Scholarship Appeals

Appealing Your Scholarship

Students who fail to meet initial scholarship eligibility or renewal criteria are ineligible to receive the corresponding scholarship, but may be awarded or reinstated through a successful appeal.

• Initial scholarship eligibility for an incoming student may be appealed if a student has experienced relevant extenuating circumstances or other factors they feel impacted their ability to receive a scholarship.
• Continuing scholarship eligibility may be appealed if a student did not meet renewal criteria and has experienced relevant extenuating circumstances or other factors they feel impacted their ability to renew the scholarship. If successfully appealed, students must continue on scholarship probation. Scholarship criteria are reviewed according to the terms and conditions the student received when the scholarship was offered.

The purpose of measuring and enforcing these standards is to ensure scholarship recipients maintain the academic success that is expected of the academic scholarship and make progress toward graduation. Renewal criteria are reasonable standards that correspond to the scholarship and typically include a qualitative (grade point average) and quantitative (credit accumulation) component, both of which are important in progressing toward graduation.

Most scholarship renewal credit requirements include completing at least 24 credit hours during the academic year (fall/spring) you are receiving a scholarship to demonstrate progress toward your degree, regardless of how many credits you have earned prior.