All awards can be renewed up until the student completes his/her first bachelor’s degree or until student’s earned and attempted credits reaches the required number of credits for his/her chosen degree program, whichever comes first. Students must complete a minimum of 24 credits each academic year towards their chosen degree program and maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.

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Contact Information:
For additional information about merit scholarships, contact ugtuitionwaivers@fgcu.edu.

Admission Merit Scholarship

Criteria for Initial Awards

• Be a US citizen or meet the requirements of an eligible non-citizen as defined by the Federal Student Aid program.
• Students must be admitted to FGCU as an undergraduate degree seeking student in the Fall semester.
• Students must have the admission application submitted by the advertized deadline of November 15th.
• Students are considered based on a combination of GPA and standardized test scores.  All applicants are ranked with the top students receiving the award.
• The number of awards depends on fund availability and may vary from year to year.

Scholarship

• The scholarship is a one-time award of $2,000 that the Office of Undergraduate Admissions offers each year to new students admitted for summer and fall terms.
• The student must enroll in the fall term.  The award is split between the fall and spring terms.

Award Process

• Upon admission students will be notified of the award by early spring.

Contact Information:
For additional information, contact ugtuitionwaivers@fgcu.edu.

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FGCU President’s Gold Scholarship

Criteria for Initial Awards

• Be a US citizen or meet the requirements of an eligible non-citizen as defined by the Federal Student Aid program.
• Students must be admitted to FGCU as an undergraduate degree seeking student in the Fall semester.
• Students must have the admission application submitted by the advertized deadline of December 1.
• Students must have a 3.9 GPA (recalculated from the high school transcript by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions) and an 1850 (Critical Reading + Math + Writing) on the SAT or a 28 Composite score on the ACT.

Scholarship

• The scholarship award will be for full tuition and full fees plus $3,500 per year ($2,500 cash plus $1,000 cash as a member of the FGCU Honors Program).
• The scholarship will be renewed each year until graduation subject to the student satisfying the renewal criteria.

Criteria for Renewal

• Students must maintain fulltime academic enrollment in the terms that the scholarship is awarded.
• Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and complete a minimum of 24 credits each academic year towards their chosen degree program. (Note: students in the honors program must meet continuing eligibility requirements for that program).
• The continuation of the $1,000 honors program portion of the scholarship past the first year will be contingent upon the students remaining in that program.
• Scholarship can be renewed up until the student completes his/her first bachelor's degree or until student's earned and attempted credits reaches the required number of credits for his/her chosen degree program whichever comes first.

Award Process

• Upon admission students will be notified of the award.

Contact Information:
For additional information, contact ugtuitionwaivers@fgcu.edu.

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National Merit Scholarship Program

Criteria for Initial Awards

• Be a US citizen or meet the requirements of an eligible non-citizen as defined by the Federal Student Aid program.
• Students must be admitted to FGCU as an undergraduate degree seeking student in the year they achieve the recognition.
• Students must provide proof of the award from the National Merit Scholarship Program (as a finalist).

Scholarship

• The scholarship award will be for full tuition and full fees plus $3,500 per year ($2,500 cash plus $1,000 cash as a member of the FGCU Honors Program). 
• The scholarship will be renewed each year until graduation subject to the student satisfying the renewal criteria.

Criteria for Renewal

• Students must maintain fulltime academic enrollment in the terms that the scholarship is awarded.
• Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and complete a minimum of 24 credits each academic year towards their chosen degree program. (Note: students in the honors program must meet continuing eligibility requirements for that program).
• The continuation of the $1,000 honors program portion of the scholarship past the first year will be contingent upon the students remaining in that program.
• Scholarship can be renewed up until the student completes his/her first bachelor's degree or until student's earned and attempted credits reaches the required number of credits for his/her chosen degree program whichever comes first.

Award Process

• Upon admission students will be notified of the award.

Contact Information:
For additional information, contact ugtuitionwaivers@fgcu.edu.

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National Achievement Finalist Scholarship

Criteria for Initial Awards

• Be a US citizen or meet the requirements of an eligible non-citizen as defined by the Federal Student Aid program.
• Students must be admitted to FGCU as an undergraduate degree seeking student in the year they achieve the recognition.
• Students must provide proof of the award from the National Achievement Scholarship Program (as a finalist).

Scholarship

• The scholarship award will be for full tuition and full fees plus $3,500 per year ($2,500 cash plus $1,000 cash as a member of the FGCU Honors Program).
• The scholarship will be renewed each year until graduation subject to the student satisfying the renewal criteria.

Criteria for Renewal

• Students must maintain fulltime academic enrollment in the terms that the scholarship is awarded.
• Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and complete a minimum of 24 credits each academic year towards their chosen degree program. (Note: students in the honors program must meet continuing eligibility requirements for that program).
• The continuation of the $1,000 honors program portion of the scholarship past the first year will be contingent upon the students remaining in that program.
• Scholarship can be renewed up until the student completes his/her first bachelor's degree or until student's earned and attempted credits reaches the required number of credits for his/her chosen degree program whichever comes first.

Award Process

• Upon admission students will be notified of the award.

Contact Information:
For additional information, contact ugtuitionwaivers@fgcu.edu.

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National Hispanic Scholar Scholarship

• Be a US citizen or meet the requirements of an eligible non-citizen as defined by the Federal Student Aid program.
• Students must be admitted to FGCU as an undergraduate degree seeking student in the year they achieve the recognition.
• Students must provide proof of the award from the National Hispanic Recognition Program (as a scholar).

Scholarship

• The scholarship award will be for full tuition and full fees plus $3,500 per year ($2,500 cash plus $1,000 cash as a member of the FGCU Honors Program).
• The scholarship will be renewed each year until graduation subject to the student satisfying the renewal criteria.

Criteria for Renewal

• Students must maintain fulltime academic enrollment in the terms that the scholarship is awarded.
• Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and complete a minimum of 24 credits each academic year towards their chosen degree program. (Note: students in the honors program must meet continuing eligibility requirements for that program).
• The continuation of the $1,000 honors program portion of the scholarship past the first year will be contingent upon the students remaining in that program.
• Scholarship can be renewed up until the student completes his/her first bachelor's degree or until student's earned and attempted credits reaches the required number of credits for his/her chosen degree program whichever comes first.

Award Process

• Upon admission students will be notified of the award.

Contact Information:
For additional information, contact ugtuitionwaivers@fgcu.edu.

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