Bushnell· Renewal Rules
Keeping Bushnell’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.
At a glance
- Renewable tiers
- 2 of 4
- One-time tiers
- 2
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 2
- Renewal risk profile
- low
Renewal risk profile
Bushnell's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.
- GPA Scholarships (first-year grid): See notes
- Private Christian High School Scholarship: See notes
Renewal terms by tier
GPA Scholarships (first-year grid)
$6,000-$16,000Entry requirements: 3.90-4.00→$16,000; 3.80-3.89→$14,000; 3.65-3.79→$13,000; 3.50-3.64→$12,000; 3.35-3.49→$11,000; 3.20-3.34→$10,000; 3.00-3.19→$8,000; 2.80-2.99→$6,000 GPA
To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page.
Source: https://www.bushnell.edu/financial-aid/undergraduate/first-year/
Private Christian High School Scholarship
$4,000To keep it: Renewable up to four years.
Source: https://www.bushnell.edu/financial-aid/undergraduate/first-year/
How families lose this aid
- Expecting your merit award to be revisited after freshman year grades improve.
'Merit scholarships based on academic achievement are considered only at the time of admittance to the university' — the GPA grid is locked at admission.
- Assuming the GPA scholarship renews automatically.
The page publishes no renewal GPA or term limit for the GPA grid (unlike the Private Christian High School award's 'renewable up to four years'). Get renewal conditions in writing.
- Talent-award students dropping the activity.
Performing Arts and Athletic awards are 'Renewable with ongoing Ensemble participation' / 'ongoing athletic participation' — quitting the ensemble or team ends the award.
Renewal questions families ask
- What is the scholarship deadline?
- Merit (GPA) scholarships are set at admission with no separate application. The only posted date is the endowed-scholarship application for ministry/music majors, due March 1 each year. FAFSA completion drives consideration for most other awards.
- How much will my GPA earn?
- Per Bushnell's grid: 3.90-4.00 → $16,000; 3.80-3.89 → $14,000; 3.65-3.79 → $13,000; 3.50-3.64 → $12,000; 3.35-3.49 → $11,000; 3.20-3.34 → $10,000; 3.00-3.19 → $8,000; 2.80-2.99 → $6,000. No test scores are referenced.
How Bushnell compares across our verified dataset
- 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Bushnell 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 Bushnell’s own published materials.