What are the Prestige (Hollingsworth) scholarship deadlines and requirements?

Priority deadline November 1, final deadline January 3. Applicants should be first-time first-year students with a 3.5+ GPA and at least a 29 ACT / 1330 SAT, in the top 10% of applicants, and must submit an essay and (if a finalist) interview with a faculty committee.

What GPA do I need to renew my merit scholarship?

It depends on which award you hold (per the FSC Terms & Conditions): e.g., Roux/Lockett/Transfer 2.2, Watson/Ordway/Buckner 2.5, Pfeiffer/Christoverson/Danforth 2.75, McClurg/Jenkins 3.0, Hollingsworth 3.3. Awards are for up to 8 semesters (4 years) of full-time study.

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Keeping Florida Southern’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.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 10 of 10
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 10
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Florida Southern'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.

E.T. Roux Scholarship: 2.2 GPA
Edna Mae Pearce Lockett Scholarship: 2.2 GPA
Thad G. Buckner Scholarship: 2.5 GPA
Lucius P. Ordway Scholarship: 2.5 GPA
Emile E. Watson Scholarship: 2.5 GPA
William H. Danforth Scholarship: 2.75 GPA
Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer Scholarship: 2.75 GPA
Hollingsworth Scholarship (Prestige): 3.3 GPA
C.V. McClurg Scholarship (Prestige): 3.0 GPA
Christoverson Scholarship (Prestige): 2.75 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

E.T. Roux Scholarship
$10,000-$14,000 per year
To keep it: Per the FSC Terms & Conditions (2024-2025), Roux renews at a 2.2 cumulative GPA. You do NOT move between scholarship levels.
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-merit-scholarships
Edna Mae Pearce Lockett Scholarship
$12,500-$17,000 per year
To keep it: Renews at 2.2 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-merit-scholarships
Thad G. Buckner Scholarship
$14,000-$18,500 per year
To keep it: Renews at 2.5 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-merit-scholarships
Lucius P. Ordway Scholarship
$15,500-$20,500 per year
To keep it: Renews at 2.5 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-merit-scholarships
Emile E. Watson Scholarship
$16,000-$22,000 per year
To keep it: Renews at 2.5 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-merit-scholarships
William H. Danforth Scholarship
$18,000-$24,000 per year
To keep it: Renews at 2.75 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-merit-scholarships
Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer Scholarship
$20,000-$26,000 per year
To keep it: Renews at 2.75 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-merit-scholarships
Hollingsworth Scholarship (Prestige)
Full ride (more than $230,000 over four years)
Entry requirements: 3.5 or above GPA · 1330 SAT · 29 ACT
To keep it: Renews at 3.3 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025) — the highest renewal floor of any FSC award.
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/prestige-scholarships
C.V. McClurg Scholarship (Prestige)
Amount not published (Prestige add-on / premier award)
Entry requirements: 3.5 or above GPA · 1330 SAT · 29 ACT
To keep it: Renews at 3.0 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/prestige-scholarships
Christoverson Scholarship (Prestige)
Amount not published (Prestige add-on / premier award)
Entry requirements: 3.5 or above GPA · 1330 SAT · 29 ACT
To keep it: Renews at 2.75 cumulative GPA (T&C 2024-2025).
Source: https://www.flsouthern.edu/admissions/undergraduate/undergraduate-financial-aid/undergraduate-scholarships/prestige-scholarships

How families lose this aid

Assuming all FSC scholarships share one renewal GPA
Each named award has its OWN cumulative-GPA renewal floor (per the FSC Terms & Conditions): Hollingsworth 3.3, McClurg/Jenkins 3.0, Pfeiffer/Christoverson/Danforth 2.75, Watson/Ordway/Buckner 2.5, Lockett/Roux/Transfer 2.2. Fall below your award's floor and you forfeit it.
Expecting to drop to a lower scholarship tier if your GPA slips
FSC states 'Students do not move from one academic scholarship level to another academic scholarship level.' If you miss your tier's renewal GPA you lose the scholarship outright — you are not bumped down a rung.
Changing majors without checking your scholarship
'FSC scholarships specific to a student's major will be forfeited if the student changes majors. Those scholarships will not be replaced with other FSC funds.'

Renewal questions families ask

What are the Prestige (Hollingsworth) scholarship deadlines and requirements?: Priority deadline November 1, final deadline January 3. Applicants should be first-time first-year students with a 3.5+ GPA and at least a 29 ACT / 1330 SAT, in the top 10% of applicants, and must submit an essay and (if a finalist) interview with a faculty committee.
What GPA do I need to renew my merit scholarship?: It depends on which award you hold (per the FSC Terms & Conditions): e.g., Roux/Lockett/Transfer 2.2, Watson/Ordway/Buckner 2.5, Pfeiffer/Christoverson/Danforth 2.75, McClurg/Jenkins 3.0, Hollingsworth 3.3. Awards are for up to 8 semesters (4 years) of full-time study.

How Florida Southern compares across our verified dataset

247 of 272 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Florida Southern is one of them. The cohort minority (25 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 Florida Southern’s own published materials.

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tierE.T. Roux Scholarship
tierHollingsworth Scholarship (Prestige)
scholarshipHazel Haley Scholarship