Strategic Note: High-achieving freshmen with GPAs and ACT/SAT scores just below the Presidential range who submit strong competitive applications.

Strategic Note: Need-based Arkansas students who live off campus but qualify for Promise Plus and want built-in meal and express funds.

Strategic Note: Top 5% of students: usually those with a 4.0 GPA, 32+ ACT or 1450+ SAT, and strong leadership/community service.

Strategic Note: Metro Nashville Public Schools students—especially those living or studying near E.S. Rose Park—who show strong academics, leadership, and financial need.

Strategic Note: Incoming freshmen with very strong GPAs (often around 3.7+), rigorous coursework, notable leadership and service experience, and standout performance in the interview and essay portions.

Strategic Note: Selected first-generation, low-income SC students from rural or under-resourced schools who complete program milestones.

Strategic Note: High-achieving A/A- students who show intellectual curiosity, leadership, community impact, and strong potential to contribute to campus.

Strategic Note: Admitted Duke undergraduates whose legal residence is in North or South Carolina and whose family incomes meet the initiative’s thresholds, with complete financial aid applications.

Strategic Note: Children of eligible employees at Tuition Exchange member institutions with strong academic records; competition is high relative to the number of available slots.

Strategic Note: High‑achieving U.S. high school graduates majoring in approved STEM and related fields who meet GPA and SAT/ACT thresholds and complete the scholarship process.

Strategic Note: Top Prestige finalists among the strongest admitted students academically and personally.

Strategic Note: Approximately eight students per year chosen from about 200 interviewees, typically with very high GPAs (often near or above 3.9, many with AP/honors coursework), strong leadership and service, and excellent interview and essay performance.

Strategic Note: A very small cohort of the most outstanding Honors College admits with exceptional academic records, leadership, and intellectual engagement.

Strategic Note: Applicants with approximately a 4.0 unweighted GPA, around 1550 SAT or 34 ACT, top 5% class rank, and exceptional interview performance and leadership.

Strategic Note: Outstanding Alabama Community College System transfer students with at least 45 transferable credits, a minimum 3.5 transfer GPA, and strong faculty-supported leadership records.

Strategic Note: Texas veterans, spouses, and dependents who meet state service and residency criteria and submit complete paperwork on time.

Strategic Note: High-achieving students officially ranked first or second in their graduating class with at least a 3.50 unweighted GPA and 1350+ SAT or 29+ ACT.

Strategic Note: Roughly 10–20 first-year students per year with GPAs of about 3.5 or higher, ACT around 30+ or equivalent SAT/CLT, strong leadership and service, and excellent interview and video presentations.

Strategic Note: High-achieving seniors from specified Central Georgia counties with strong academics, service, and a clear Mercer fit.

Strategic Note: About 20 incoming freshmen each year with exceptional academics, leadership, service, and essays who intend to participate fully in the Honors College.

Strategic Note: Students officially recognized as National Merit Finalists who document their status, complete the scholarship application on time, and maintain the required GPA and credit load.

Strategic Note: Eligible veterans, Guard/Reserve members, and dependents who maintain VA eligibility and submit paperwork on time.

Strategic Note: Undergraduate and graduate cybersecurity students with strong academics and commitment to public-sector cybersecurity careers who can meet federal employment and security clearance requirements.

Strategic Note: First-time freshmen with roughly a 3.8+ weighted GPA, strong test scores if submitted, extensive leadership and service, and standout interview performance.

Strategic Note: Lowest-income NC residents who meet FAFSA and residency

Strategic Note: Verified GSP completers who enroll full-time and meet NKU renewal standards.

Strategic Note: A very small number of top-performing CPCC transfer students with superior academic records and leadership achievement who complete all required scholarship steps.

Strategic Note: Top academic and leadership first-year applicants with exceptional nominations and strong overall fit for Rhodes.

Strategic Note: A very small number of qualified dependents nationwide whose home institutions certify them for Tuition Exchange or ACS Exchange and who are then selected by Sewanee through a competitive process.

Strategic Note: Actively drilling Louisiana National Guard members who meet STEP academic and service requirements and re-certify on time each term.

Strategic Note: High-achieving freshmen with at least a 3.6 GPA and ACT of 28 or higher (or SAT around 1320+) and documented leadership or service.

Strategic Note: Top creative applicants in Studio Art, Digital Arts, Museum and Curatorial Studies, or Theatre Arts whose portfolios or auditions clearly stand out.

Strategic Note: High-achieving students just below the Scholars PLUS tier, typically with 3.7+ GPAs and 30–32 ACT or 1360–1440 SAT superscore.

Strategic Note: Highly accomplished students with top academics, rigorous coursework, and a standout creative or written submission; many successful candidates have very high test scores if submitted, but Tulane remains test-optional.

Strategic Note: Freshmen meeting the Dec 5 priority date, selected via holistic review

Strategic Note: ~15-20 per year; applicants with distinguished leadership, service, academics

Strategic Note: Around 25 new scholars each year with near-perfect GPAs, ACT scores in the high 20s or above, strong rigor, leadership, service, and standout essays and interviews.

Strategic Note: Students at/above FAS benchmarks; covers tuition/fees only

Strategic Note: Florida Finalists; one of the few true “full ride” packages at UF

Strategic Note: ~25 new Fellows/year; top 1–2% nationally with leadership and service

Strategic Note: Reserved for Kentucky Governor’s Scholars who meet Presidential standards.

Strategic Note: Top civic-minded Kentucky students; leadership, writing, strong interview

Strategic Note: First-year applicants with near-perfect academic records and very rigorous coursework who perform at the very top of UM’s admitted pool and stand out in the Premier Scholarship review.

Strategic Note: Top test-score admits

Strategic Note: Pell-eligible Honors admits, highest-need and high-GPA, strong essays

Strategic Note: Top Honors admits with leadership, engagement, and strong academic records.

Strategic Note: Typically honors-eligible students with 4.2+ weighted GPA and strong extracurriculars or service.

Strategic Note: Up to 20 strong OOS students per year

Strategic Note: High-achieving cybersecurity or IT students at UTC who intend to work for federal, state, local, or tribal government in cybersecurity roles.

Strategic Note: One high-achieving student from each Tennessee county, selected for academic merit and leadership; competitiveness varies by county.

Strategic Note: Top Virginia achievers, often first-gen/URM

Strategic Note: Top cybersecurity-related majors committed to federal or government cybersecurity service after graduation.

Strategic Note: A very small subset of admitted first-year students with exceptional academic achievements, leadership, and significant extracurricular or community impact across all Vanderbilt undergraduate schools.

Strategic Note: Bona fide Virginia residents who demonstrate that it would be impossible to attend VMI without this assistance and who are willing to assume a formal post-graduation service obligation to the Commonwealth.

Strategic Note: About 3–4 Pamplin Leaders statewide annually recognized as Finalists; exceptional merits

Strategic Note: Pell-eligible Kentucky residents with at least a 3.0 GPA who remain full-time, keep required aid, and meet Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Strategic Note: Dependents of eligible faculty or staff at member institutions who qualify through the Tuition Exchange selection process.