How do students apply for the Gilman Scholarship Program and when are the deadlines?
A. Students apply for the Gilman Scholarship Program via an online application that they can access approximately one and a half to two months prior to the application deadline. The online application does have a save and quit option so students may begin their application and come back to complete and submit it at any point prior to the application deadline. However, the Gilman Scholarship Program strongly encourages students to begin and submit their application as soon as possible as this allows them adequate time to compose their essays and have them proofread by an advisor prior to submission. As this is an online system, students do have the possibility of submitting their application as late as midnight central time on the application deadline. However, doing so is risky as there are generally a large number of students trying to submit at this time and should any errors or technical difficulties occur with the submission of their application, there will be no one in the Gilman
