the scholarship coordinator was super nice! they keep you up to date very well! you apply while you are still in school. and then you get the interview, if selected while in school. if they pick you from the the interviews you sign the contract while still in school, and they start paying you money to pay for your loans. you also sign loans at the end of your school year. you don't have a guarantee of which hospital or floor you'll be on. But they do try to give you your number 1 choice.