package relative to your scholarshipscholarship thank you letters at media.illinois.edu/award. In order to avoid scholarship displacementscholarship-thank-you-letters. Remember to also (when receipt of a private scholarship leads to send a thank you note to anyone who wrotea reduction in other forms of financial aid), make a letter of recommendation for your scholarshipsure that you speak to your colleges financial aid applications. All letters should feel personal.office to discuss how earning the scholarshipLincoln University'