The OSFA will begin the process of reviewing student eligibility for scholarship renewals once grades have been successfully posted at the end of the spring term. No review is performed between the fall and spring term.

The OSFA will reference only grades earned at K-State in calculating your cumulative GPA. Additionally, the resulting GPA will be rounded to the third significant digit. For example, a 2.995 cumulative GPA will not be rounded up to a 3.000 cumulative.

It depends.

1. Most central scholarships awarded to new, incoming students for academic year 2018-19 and earlier do NOT have a credit hour completion requirement as part of their renewal criteria.
2. In contrast, most central scholarship awards made to new, incoming students for academic year 2019-20 and later DO have an additional renewal measurement of K-State credit hours completed for the semester/year. Be sure to reference your initial scholarship award offer notification for details specific to your award.

Starting with the 2019-2020 academic year, and all years thereafter, in addition to meeting any cumulative, K-State GPA requirement, you will also need to have successfully completed at least 24 K-State credit hours for the academic year (12 per semester). If you were a mid-year admit (starting in the spring term) you will need to have successfully completed at least 12 K-State credit hours.

If you fail to meet your scholarship's renewal criteria, you will lose your central scholarship for one academic year. This period, known as a probationary year, may, depending upon your circumstances, allow you to regain eligibility at a future date. The probationary year will, however, count toward the total number of terms you had been eligible to receive your award.

If you are able to meet your scholarship's cumulative, K-State GPA as well as any K-State credit hour completion renewal requirement by the end of the probationary year, it will be automatically reinstated for the following academic year, provided you have remaining total term eligibility.

Failure to meet the renewal criteria at the conclusion of the probationary year will result in the permanent loss of the scholarship.

You may submit an appeal for immediate reinstatement of your scholarship for the next academic year. An appeal committee will review your completed appeal form along with any supporting documentation of the extenuating circumstances you encountered. If the appeal is successful, a timeline will be communicated to you in which you will be required to meet the scholarship's renewal criteria. The decision by the appeal committee is final.

Unusual circumstances that are likely to have negatively impacted your academic achievements may include, but are not limited to, health/medical emergencies encountered by you and/or a family member, bereavement of a family member of close friend, homelessness, detrimental interpersonal/family relationship circumstances, etc.. Note: Academic rigor of a selected academic program of study and/or academic rigor of a course or course load does not qualify for an unusual circumstance.

No. Once you receive your bachelor's degree, you are no longer eligible for the scholarship.

If you are enrolled in a five-year program in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, you may retain your scholarship for five years (ten semesters) total pending meeting the cumulative K-State GPA requirement associated with your award.

No. Once you are enrolled with the College of Veterinary Medicine, you are no longer eligible for the scholarship.

No, all scholarships and merit tuition waiver awards are awarded for the fall and spring terms only.

As long as your Education Abroad program is through K-State and you are enrolled in 12 or more Education Abroad hours, you will still receive your scholarship.*

*Exception to this would be for students who are part of the Midwest Student Exchange Program. Study abroad hours are not covered under this program, so the tuition waiver would not be applied for the semester of study abroad.

Students who have circumstances such as military service obligations, internship opportunities, etc. may appeal for a leave of absence. If the appeal is granted you will receive the scholarship once more when you are full-time enrolled at K-State. Also, for approved appeals the sum total of semester eligibility will not be impacted. Generally, appeals for a leave of absence are not approved for multiple semesters absence and/or where the student chooses to attend a differing institution of higher education while on leave.