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Academic Merit Award Guidelines

The Academic Merit Award is administered through the ASU Financial Aid & Scholarships Office. Any questions concerning the scholarship should be directed to the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office at (870) 972-2310.

What the Scholarship Covers:

• The Academic Merit Award provides for $1500 for one year ($750 per semester) for the academic year for courses taken on the ASU-Jonesboro campus only. Awards are contingent upon the availability of funds.

How to Qualify:

• The scholarship is awarded during the senior year to U.S. citizens who are Arkansas residents graduating from Arkansas high schools.
• Students must submit a scholarship application and an admissions application with fee, official ACT or SAT scores and official six or seven-semester transcript.
• Students may qualify for the scholarship in one of the following ways:
  1. Achieve an ACT composite score of 20 to 23 and a minimum high school GPA of 3.00
  2. Achieve a SAT score of 950 to 1109 and a minimum high school GPA of 3.00
  3. Rank in top ten percent of graduating class (minimum of 20 class members) and have a minimum high school GPA of 3.000 on a seven-semester transcript.
• Students must submit a scholarships application with a six or seven semester transcript and submit verification of test scores. (Students applying for this scholarship based upon top 10% status are required to submit a seven-semester transcript.)
• Awarding will begin October 1st through August 1st based upon the availability of funds.
• A limited number of awards are available.

Student Responsibilities for Accepting and Maintaining the Academic Merit Award:

• Students who are selected to receive the Academic Merit Award will have until May 1st to accept the scholarship offer. After that time, the scholarship offer will no longer be valid. Should you accept the scholarship and later decide to attend another university, please notify the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office in writing or by email.
• Any scholarship awarded after May 1st must be accepted within 15 days of the offer.
• Full-time enrollment on the ASU-Jonesboro campus is required during both fall and spring semesters. Concurrent enrollment on another campus cannot be used to meet full-time enrollment status nor be paid for by the scholarship.
• Matriculation to ASU must occur in the fall or spring semester immediately following high school graduation.
• Any student who is enrolled full-time at another college, university, technical college, or branch of ASU during a regular semester (fall or spring) following high school graduation automatically forfeits the scholarship.
• All scholarship recipients must be accepted for admission to the university and complete all admission requirements by June 30th. Scholarship offers will be revoked after June 30th if this is not complete.
• Correspondence courses and concurrent enrollment on another campus cannot be used to meet full-time enrollment status.
• Students who have grade changes are responsible for contacting the ASU Scholarships Coordinator so that their scholarship status can be reevaluated.
• For military exceptions, contact the ASU Scholarships Coordinator at (870) 972-2310.