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Keeping Fisk’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 20268 days ago· CC

At a glance

Renewable tiers
4 of 4
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
4
Renewal risk profile
low

Renewal risk profile

Fisk'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.

  • Erastus Milo Cravath Presidential Scholarship: See notes
  • Ella Sheperd Moore Provost Scholarship: See notes
  • Fisk Outstanding Scholars & Leaders Award: See notes
  • Fisk Performance Award for Music Majors: See notes

Renewal terms by tier

  • Erastus Milo Cravath Presidential Scholarship

    Full tuition, room, meals, and books (books up to $250 US per semester)

    To keep it: Stated as 'renewable annually'; the recipient must be enrolled in a minimum of 15 credit hours per semester. Detailed renewal requirements (e.g. minimum GPA, service hours) are stated to live on the university contract in the student's award packet and are NOT published on the page.

    Source: https://www.fisk.edu/admissions/scholarships/

  • Ella Sheperd Moore Provost Scholarship

    Full tuition

    To keep it: Stated as 'renewable annually'; the recipient must be enrolled in a minimum of 15 credit hours per semester. Detailed renewal requirements are on the university contract in the award packet and are not published on the page.

    Source: https://www.fisk.edu/admissions/scholarships/

  • Fisk Outstanding Scholars & Leaders Award

    $5K to $15K (applied toward tuition)

    To keep it: Stated as 'renewable annually'; the recipient must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and a maximum of 18 credit hours per semester. Detailed renewal requirements are on the university contract in the award packet and are not published on the page.

    Source: https://www.fisk.edu/admissions/scholarships/

  • Fisk Performance Award for Music Majors

    Amount varies

    To keep it: Renewal terms not published.

    Source: https://fisk.smartcatalogiq.com/en/bulletin/undergraduate/financial-aid/fisk-internal-scholarships

How families lose this aid

  • Treating the 'full tuition' awards as covering your whole bill.

    The Ella Sheperd Moore Provost Scholarship covers full TUITION only — not room, board, fees, or books. Only the Cravath Presidential covers tuition plus room, meals, and a books allowance (capped at $250/semester). On the 2024-2025 schedule, tuition is $23,880/year while a residential student also faces recurring fees ($1,978), a technology fee ($724), a double room ($6,568), and a 19-meal board plan ($5,340) on top.

Renewal questions families ask

Do I need a separate application for Fisk's merit scholarships?
No. The three main merit awards (Cravath Presidential, Ella Sheperd Moore Provost, and Outstanding Scholars & Leaders) have no separate application — you're evaluated on your admission application. Only the Endowed & Annual Named scholarships require a separate electronic application that must be renewed each year.
Are Fisk merit scholarships renewable?
Yes — all three main awards are stated to be 'renewable annually,' but the detailed renewal conditions (such as a minimum GPA or credit-hour load) are spelled out on the university contract in your award packet rather than on the public page. Confirm the exact renewal GPA and any service-hour requirement with the Scholarship Coordinator before you enroll.
What does the Cravath Presidential Scholarship cover?
Full tuition, room, meals, and books — with the books portion capped at up to $250 per semester. The recipient must enroll in at least 15 credit hours per semester.

How Fisk compares across our verified dataset

  • 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Fisk 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 Fisk’s own published materials.

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