“UA Competitive Academic Scale” tiers

Dudewith2
Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:45:43 +0000

Recently UA introduced a new matrix for scholarships. This is definitely designed to work in conjunction with the test optional environment we are all in. The web site states that if you submit your scholarship app and have a larger reward under the new matrix, you will receive that reward instead. All very clear.
It is ranked into “First Tier”, “Second Tier”, and “Third Tier”, but the tiers appear to be independent of the student’s GPA, as that is the other part of the matrix. So, does anyone know what criteria are being used to group students into the tiers? It certainly would be great for D21, who didn’t qualify for President’s but did get nice scholarship from merit, to turn out to be “First Tier” and have the equivalent of President’s, given that ACT test opportunities weren’t what they normally would have been.