The starting point
Augustana College (Rock Island IL, Lutheran) auto-awards a recalculated-GPA/rank merit grid (Founders $28,000 to Presidential $32,000) with tiered renewal-GPA floors and an explicit no-growth (erosion) rule — your award never exceeds the first-year amount. (DRAFT)
More than one award path. Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 4 recorded awards, in chapter display order. This is a selection, not a ranking. Read the full chapter for all awards. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Academic Merit Grid — High School (Presidential / Dean's / Founders)
$28,000-$32,000 · Published range
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: Presidential ~3.8+ (top 10%); Dean's ~3.5+ (top 20%); Founders ~3.2+ (top third), recalculated · SAT: Presidential 1300+; Dean's 1200-1300; Founders 1130-1190 (historical) · ACT: Presidential 28+; Dean's 25-27; Founders 23-24 (historical, test-optional)
Eligibility: Automatically considered on the admission application; one award per student; notified in acceptance letter
Renewal: Renewal requires full-time enrollment and an Augustana cumulative GPA: Presidential 3.0, Dean's 2.75, Founders 2.5. Students who miss the renewal GPA may receive a LOWER scholarship; awards never exceed the first-year amount in later years (no growth).
Other terms: Test scores are historical/typical (Augustana is test-optional). Recalculated GPA and class rank drive the award.
https://www.augustana.edu/admissions/scholarships
Transfer Merit Grid (Bell Tower / Blue and Gold / Denkmann / Carlsson) + PTK
$22,000-$29,000 · Published range
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: Bell Tower 3.6+; Blue and Gold 3.3+; Denkmann 3.0+; Carlsson 2.75+ (transferable college GPA); minimum 2.75 to qualify
Eligibility: Full-time enrollment; no separate application
Renewal: Renewal requires full-time enrollment and Augustana cumulative GPA: Bell Tower 3.0, Blue and Gold 2.75, Denkmann 2.5, Carlsson 2.0. PTK ($3,500) renewal requires 3.0.
Other terms: Transfer scholarships range $22,000-$29,000 by college GPA. Phi Theta Kappa members get an additional $3,500 that CAN stack with the transfer merit award.
https://www.augustana.edu/admissions/scholarships
Quad City Promise
$2,000 · Published amount
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: New applicants from Scott County (IA) and Rock Island, Henry, and Mercer counties (IL)
Renewal: Renewable for up to four years.
Other terms: Local-residency BONUS award (not a gate) for the Quad Cities area; stacks with merit.
https://www.augustana.edu/admissions/scholarships
Ask before you decide
- Which entering-year policy and residency category apply to us? What are the admission and scholarship deadlines?
- What grades and credits are required to renew, and for how many terms?
- How would other school awards or outside scholarships change the offer?
Recorded stacking policy: Augustana typically leaves other grants, scholarships, work-study, and federal loans untouched when a student receives an outside scholarship; aid is reduced only if total aid from all sources exceeds financial need and/or cost of attendance, and then in order starting with work-study, then loans, then institutional grants, with scholarships cut last.
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