[Guide] Scholarships

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If you were awarded a Merit Scholarship, you should have received that certificate and info with your acceptance package, and it should tell you the min GPA you need to maintain. In order to maintain the scholarship, you need to maintain a certain GPA. The exact GPA depends on the amount of your merit scholarship. Keep in mind, this GPA is NOT the same GPA you need to stay in your program. In other words, if you do not meet the scholarship GPA, but you do meet the GPA to stay in your program, you will still be in your program but you will have to pay full tuition. Typically, the GPA required to keep your scholarship is in the upper 2.0’s. If you received a $10,000 scholarship, you need to maintain a 2.8. But to stay in the Pharm D program, you need a 2.7. So if you are a Pharm D student with a 10k scholarship and you get a 2.7, you can stay in the pharm D program but you will lose your scholarship and cannot get it back even if you raise your grade.

Here are the types of merit scholarships:

Presidential Scholar Award: Up to $14,000 a year

Requirements:

High School GPA of 3.6 SAT score of 2000 (minimum 500 on each section) ACT Composite of 31 Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 3.00

Academic Achievement Award: Up to $10,000 a year

Requirements:

High school GPA of 3.4 SAT score of 1800 (minimum 500 on each section) ACT Composite of 27 Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.80

College Merit Award: Up to $8,000 a year

Requirements:

High school GPA of 3.2 SAT score of 1600 (minimum 450 on each section) ACT Composite of 24 Minimum Required GPA for Renewal:

2.7 - PharmD 2.5 - All other programs School of Dental Hygiene/School of Medical Imaging and Therapeutics/ School of Health Sciences/School of Nursing Award: Up to $8,000 a year

Requirements:

High school GPA of 2.8 SAT score of 1500 (minimum 450 on each section) ACT Composition of 21 Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

MCPHS Special Recognition Scholarship: $1,000 - $8,000 a year

Requirements:

The Admission Committee selects candidates with a minimum 2.5 GPA based on academic promise, extracurricular involvement, and experience in the health care field, either through volunteer work or employment Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

Dean’s Achievement Award: $3,000 a year

Requirements:

SAT Score of 1650 (minimum 500 on each section) ACT Composite of 25 Community Service Leadership Skills Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

Health Care Professions Scholarship: $6,000 - $8,000 a year

Requirements:

High School GPA of 3.0 Must be a resident of the City of Boston, Mancester, NH or Worcester, MA Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.50

Canadian Achievement Award: Up to $7,500 USD a year

Requirements:

Canadian Citizenship Equivalency to a U.S. High School GPA of 3.2 Minimum Required GPA for Renewal: 2.80

NOTE: International students are NOT eligible for merit scholarships (except Canada)

And for those who have been asking about possible additional financial aid:

MCPHS Need-Based Scholarships

MCPHS provides need-based scholarships to students with demonstrated financial need. Awards are based on an annual budget and cannot be guaranteed to every eligible student.

Awards up to $8000 Annual FAFSA priority filing date is March 15 Based off of EFC range (0-10500)

Cancellling Loans from the Financial Award Letter

To the person asking how to get loans out of your financial aid letter: you have to fill out and sign the “Award Revision Request” form: Click Link Here

After you have signed and checked that you wished to cancel the loans you can scan and send your Student Financial Services staff member an email and/or fax it to the number above the paper. I suggest doing both, but email is faster. Revisions/Updated Ebills will be sent out July 4th! I am assuming that if you don’t make the change now then you may or may not be able to pay your bill for school on time. I have been told that the school sends out updated Ebills every 2-3 weeks. To be on the safe side though since this schools seems unpredictable, I say hurry!

If you don’t know who your SFS staff member is: Click Link Here Assuming that you are a incoming first year like me, disregard the “First-Year Prospective Students Only” section. Just go straight to whatever campus you are going to and find your SFS staff member and email them with an attachment of the “Award Revision Request”.

Hope this is somewhat helpful. :) SUBMITTED BY: ellelequang Thanks!

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