Furman· Renewal Rules
Keeping Furman’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
- 3 of 3
- One-time tiers
- 0
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 2
- Renewal risk profile
- low
Renewal risk profile
Furman'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.
- Bell Tower Scholarship: See notes
- John D. Hollingsworth Scholarship: See notes
Renewal terms by tier
Bell Tower Scholarship
Variable, awarded across a tier ladder based on academic achievement and potentialTo keep it: Renewable for up to four years or eight semesters subject to maintaining academic standing.
Source: https://www.furman.edu/financial-aid/aid-types/merit-based-scholarships/
John D. Hollingsworth Scholarship
$36,000 per year, renewable for four yearsTo keep it: Renewable four years; recipients participate in the Public Leadership Seminars and the Riley Institute's Advantage Scholars program.
Source: https://www.furman.edu/financial-aid/aid-types/merit-based-scholarships/
How Furman compares across our verified dataset
- 133 of 150 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Furman is one of them. The cohort minority (17 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
- 50 of 150 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
Furman is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.
Sources used on this page
Every renewal claim is checked against Furman’s own published materials.
More on Furman merit aid
- Furman merit aid overviewFull tier ladder, named scholarships, departmental awards, and how families decide.
- Furman scholarship stackingWhether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
- Does Furman displace outside scholarships?The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.