Transcript ARE YOU HOPEless? How to gain Zell Miller/HOPE/HERO Scholarship – Fall 2015 GOAL of PRESENTATION  HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship basic requirements  HOPE/Zell Miller.

ARE YOU HOPEless?
How to gain Zell Miller/HOPE/HERO Scholarship – Fall 2015
GOAL of PRESENTATION
 HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship basic requirements
 HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship detailed requirements
 Differences between the HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship
 How to check HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship eligibility in
BANNER
 HERO Scholarship details
 Questions & Answer
HOPE & Zell Miller Scholarship
Requirements
 Enrolled in a degree
program
 U.S. Citizen or Eligible NonCitizen
 Georgia Resident
 Meeting SAP
 Selective Service
Registered
 Non-default status
 Georgia Drug-Free
 Not incarcerated
How To Gain HOPE Scholarship
 Student must be:
 Graduate with 3.0 required GPA
from:
 Eligible high school
 Ineligible high school, home school or
earned GED w/ SAT or ACT
 Also, must be:
 Enrolled in degree-seeking program
 Meet academic rigor
 Maintain 3.0 at checkpoints of 30,
60 and/or 90 attempted semester
hours
How to gain Zell Miller
Scholarship
 Student must meet one:
 Graduate as valedictorian/salutatorian
 Graduate with 3.7 required GPA from:
 Eligible high school &
 Earned 1200 (SAT) or 26 (ACT)
 Graduated with 3.7 required GPA from:
 Home school &
 Earned 1200 (SAT) or 26 (ACT)
 Also, must be:
 Enrolled in degree-seeking program
 Meet academic rigor
 Maintain 3.3 at checkpoints of 30, 60 and/or
90 attempted semester hours
Differences in HOPE and Zell
Miller Scholarship
HOPE Scholarship
 3.0 GPA out of high school
 3.0 GPA at checkpoints
 Eligible out of high school
and/or in college
 Award amount 90% of
tuition only
Zell Miller Scholarship
 3.7 GPA out of high school
 3.3 GPA at checkpoints
 Only eligible out of high
school
 Award amount 100% of
tuition only
 Maintain GPA at checkpoints
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3.3 for Zell Miller Scholarship
3.0 for HOPE Scholarship
End of spring term
30, 60 and 90 attempted hours
 Maintain other eligibility
requirements
 1 time loss
 Can regain HOPE/Zell Miller
Scholarship only 1 time
 Maximum 127 of ALL attempted
hours
 7 year limit out of high school
HERO Scholarship
HERO Scholarship
 Scholarship Program was created to provide financial aid to
qualifying who are seeking a postsecondary education
 Georgia National Guard or United States Military Reservists,
 spouses,
 Dependent children
 maximum amount awarded to an eligible student is $2,000
per Award Year
HERO Scholarship
 Requirements
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Georgia resident
Enrolled in an eligible post secondary institution
Maintain Student Academic Progress (SAP)
Selective Service Registration
No defaulted loans
No drug convictions
Not incarcerated
HERO Scholarship
 Must have completed one Qualifying Term
of Service for:
 Member of Georgia National Guard or US
Military Reservist
 Dependent of Georgia National Guard or
US Military Reservist
 Spouse of a deceased or 100% disabled
Georgia National Guard or US Military
Reservist
HERO Scholarship
 Limitations:
 Maximum total award is up to $8,000
(equivalent to four (4) Award Years
 Eligibility terminates eight (8) years
after the date returning from combat
zone
 Must complete 181 cumulative days of
service in a combat zone to qualify for
one (1) Qualifying Term of Service
Question & Answer
 HERO Scholarship regulations
 http://www.gsfc.org/main/publishing/pdf/2016/2016HERO.pdf
 HOPE Scholarship regulations
http://www.gsfc.org/main/publishing/pdf/2016/2016-HOPEPUBLIC.pdf
 Zell Miller Scholarship regulations
http://www.gsfc.org/main/publishing/pdf/2016/2016Zell%20Miller%20Scholarship.pdf
Lawana J. Haynes
Scholarship/State Programs Coordinator
Office of Financial Aid
1000 University Center Lane, D-1321
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
[email protected]