Submitting a Scholarship Check

Did you receive a private scholarship? Congratulations! Please follow these steps to have the scholarship credited to your MTSU account.

Was the check sent to you by the scholarship donor?

• Make sure that the scholarship check has your name and MTSU ID number listed on the Memo at the bottom of the check. If you go by a nickname or your middle name, be sure to provide your legal first name.
• Check to see whether the check is written just to MTSU, or to both MTSU and you. If your name is included in the "Pay to the Order of" line, you will need to endorse the check by signing the back of it.
• Make a copy of your award letter or any information included with the scholarship check (such as a check stub). We will need a copy of this information, but you should also keep a copy for your records.
• Mail the scholarship check and any accompanying paperwork or information to MTSU to be applied to your account. Be sure to use the correct address; sending the check to the wrong MTSU department will result in delays of a few days or more!

MTSU Scholarship Office
MTSU Box 31
1301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Fax: 615-494-7770
(If you plan to deliver a scholarship letter or check in person, we are located in room 206 of the James Union Building.)

What happens next?

• We will generally apply the scholarship to your account within two business days. If we experience delays due to issues such as a missing signature, we will notify you via email or phone.
• Through Early December: We will divide the scholarship into two equal portions for fall and spring, unless the scholarship donor provides alternate instructions in an accompanying letter.
• After Early December: We will apply the full scholarship amount to the spring semester, unless the scholarship donor provides alternate instructions in an accompanying letter.
• We will add a message to your account, so that you can see which scholarship has been applied. You can view this message by following these steps:
  
  • Log into RaiderNet
  • Click on the Financial Aid tab
  • Click on Financial Aid Status
  • Select the current aid year (2010-2011)
  • Click on Messages

Will the check be sent directly to MTSU by the scholarship donor?

• Please ask the scholarship donor to visit our Information for Scholarship Donors webpage ( www.mtwsu.edu/scholarships/privatedonor_scholarships.php), or print the information on the page and provide it to the donor.

What happens next?

• If you don't see the scholarship applied to your MTSU account as quickly as you expect, please check with the donor to determine when the check was mailed. Allow at least two weeks from this date for the check to arrive and be processed. (Please note that many scholarship donors do not release scholarship checks until after the semester begins!)
• We will generally apply the scholarship to your account within two business days after receiving it from the donor. If we experience delays due to issues such as a missing signature, we will notify you via email or phone.
• We will divide the scholarship into two equal portions for fall and spring, unless the scholarship donor provides alternate instructions in an accompanying letter.
• We will add a message to your account, so that you can see which scholarship has been applied. You can view this message by following these steps:
  
  • Log into RaiderNet
  • Click on the Financial Aid tab
  • Click on Financial Aid Status
  • Select the current aid year (2010-2011)
  • Click on Messages

Questions? Please contact us!