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General Requirements
To be considered for the LIFE Scholarship, students must be a
U.S. citizen or permanent resident
that meets the definition of an eligible non-citizen under State
Residency Statute and be a South
Carolina resident for in-state tuition purposes at the time of
high school graduation and enrollment
at one of the S.C. colleges or universities.
First Time Freshmen
In
addition to the general requirements, first time freshmen must
meet two of the following three
criteria to receive a LIFE Scholarship.
(1) Earn a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 on
a 4.0 scale;
(2) Score a minimum of 1100 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT) or 24 on the ACT;
(3) Graduate in the top thirty percent of his/her high school
graduating class.
Using high school transcripts provided with applications for
admission, Winthrop University
determines tentative eligibility for new freshmen to
receive the LIFE Scholarship. This
eligibility
is not confirmed until final high school transcripts are
received after high school graduation.
Continuing and Transfer Students
The following information issued by the SC Commission on Higher
Education on January
11, 2006, provides guidance for schools in
the calculation of grade point averages for LIFE
eligibility for continuing/transfer students.
“Beginning with the 2006-07 academic year, the LIFE GPA must be
calculated for all students for
the purposes of awarding the LIFE Scholarship. The LIFE GPA
must include all grades and
credit
hours earned at any eligible institution (in-state and
out-or-state), including courses that do
not
transfer based on the institution’s policy and college courses
taken while in high school. The
LIFE
GPA must not include continuing education courses, non-degree
credit courses for an associate’s
degree or higher and remedial/developmental courses.”
Students must continue to earn an average of 30 semester hours
each year and a cumulative
GPA
(as defined in the above paragraph) of at least 3.0 and meet all
general eligibility
requirements.
Eligibility for transfer students
to receive LIFE Scholarship is not determined until all
transcripts
from all schools attended have been received and reviewed.
Eligibility to receive LIFE for students enrolled at Winthrop and
continuing
their enrollment
will not be determined until all grades are posted at the end of
spring term.
Reminder: Students will have two grade point averages, one calculated
for LIFE Scholarship
eligibility and one calculated by Winthrop for graduation
purposes.
You
may learn more about the LIFE Scholarship by reading information
on the CHE Web site at
http://www.che.sc.gov/New_Web/GoingToCollege/LIFE_Hm.htm.
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