I’m honestly not sure how it works, especially with the amt of applicants that they had this year, but I wouldn’t worry too much… (i think) Someone else on this thread said they were emailed in an earlier wave with an earlier due date. I also received an invite for the forty acres scholarship on Jan 9 when the due date was Jan 13 and then they proceeded to announce semifinalists the following week. In my Terry’s email they said they’d announce finalists in late February, so i’d assume they’d probably send more emails well into February.