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Keeping SUNY Brockport’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· CC

At a glance

Renewable tiers
7 of 9
One-time tiers
2
Tiers with published renewal terms
7
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

SUNY Brockport'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.

  • Gold Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • Green Scholarship: Full-time enrollment
  • Collegiate Scholarship: 3.25 GPA
  • Prometheus Scholarship (Honors College): See notes
  • Empire Scholarship (Out-of-State Students): Full-time enrollment
  • Transfer Scholarship (3.5 GPA tier): 3.25 GPA
  • Transfer Scholarship (3.0 GPA tier): 3.25 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

  • Gold Scholarship

    $4,500/year

    Entry requirements: Typically 93+ high school average (not a strict cutoff; holistic review of GPA, rigor, engagement) GPA

    To keep it: Renewable for four years (freshmen only) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA, and the campus residency requirement.

    Source: https://www.brockport.edu/scholarships-aid/scholarships/first-year/

  • Green Scholarship

    $2,500/year

    Entry requirements: Typically 88+ high school average (not a strict cutoff; holistic review) GPA

    To keep it: Renewable for four years (freshmen only) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA, and the campus residency requirement.

    Source: https://www.brockport.edu/scholarships-aid/scholarships/first-year/

  • Collegiate Scholarship

    $1,500/year

    Entry requirements: Typically 85-88 high school average (not a strict cutoff; holistic review) GPA

    To keep it: First-year scholarships are renewable for four years (unless otherwise specified) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 GPA, and housing requirements. Specific Collegiate renewal terms are not separately listed beyond the general first-year terms.

    Source: https://www.brockport.edu/scholarships-aid/scholarships/

  • Prometheus Scholarship (Honors College)

    $6,000/year

    Entry requirements: Honors College admission decision considers HS GPA, Regents scores, and advanced coursework GPA

    To keep it: Renewable up to four years by completing 24 credits per academic year and maintaining a minimum cumulative/institutional GPA of 3.25. Reviewed annually after the spring semester.

    Source: https://www.brockport.edu/academics/honors-college/terms-of-award/

  • Empire Scholarship (Out-of-State Students)

    $5,000/year

    Entry requirements: Typically 88+ high school average on a 100-point scale (or appropriate equivalent); holistic review GPA

    To keep it: Renewable for three additional years (four total) by maintaining on-campus residency, full-time status (30 credits per year), and a 3.25 institutional GPA.

    Source: https://www.brockport.edu/scholarships-aid/scholarships/first-year/

  • Transfer Scholarship (3.5 GPA tier)

    $1,500/year

    Entry requirements: 3.5 transfer GPA GPA

    To keep it: Transfer awards are renewable for up to two consecutive years by maintaining full-time status and a minimum 3.25 GPA.

    Source: https://www.brockport.edu/scholarships-aid/scholarships/

  • Transfer Scholarship (3.0 GPA tier)

    $1,000/year

    Entry requirements: 3.0 transfer GPA GPA

    To keep it: Transfer awards are renewable for up to two consecutive years by maintaining full-time status and a minimum 3.25 GPA.

    Source: https://www.brockport.edu/scholarships-aid/scholarships/

How families lose this aid

  • Assuming the Gold/Green/Prometheus dollars lower your tuition bill.

    Every Extraordinary Academic Scholarship (Gold, Green, Prometheus, Eagle, Empire) is a WAIVER applied to ROOM / non-tuition charges. If you commute or live off campus you lose the award entirely, and even on campus the credit offsets housing — not tuition.

  • Picking a townhome or Eagle Hall room and expecting your full Prometheus/scholarship credit.

    Scholarship students (Empire, Recognition, Residential, Green, Gold, Prometheus) who live in the Student Townhomes or Eagle Hall receive only a $1,000 credit ($500/semester) against room and owe the balance.

  • Letting your institutional GPA slip below 3.25.

    First-year merit awards renew only by maintaining full-time status, the on-campus residency requirement, and a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA. Drop below 3.25 (or move off campus, or drop below full-time) and you lose the scholarship for the current and all subsequent semesters.

  • Treating the Fannie Barrier Williams Scholars award as a merit scholarship.

    FBWS is need-based, restricted to six western-NY counties and low-income students with demonstrated need — it is not awarded on GPA/test merit and is a separate application/selection process.

Renewal questions families ask

Are these merit awards automatic on my GPA?
Mostly yes for the Extraordinary awards. The page lists typical GPA thresholds (e.g., Gold 93+, Green 88+, Collegiate 85-88, Eagle 90+, Empire 88+, Residential Scholars 96+) but notes these are 'typical' and not strict cutoffs — the committee uses a holistic review of GPA, rigor and engagement. Prometheus is tied to Honors College admission, not stats alone.
What do I need to renew my scholarship?
Maintain full-time status, the on-campus residency requirement, and a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA. First-year awards renew up to four years (freshmen only); transfer awards renew for up to two consecutive years. Prometheus also requires completing 24 credits per academic year.

Rules that bite at SUNY Brockport

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

  • renewalGold Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewable for four years (freshmen only) by maintaining full-time status, a minimum 3.25 institutional GPA, and the campus residency requirement. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How SUNY Brockport compares across our verified dataset

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

    SUNY Brockport 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 SUNY Brockport’s own published materials.

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