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Regents' Gold renewal GPA requirements?
ccsouth
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The Baylor scholarship section lists specific renewal criteria for their NMF award but not for Regents scholarship recipients. What if you are NMF but also qualify for the Regents based on test scores as well? If NMF qualify for a "full tuition scholarship" that would be $39,610 correct? So it would be preferable to accept the standard Regents gold award which are more that full tuition? Also would the GPA requirement to renew the Regents for non NMF Regents be lower?
"Regents' Gold Scholarship
Baylor provides a full tuition academic scholarship to National Merit Finalists who select Baylor as their first-choice college. The Regents' Gold Scholarship is augmented by the recipients' SAT or ACT score.
SAT/ACT Total Award Per Year
1520+/34+ $174,440 $43,610
1450+/32+ $170,440 $42,610
1390+/30+ $166,440 $41,610
For National Merit Finalists only. Renewal is contingent upon maintaining a Baylor cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher."
https://www.baylor.edu/admissions/index.php?id=934970
Tuition - $39,610 + Fees $4,430 = $44,040
10 replies "Regents' Gold Scholarship
Baylor provides a full tuition academic scholarship to National Merit Finalists who select Baylor as their first-choice college. The Regents' Gold Scholarship is augmented by the recipients' SAT or ACT score.
SAT/ACT Total Award Per Year
1520+/34+ $174,440 $43,610
1450+/32+ $170,440 $42,610
1390+/30+ $166,440 $41,610
For National Merit Finalists only. Renewal is contingent upon maintaining a Baylor cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher."
https://www.baylor.edu/admissions/index.php?id=934970
Tuition - $39,610 + Fees $4,430 = $44,040
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Replies to: Regents' Gold renewal GPA requirements?
Last thought. There is one scholarship, the Faculty Scholarship, that is even higher than the Regents (adds room and board and potentially some more). It has the same requirement as the Regents, but then you have to attend one of the two "Invitation to Excellence" sessions (one in the Fall and one in January) and submit an essay on the topic that they will give during that weekend. Everyone who attends the session also gets an "extra" $2000 one-time scholarship for attending. You have to apply and have your scores submitted a couple months in advance to get invited (if you are NMF you will get invited), so if you want to go to the fall session you need to apply pretty early.
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