When must I apply to get the Early Admit Grant?

First-year students who apply and are admitted by Dec. 1, 2025 receive the $2,000/yr Early Admit Grant ($8,000 over four years).

How long do scholarships renew?

All university scholarships can be renewed for eight regular academic terms, subject to GPA requirements, full-time enrollment, and annual review by the Scholarship Selection Committee.

Susquehanna· Renewal Rules

Keeping Susquehanna’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.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 5 of 8
One-time tiers: 3
Tiers with published renewal terms: 4
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

Susquehanna'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 Scholarships (First-Year): Full-time enrollment
Transfer Scholarships: See notes
Alumni Scholarships: See notes
Janet Weis Writers Institute Scholarship: 3.2 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

Academic Scholarships (First-Year)
$40,000-$44,000
To keep it: Renewable for eight regular academic terms; reviewed annually by the Scholarship Selection Committee; must meet GPA requirements, be a responsible member of the community, and enroll full-time.
Source: https://www.susqu.edu/admission/financial-aid/scholarships-grants/
Transfer Scholarships
$40,000-$44,000
To keep it: Renewable for up to eight regular academic terms (university scholarship renewal policy).
Source: https://www.susqu.edu/admission/financial-aid/scholarships-grants/
Alumni Scholarships
$2,500
To keep it: Annual award; standard university scholarship renewal applies.
Source: https://www.susqu.edu/admission/financial-aid/scholarships-grants/
Janet Weis Writers Institute Scholarship
$5,000
To keep it: Renewable for up to four years with full-time enrollment as a creative writing major and a 3.2 GPA in the major.
Source: https://www.susqu.edu/admission/financial-aid/scholarships-grants/

How families lose this aid

Assuming there is a GPA/test cutoff that guarantees a specific dollar amount.
Susquehanna publishes only a $40,000–$44,000 first-year range and states awards are 'based upon an assessment of each admitted student's academic achievement and potential' on a competitive basis — there is no published grid, so the exact amount cannot be predicted from stats.

Renewal questions families ask

When must I apply to get the Early Admit Grant?: First-year students who apply and are admitted by Dec. 1, 2025 receive the $2,000/yr Early Admit Grant ($8,000 over four years).
How long do scholarships renew?: All university scholarships can be renewed for eight regular academic terms, subject to GPA requirements, full-time enrollment, and annual review by the Scholarship Selection Committee.

Rules that bite at Susquehanna

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

renewalAcademic Scholarships (First-Year): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable for eight regular academic terms; reviewed annually by the Scholarship Selection Committee; must meet GPA requirements, be a responsible member of the community, and enroll full-time. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Susquehanna compares across our verified dataset

669 of 750 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Susquehanna is one of them. The cohort minority (81 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 Susquehanna’s own published materials.