The starting point
JBU posts a fully automatic Assured Merit Award grid ($6,000-$13,000/yr on GPA + superscored ACT/SAT/CLT) that renews for up to eight semesters at a 3.0 GPA; top stats (3.9 GPA / 29 ACT / 1330 SAT / 95 CLT) instead earn an invitation to a Scholarship Competition for the $15,000 Chancellor's and up to $15,000 more in Presidential money.
More than one award path. Some awards use published academic thresholds. Others have different selection criteria. A score chart does not describe every award at this school.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 8 recorded awards, in chapter display order. This is a selection, not a ranking. Read the full chapter for all awards. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Assured Merit Award (first-time students)
$6,000-$13,000 per year · Published range
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: 3.0+ HS GPA grid (3.0-3.19 = $6,000 up to 3.8-3.89 = $13,000); 3.9+ is instead invited to the Scholarship Competition · SAT: 1020-1320 (superscored) · ACT: 20-28 (superscored); higher of GPA/test used
Eligibility: CLT 63-94; JBU uses whichever of GPA/ACT/SAT/CLT gives the highest scholarship; writing portion of ACT/SAT not evaluated
Renewal: Academic scholarships are renewable for up to eight semesters so long as you maintain a 3.0 GPA.
Other terms: Fully automatic. You may receive only one Assured Merit Award and JBU automatically awards the highest amount for which you qualify. The published grid: 3.8-3.89 GPA / 28 ACT / 1300-1320 SAT / 93-94 CLT = $13,000; 3.7-3.79 / 27 / 1260-1290 / 89-91 = $12,000; 3.6-3.69 / 26 / 1230-1250 / 86-88 = $10,000; 3.4-3.59 / 24-25 / 1160-1220 / 79-85 = $8,000; 3.2-3.39 / 21-23 / 1090-1150 / 67-78 = $7,000; 3.0-3.19 / 20 / 1020-1080 / 63-66 = $6,000. The 3.9+ / 29+ / 1330+ / 95+ row is 'Invited to Scholarship Competition' rather than a dollar amount (see Chancellor's/Presidential tiers).
https://www.jbu.edu/financial-aid/on-campus-undergraduate/scholarships-and-aid/scholarships/
Assured Merit Award (transfer students)
$6,000-$13,000 per year · Published range
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
GPA: Cumulative college GPA: 3.0-3.19 = $6,000; 3.2-3.29 = $7,000; 3.3-3.39 = $8,000; 3.4-3.49 = $10,000; 3.5-3.59 = $12,000; 3.6+ = $13,000
Eligibility: Transfer student with 24 hours of credit
Renewal: Academic scholarships are renewable for up to eight semesters so long as you maintain a 3.0 GPA.
Other terms: Automatic on transfer cumulative college GPA. Awarded using the transfer chart, not the first-time-student chart.
https://www.jbu.edu/financial-aid/on-campus-undergraduate/scholarships-and-aid/scholarships/
JBU National Merit Award
$17,000 · Published amount
Recorded as automatic on academic criteria; all conditions apply.
Eligibility: First-time college student who is a National Merit Finalist or Semi-Finalist
Renewal: Renewal not separately stated for this award; JBU academic scholarships generally renew for up to eight semesters at a 3.0 GPA. National Merit Finalists/Semi-Finalists retain this award unless they receive the Presidential Scholarship.
Other terms: Automatic for qualifying National Merit Finalists/Semi-Finalists. National Merit Finalists and Semi-Finalists retain the JBU National Merit Award unless they are selected to receive the Presidential Scholarship, in which case they receive both the Chancellor's and Presidential Scholarships instead.
https://www.jbu.edu/financial-aid/on-campus-undergraduate/scholarships-and-aid/scholarships/
Ask before you decide
- Which entering-year policy and residency category apply to us? What are the admission and scholarship deadlines?
- What grades and credits are required to renew, and for how many terms?
- How would other school awards or outside scholarships change the offer?
Recorded stacking policy: JBU's published stacking/displacement rules differ by award. For ATHLETES, total aid from ALL sources (including academic scholarships, need-based aid, federal/state grants, loans, work-study and any outside scholarships) is capped at full-time tuition + room and board + general fee + up to $600 in course fees, and the athletic scholarship is reduced dollar-for-dollar by other sources — a COA-cap. For non-athletes, no general outside-scholarship displacement rule is published on the scholarships page; recipients of an outside scholarship are only told to complete the Outside Scholarship Notification Form. Within named awards, the Presidential explicitly stacks on the Chancellor's, but Music & Theatre awards do NOT stack with each other and the Chancellor's REPLACES any prior Assured Merit Award.
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