That is why the Counselor is suppose to help you find the ones that is for Finnish descent students who worked on the school news paper and are going to major in English at a state school.
My husband missed out on a full scholarship because his school chose to send in his tenth grade records rather then his senior records. The collage sent him a nice letter telling him that they would be happy to give him a scholarship when he graduated. By the time they figured out what happened all the scholarships had been awarded.
He enlisted instead but that is not an option for everyone.
I can understand complaining about that. That really was the school's fault because the transcript must be sent directly from the school. Your husband's school dropped the ball. (Glad everything worked out for him in the long run, though.)
In the case of this valedictorian, her school didn't make that kind of mistake. She's complaining about not receiving scholarship information until the day before the deadline(s) and then "potentially" missing out. That is, she must not have missed out on the scholarship(s). She's just annoyed that she didn't receive the info sooner.
She could've looked up info on Fast Web, or just looked at the college websites for scholarship info. That's what homeschooled students do. Having trouble feeling sorry for her... lol.