What academic scholarship will I get?

Every applicant is considered for one academic scholarship: Trustee with Distinction (up to $20,000/yr; average recipient HS GPA 3.9), Trustee (up to $18,000; 3.7), Presidential (up to $15,000; 3.4), or Dean (up to $13,000; 2.7). Test scores are optional this academic year. Awards are based on the admission application — no separate scholarship application.

What are the deadlines?

FAFSA: file between October 1 and March 1 (and re-file annually to renew aid). FIRST Robotics Scholarship (2026/27): be accepted by April 15, 2026 and apply by May 1, 2026, with notification by mid-May.

How long does the scholarship last and what keeps it alive?

Up to eight consecutive semesters of full-time, on-campus study. You must stay above 12 credit hours and in good academic standing; failing any criterion can mean losing the scholarship.

Adrian· Renewal Rules

Keeping Adrian’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

Verified Jun 20264 days ago· COWORK

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 2 of 5
One-time tiers: 3
Tiers with published renewal terms: 2
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Adrian's renewal bar is achievable for steady students but isn't generous. Most awards require a cumulative GPA in the 3.0–3.4 band plus full-time enrollment. Audit the strictest tier on this school's list before assuming the four-year value is locked in.

Academic Scholarships (Trustee with Distinction / Trustee / Presidential / Dean): Full-time enrollment
FIRST Robotics Scholarship: Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Scholarships (Trustee with Distinction / Trustee / Presidential / Dean)
$13,000-$20,000 (amounts listed as 'up to')
Entry requirements: Average recipient profiles: Trustee with Distinction — HS GPA 3.9 (up to $20,000/yr, up to $80,000 over four years); Trustee — 3.7 (up to $18,000/yr, $72,000); Presidential — 3.4 (up to $15,000/yr, $60,000); Dean — 2.7 (up to $13,000/yr, $52,000) GPA
To keep it: Awarded for up to eight (8) consecutive semesters of full-time, on-campus study; recipients must maintain full-time status (above 12 credit hours) and good academic standing — 'Failure to maintain any one item of criteria could result in loss of the scholarship.'
Source: https://www.adrian.edu/financial-aid/undergraduate
FIRST Robotics Scholarship
Up to $10,000
Entry requirements: Minimum high school GPA of 3.0 GPA
To keep it: Recipients must remain in good standing (academically and in student conduct) and be continuously enrolled full-time in undergraduate degree-seeking courses (12-18 credit hours) each semester.
Source: https://www.adrian.edu/financial-aid/undergraduate

How families lose this aid

Treating the GPA figures as guaranteed cutoffs and the amounts as fixed.
The page gives the 'average profile' of recipients (e.g., 3.9 for Trustee with Distinction) and 'up to' amounts — neither a hard threshold nor a guaranteed dollar figure.
Missing the FIRST Robotics deadlines.
For 2026/27: acceptance to Adrian by April 15, 2026, and the scholarship application by May 1, 2026 — late applicants lose a shot at up to $10,000/yr.
Dropping to 12 credits or below, or moving off the on-campus track.
Merit scholarships require maintaining 'full time status (above 12 credit hours)' and good academic standing, and institutional aid is 'earmarked for full-time, on-campus study for up to eight semesters' — 'Failure to maintain any one item of criteria could result in loss of the scholarship.'

Renewal questions families ask

What academic scholarship will I get?: Every applicant is considered for one academic scholarship: Trustee with Distinction (up to $20,000/yr; average recipient HS GPA 3.9), Trustee (up to $18,000; 3.7), Presidential (up to $15,000; 3.4), or Dean (up to $13,000; 2.7). Test scores are optional this academic year. Awards are based on the admission application — no separate scholarship application.
What are the deadlines?: FAFSA: file between October 1 and March 1 (and re-file annually to renew aid). FIRST Robotics Scholarship (2026/27): be accepted by April 15, 2026 and apply by May 1, 2026, with notification by mid-May.
How long does the scholarship last and what keeps it alive?: Up to eight consecutive semesters of full-time, on-campus study. You must stay above 12 credit hours and in good academic standing; failing any criterion can mean losing the scholarship.

Rules that bite at Adrian

The renewal trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook, derived from Adrian's own tier rules and not generic advice.

renewalAcademic Scholarships (Trustee with Distinction / Trustee / Presidential / Dean): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Awarded for up to eight (8) consecutive semesters of full-time, on-campus study; recipients must maintain full-time status (above 12 credit hours) and good academic standing — 'Failure to maintain any one item of criteria could result in loss of the scholarship.' A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Adrian compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Adrian is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against Adrian’s own published materials.