LIFE Scholarship
Enhancements
Scholarship Criteria for all
Students
- Citizen of the United States
of America
- South Carolina resident or
parent/parents who were residents at time of student's
graduation
- No drug or alcohol or felony
convictions
- No defaults and no refund owed
to Federal or State financial aid
- Graduated from high school or
completed a home school program as prescribed by law
- Enrolled in an eligible
institution as a full-time degree-seeking undergraduate
student
- Enrolled in at least 12
non-developmental/non-remedial hours of coursework (101 level or above)
Entering Freshmen
-
3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale at the time of
high school graduation
-
Be
enrolled full-time (courses below 101 can not be counted
towards full-time enrollment.)
- Your final high school
transcript must reflect a 3.0 cumulative GPA calculated on a
4.0 scale and must be received by the college prior to a final
L.I.F.E. Scholarship award.
Continuing
Students
- Maintain a 3.0 cumulative
college grade point average on a 4.0 scale; and
- Complete a minimum of 30
credit hours, excluding Developmental (below 101 level) and
remedial course work during the previous award year – to
include credit hours earned in Summer 2006. L.I.F.E Scholarship
is not offered during the summer and L.I.F.E. eligible
students do not qualify for S.C. Lottery Assistance in the
same award year.
- Not exceed 60 collegiate
credit hours attempted prior to the start of the award year.
Transferring
Students
- Transfer students must comply
with all standards for continued eligibility as defined above
for continuing students, including the cumulative 3.0 grade
point average on a 4.0 scale from the transferring
institution.
- Students transferring from one
institution to a participating institution, who may be
eligible to receive a L.I.F.E. Scholarship, must submit an
official transcript from the transferring institution.
This transcript must provide evidence of current
credit hours earned, and cumulative grade point average.
- Students who received the
scholarship and transferred mid-year to this institution may
be eligible to receive the scholarship for the Spring term.
The student must submit an official document from the
transferring institution to verify that he/she met the
requirements for continued eligibility at the beginning of the
academic year prior to the transfer.
Length of
Eligibility
- The LIFE Scholarship is
limited to two (2) semesters for a one-year certificate
or diploma program and four (4) semesters for a
two-year program. The availability of terms for scholarship
funding is based on the time of initial college enrollment.
- Students may not receive the
L.I.F.E. scholarship if they have earned an Associate or
Bachelors degree. Furthermore, students cannot receive the
scholarship if they have earned a certificate or diploma and
have not matriculated into an associate program of study.
Renewal -
In order to retain eligibility for the L.I.F.E. Scholarship after
the initial year, students must:
- Enroll full-time during the
period of scholarship disbursement;
- Earn and maintain at least a
cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale reviewed
annually after each academic year; and
- Earn an average of 30 credit
hours by the end of the academic year/15 credit hours for
mid-year students. Students may make up credit hour deficit
during the summer to regain eligibility for Fall.
- Continuing students may not
exceed 60 credit hours.
- All students must submit
all transcripts from all other S.C. Colleges or Universities
to be considered for L.I.F.E. renewal.
How to receive your L.I.F.E.
Scholarship Award:
- An
award notification will be sent to those who qualify.
- Return the L.I.F.E.
Scholarship Affidavit to the Student Financial Services Office. The
Affidavit will automatically be mailed to those who qualify.
For further
information concerning the L.I.F.E. Scholarship Program, please
visit the Life Scholarship Program web site at
If after reviewing
the information provided on this web page and the Lottery-Funded
Tuition Assistance Information web page, you have additional
questions concerning the L.I.F.E. scholarship program or wish to
inquire about your eligibility, send an email to AskSFS@midlandstech.edu.
Revised 05/08/08
