The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

There wasn't an option to repay. They have been unclear on how they will enforce repayments, but the contract did say you would be on the hook in some way. I'm thinking back to an ancient thread here that was talking about how SMART had no means to force a repayment People were talking about leavin...

And that recent change gets implemented retroactively and slams down on my neck with no notification/warning... ugh... I wish I could say I'm surprised but I'd be lying.

I haven't even gotten the letter telling me to wait yet so at least it's good to know the axe isn't likely to drop in the near future while I finish up and find a job. I also asked about any timelines or if working at my SF or another facility upon completion would have any impact on expected repaym...

My PhD research took far longer than planned due to a combination of a dog of a topic, being far too much to do effectively by myself and minimal advisor help; as a result I had to extend several times past my originally planned date, going so far as to go back to TA'ing to finish to try and avoid t...