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

Renewal risk profile

UAA'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.

  • Beca Presidencial: 3.00 GPA
  • Beca Organizacional (Beca Alumnos Promisorios): Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

  • Beca Presidencial

    $1,500-$3,000

    Entry requirements: 3.50-4.00 cumulative HS index for $3,000; 3.00-3.49 for $1,500 GPA

    To keep it: Must maintain a minimum 3.00 GPA each semester at UAA; maximum duration 2 years; up to one year of grace permitted to begin using benefits (remaining time only).

    Source: https://www.uaa.edu/asistencia-economica/becas-y-grants/

  • Beca Organizacional (Beca Alumnos Promisorios)

    $2,000-$4,000

    Entry requirements: 3.75-4.00 (computed from 7th grade through 4th year of secondary school) for $4,000; 3.50-3.74 for $3,000; 2.75-3.49 for $2,000 GPA

    To keep it: Credited semesterly; must maintain a general GPA of no less than 2.75 at UAA; maximum duration 4 years; full-time load (12+ credits) required.

    Source: https://www.uaa.edu/asistencia-economica/becas-y-grants/

How families lose this aid

  • Treating the Beca Presidencial as a 4-year award.

    Its maximum duration is 2 years, and the payout shrinks after year 1 ($900→$600 or $500→$250 per semester) — budget for the drop and the early end.

  • Letting the UAA GPA slip below the maintenance floor.

    The Presidencial requires a 3.00 GPA 'cada semestre' (checked every semester, not just annually); the Promisorios requires 2.75. Falling below ends the award.

Renewal questions families ask

How much is the Beca Presidencial and how is it paid?
$3,000 total for a 3.50-4.00 cumulative HS index ($900 per semester in year 1, $600 per semester in year 2) or $1,500 for 3.00-3.49 ($500/semester then $250/semester). It requires graduating from a PR Adventist academy, maintaining a 3.00 GPA each semester, and lasts a maximum of 2 years.
How much is the Alumnos Promisorios award?
$4,000 (GPA 3.75-4.00), $3,000 (3.50-3.74), or $2,000 (2.75-3.49), where GPA is computed from 7th grade through senior year. It requires at least 10 grades at PR Adventist academies, a 2.75 GPA at UAA, full-time enrollment, and lasts up to 4 years. It can be credited to tuition, books, housing, and food.

Rules that bite at UAA

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

  • renewalBeca Organizacional (Beca Alumnos Promisorios): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Credited semesterly; must maintain a general GPA of no less than 2.75 at UAA; maximum duration 4 years; full-time load (12+ credits) required. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How UAA compares across our verified dataset

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

    UAA 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 UAA’s own published materials.

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