How do I keep my scholarship each year?

Awards 'are renewable as long as you remain in good academic standing.' A specific renewal GPA for merit awards is not published; federal SAP minimums (1.65–2.00 GPA depending on credits, 67% completion) govern overall aid eligibility. Ask the aid office whether merit renewal uses a higher GPA than SAP.

Are test scores required for merit scholarships?

The published First-Year Scholarship Matrix is based on academic GPA only ('GPA is based on a 4.0 sliding scale'); no SAT/ACT cutoffs appear in the grid.

Chestnut Hill· Renewal Rules

Keeping Chestnut Hill’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: 5 of 7
One-time tiers: 2
Tiers with published renewal terms: 5
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Chestnut Hill'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.

First-Year Scholarship Matrix (Presidential / Distinction / Scholars / Achievement / Rise / Promise): See notes
Transfer Scholarship Matrix (Distinguished Transfer / Noble Griffin / Golden Elite / Thrive / Opportunity): See notes
Interdisciplinary Honors Program (IDHP): See notes
Legacy of Service Scholarship: See notes
Alumni Legacy Scholarship: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

First-Year Scholarship Matrix (Presidential / Distinction / Scholars / Achievement / Rise / Promise)
$12,000-$24,000
Entry requirements: Tiered: 3.9+ = $24,000; 3.5-3.89 = $20,000; 3.25-3.49 = $18,000; 3.0-3.24 = $16,000; 2.5-2.89 = $14,000; 2.49 and below = $12,000 GPA
To keep it: These awards are renewable as long as you remain in good academic standing; institutional funding limited to a maximum of four years (8 semesters).
Source: https://www.chc.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/types-of-aid/
Transfer Scholarship Matrix (Distinguished Transfer / Noble Griffin / Golden Elite / Thrive / Opportunity)
$12,000-$22,000
Entry requirements: Tiered: 3.75+ = $22,000; 3.25-3.74 = $18,000; 2.75-3.24 = $16,000; 2.50-2.74 = $14,000; 2.49 and below = $12,000 GPA
To keep it: These awards are renewable as long as you remain in good academic standing; institutional funding limited to a maximum of four years (8 semesters).
Source: https://www.chc.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/types-of-aid/
Interdisciplinary Honors Program (IDHP)
$5,000
To keep it: Per year for four years.
Source: https://www.chc.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/types-of-aid/
Legacy of Service Scholarship
$4,000
To keep it: Per year for 4 years.
Source: https://www.chc.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/types-of-aid/
Alumni Legacy Scholarship
$2,000
To keep it: Per year for 4 years.
Source: https://www.chc.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/types-of-aid/

How families lose this aid

Planning on a 5th year of institutional aid.
Students 'are eligible to receive institutional funding for a maximum of four years (8 semesters).'
Assuming a lost athletic grant will be replaced with other aid.
The page warns: 'If these requirements are not met the athletic grant may be rescinded. Should this happen, the rescinded athletic grants may not be replaced by other grants.'

Renewal questions families ask

How do I keep my scholarship each year?: Awards 'are renewable as long as you remain in good academic standing.' A specific renewal GPA for merit awards is not published; federal SAP minimums (1.65–2.00 GPA depending on credits, 67% completion) govern overall aid eligibility. Ask the aid office whether merit renewal uses a higher GPA than SAP.
Are test scores required for merit scholarships?: The published First-Year Scholarship Matrix is based on academic GPA only ('GPA is based on a 4.0 sliding scale'); no SAT/ACT cutoffs appear in the grid.

How Chestnut Hill compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Chestnut Hill 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 Chestnut Hill’s own published materials.