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Beyond Boundaries Scholarship Guidelines (2008-09)

The Beyond Boundaries Scholarship 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 Beyond Boundaries Scholarship provides $2000 per year ($1000 per semester) for the first two academic years for full-time enrollment (15 hours required) on the ASU-Jonesboro campus only. Awards are contingent upon the availability of funds.
• This scholarship is awarded for the duration of four consecutive semesters.

How to Qualify:

• The scholarship is awarded to U.S. citizens who are graduating high school seniors. This award is for students who are not eligible for scholarships that require both Arkansas residency and graduation from an Arkansas high school.
• Students must submit an admissions application with fee, official ACT or SAT scores and official six or seven-semester transcript.
• Students must have a minimum ACT composite score of 27 or 1220 on the SAT and a high school minimum GPA of 3.500 on a six semester transcript.
• Awarding will begin October 1st through August 1st and is based upon the availability of funds.
• A limited number of awards are available.

Student Responsibilities for Accepting and Maintaining the Beyond Boundaries Scholarship:

• Students who are selected to receive the Beyond Boundaries Scholarship 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 of 15 college-level credit hours on the ASU-Jonesboro campus is required during each fall and spring semester. 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 college level course work is calculated into the cumulative GPA for scholarship renewal.
• 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.
• Award holders who are dependents of ASU faculty or staff will be paid an amount equal to their discounted tuition and fees or $1000 per semester, whichever is the lesser.
• 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.

First Year Students

• Students who fail to obtain a cumulative 3.250 GPA but have at least a minimum cumulative 3.000 GPA and have successfully completed a minimum 12 credit hours at the end of the first semester of enrollment will be granted a probation period during the spring semester only. During the probation period, the student will receive the scholarship. In order to gain reinstatement for subsequent semesters, the student must have raised his/her cumulative GPA to a 3.250 by the end of the summer I term following the freshman year. Probation is not available for any subsequent semesters.
• Students must successfully complete a minimum of 30 credit hours by the end of the summer I term following their freshman year with a 3.250 cumulative GPA or the scholarship is forfeited.
• If at the conclusion of either of the first two semesters, the cumulative GPA is below a 3.000, the scholarship is forfeited.

Second Year

• Eligibility to continue on scholarship is checked at the end of the fall (December) and spring (May) semesters. Students with summer school work should remember that those grades may affect their scholarship status when cumulative GPA is reviewed.
• Students must successfully complete a minimum of 15 credit hours the fall semester with a 3.250 cumulative GPA to be funded for their final semester of scholarship eligibility.