Millsaps· Renewal Rules
Keeping Millsaps’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
- 9 of 9
- One-time tiers
- 0
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 9
- Renewal risk profile
- low
Renewal risk profile
Millsaps'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.
- Millsaps Merit Scholarship (automatic): SAP standards
- Premier Scholarship: See notes
- Millsaps Advantage Scholarship: See notes
- Scouting Scholarship (Eagle Scout / Girl Scout Gold Award): See notes
- Gulf Scholars Program: See notes
- Children of United Methodist Pastors Scholarship: See notes
- Millsaps Legacy Scholarship: See notes
- Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships (transfer): See notes
- JPS Pathway Scholarship: See notes
Renewal terms by tier
Millsaps Merit Scholarship (automatic)
$18,000-$34,000 per yearEntry requirements: Estimated via the merit calculator using cumulative GPA + highest super-scored ACT/SAT; no published hard cutoff for the merit range GPA · Test-optional SAT · Test-optional; higher scores can be submitted for re-review through the February ACT / March SAT ACT
To keep it: Renewal of merit-based institutional aid requires satisfactory academic progress, a minimum course load of at least 12 hours per semester, continuous enrollment at Millsaps, and (per the renewal terms surfaced in search) residing on campus. The page also states renewal is 'contingent upon meeting specific eligibility criteria provided with the award.' Exact renewal GPA is not published on the page — ask the aid office.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
Premier Scholarship
Full cost of tuition and fees (16 awarded)Entry requirements: Unweighted minimum 3.5 on a 4.0 scale GPA · Minimum 1300 SAT · Minimum 28 ACT
To keep it: Described as a four-year scholarship ('Over four years, you will share experiences...'); specific renewal GPA not stated on the page.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/premier-scholarships/
Millsaps Advantage Scholarship
Full tuition and feesTo keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
Scouting Scholarship (Eagle Scout / Girl Scout Gold Award)
Minimum total scholarship package of $15,000 per yearTo keep it: Renewable all four years.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
Gulf Scholars Program
Up to $5,000 per year for four yearsTo keep it: Up to $5,000 per year for four years.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
Children of United Methodist Pastors Scholarship
$2,000 per yearTo keep it: Renewable up to four years.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
Millsaps Legacy Scholarship
$1,000To keep it: Renewal terms not stated on the page.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships (transfer)
$5,000 (member), $6,000 (officer), $7,000 (president), annuallyTo keep it: Annual amounts stated; renewal terms not detailed on the page.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
JPS Pathway Scholarship
At least 50% of tuition (renewable)To keep it: Described as a 'renewable undergraduate scholarship'; specific renewal terms not stated.
Source: https://millsaps.edu/apply-to-millsaps/financial-aid-scholarships/scholarships/
How families lose this aid
- Treating the Premier Scholarship as automatic.
Only 16 are awarded, it requires a separate application (essay + two recommendation letters), and a 3.5 unweighted GPA plus a 28 ACT / 1300 SAT minimum. The application closes Dec. 12, 2025, with a Scholars Weekend on Feb. 6-7, 2026.
Renewal questions families ask
- What are the Premier Scholarship requirements and deadline?
- An unweighted 3.5 GPA, a 28 ACT or 1300 SAT, a completed Millsaps application, a 500-700 word essay, and two letters of recommendation. The application opens Aug. 1, 2025 and closes Dec. 12, 2025; Scholars Weekend is Feb. 6-7, 2026 with an acceptance deadline of Mar. 13, 2026. Only 16 are awarded, covering full tuition and fees.
- Is the merit scholarship renewable?
- Yes. Renewal requires satisfactory academic progress, at least a 12-hour course load each semester, continuous enrollment, and (per renewal terms) residing on campus, and is 'contingent upon meeting specific eligibility criteria provided with the award.' A specific renewal GPA is not published — confirm with the aid office.
How Millsaps compares across our verified dataset
- 669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Millsaps 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 Millsaps’s own published materials.
More on Millsaps merit aid
- Millsaps merit aid overviewFull tier ladder, named scholarships, departmental awards, and how families decide.
- Millsaps scholarship stackingWhether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
- Does Millsaps displace outside scholarships?The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.