All freshman academic scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis. The deadline
to apply for Distinguished Scholars, Second Century Scholars, or a Collegiate Scholars
is February 28 of the current award year.
A scholarship file must be complete and received in the Office of Admissions on or
before the February 28 deadline.
A completed scholarship application file includes
an application for undergraduate admission, an application for scholarship, current
high school transcript with class rank and GPA, qualifying ACT or SAT exam scores,
and two letters of recommendation. Since a scholarship applicant must have an early
admission status, immunization records documenting two MMR will also need to be provided.
Superscores or recalculated ACT scores using subset scores from multiple exams will
not be accepted. A traditional-aged high school student who opts to take the GED and
scores a minimum of 580 may apply for academic scholar awards. Students receiving
scholar awards must be U.S. citizens.
Once awarded, all scholarship applicants must be admitted to the University with a
Federal Financial Aid Application (FAFSA) on file before a scholarship will be credited
to a student's account. All additional information requested by the Financial Aid
Office must be submitted by December 1 in order to meet the aid application requirements
for second semester renewal.
