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

Renewal risk profile

Limestone'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.

  • Dean's Scholarship: See notes
  • Founders Scholarship: See notes
  • Presidential Palmetto Scholarship: See notes
  • Fine Arts Scholarships (Art, Music, Theatre): See notes

Renewal terms by tier

  • Dean's Scholarship

    Up to $12,500

    Entry requirements: 3.0+ GPA · 1100+ SAT · 24+ ACT

    To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page opened.

    Source: https://www.limestone.edu/day/costs

  • Founders Scholarship

    Up to $5,500

    Entry requirements: 2.0+ GPA

    To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page opened.

    Source: https://www.limestone.edu/day/costs

  • Presidential Palmetto Scholarship

    Full tuition, fees, room, and board (less any federal, state and outside scholarships/grants)

    To keep it: Up to four years, provided satisfactory academic progress continues with the student maintaining Palmetto renewal requirements.

    Source: https://www.limestone.edu/day/costs

  • Fine Arts Scholarships (Art, Music, Theatre)

    Up to $4,500

    To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page opened.

    Source: https://www.limestone.edu/day/costs

How families lose this aid

  • Missing the June 30 FAFSA / SC Tuition Grant deadlines.

    The costs page instructs: 'Submit your FAFSA before June 30' and 'S.C. Tuition Grant application deadline is June 30th.' SC Tuition Grant also requires full-time fall enrollment — failing to enroll full-time in fall forfeits the entire award year (per the catalog).

  • SC students assuming HOPE/LIFE/Palmetto Fellows combine.

    Per the catalog and costs page, the three SC state awards are mutually exclusive, and LIFE has a strict four-year window from first college enrollment with 30-credit-per-year renewal.

Renewal questions families ask

What merit scholarships does Limestone offer freshmen?
Per the (dated) costs page: Dean's Scholarship up to $12,500 (3.0+ GPA and 1100+ SAT or 24+ ACT), Founders Scholarship up to $5,500 (2.0+ GPA), the need-based Limestone Grant, the Presidential Palmetto Scholarship (full direct costs, less other aid, for SC Palmetto designees), Fine Arts up to $4,500, and athletic awards. The current scholarships page could not be machine-read — confirm 2026-2027 amounts with the aid office at financialaid@limestone.edu.

How Limestone compares across our verified dataset

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

    Limestone 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 Limestone’s own published materials.

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