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Academic Merit Award Guidelines (2009-10)

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 $1000 for one year ($500 per semester) 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 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:
• Achieve an ACT composite score of 22 to 23 and a minimum high school GPA of 3.00
• Achieve a SAT score of 1030 to 1109 and a minimum high school GPA of 3.00
• Rank in top ten percent of graduating class (minimum of 20 class members) and have a minimum high school GPA of 3.000.
• Scholarship awarding will be October 1, 2008 through December 1, 2008. Eligibility will continue to be reviewed through February 1, 2009. However, all awards before and past December 1, 2008 are based upon state-supported available 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; however, we encourage you to accept the offer within 30 days. 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.
• 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.
• 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.