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Minot State award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Minot State?

We pulled the school’s grade, credit, and time limits into one place so you can see what it takes to keep the award.

Verified Jun 20263 months ago

The short answer

2 of 2 published awards are listed as renewable.

The exact rule can change by award. Check the award your student may receive before you count on the same amount every year.

What to do

Find the award name in the full research below. Save its grade, credit, and deadline rules with your college plan.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers
2 of 2
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
2
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Minot State'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.

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • Automatic 4-Year Award (DISCONTINUED for new freshmen — renewal only): 3.0 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship

    $2,500-$10,000 over four years

    Entry requirements: Unweighted HS GPA: 3.9+ = $10,000 ($2,500/yr); 3.7-3.89 = $7,500 ($1,875/yr); 3.5-3.69 = $5,000 ($1,250/yr); 3.0-3.49 = $2,500 ($625/yr) GPA · No test score required SAT · No test score required ACT

    To keep it: Renewable up to eight consecutive fall and spring semesters: maintain a 3.0+ cumulative GPA, complete 24+ Minot State credits during fall and spring, and stay continuously enrolled full-time (12+ credits). Evaluated for renewal at the end of each spring. Award is reduced if the final unweighted HS GPA is lower than the in-progress GPA used initially.

    Source: https://www.minotstateu.edu/finaid/scholarships/Academic-Excellence-Scholarship.shtml

  • Automatic 4-Year Award (DISCONTINUED for new freshmen — renewal only)

    $8,000-$12,000 over four years (legacy grid)

    Entry requirements: Legacy grid combined GPA and test: e.g., ACT 30+ (or SAT 1360+) with GPA 3.8-4.0 = $3,000/yr ($12,000/4yr), 3.5-3.79 = $2,000/yr, 3.0-3.49 = $1,500/yr; ACT 26-29 (or SAT 1230-1350) tier = $8,000/4yr with GPA 3.8-4.0 = $2,000/yr, 3.5-3.79 = $1,500/yr GPA · 1360+, 1230-1350, etc. SAT · Used in the legacy grid (30+, 26-29, etc.) ACT

    To keep it: Same renewal criteria as AES (3.0 GPA, 24 credits/year, full-time, up to 8 semesters). No longer awarded to new freshmen.

    Source: https://www.minotstateu.edu/finaid/scholarships/automatic-4-year.shtml

How families lose this aid

  • Using the old Automatic 4-Year Award chart

    That award 'is no longer being awarded to new freshman' — the current freshman award is the Academic Excellence Scholarship (a GPA-only tuition waiver up to $10,000). Don't plan around the legacy $12,000/$8,000 ACT-based grid.

  • Overlooking the 24-credit renewal requirement

    Renewal requires both a 3.0 cumulative GPA AND completing 24 total Minot State credits during fall and spring; falling short ends the award for future years (summer can be used to catch up).

  • Reporting a weighted GPA

    The award is based on your official UNWEIGHTED high school GPA, and it will be reduced if your final unweighted GPA is lower than the in-progress GPA used for the initial offer.

Renewal questions families ask

Do I need a test score?
No. The current Academic Excellence Scholarship is based on your official unweighted high school GPA only.
How is the award paid and renewed?
It's a tuition waiver disbursed equally between fall and spring, renewable up to eight consecutive fall/spring semesters if you keep a 3.0 GPA, complete 24 credits per year, and stay continuously enrolled full-time.

Rules that bite at Minot State

The renewal trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook, derived from Minot State's own tier rules and not generic advice.

  • Renewal ruleAcademic Excellence Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewable up to eight consecutive fall and spring semesters: maintain a 3.0+ cumulative GPA, complete 24+ Minot State credits during fall and spring, and stay continuously enrolled full-time (12+ credits). Evaluated for renewal at the end of each spring. Award is reduced if the final unweighted HS GPA is lower than the in-progress GPA used initially. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Minot State compares across our verified dataset

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Minot State is one of them. The cohort minority (84 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 Minot State’s own published materials.

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