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Rochester award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at Rochester?

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 Jul 20262 months ago· CB-1

The short answer

3 of 3 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
3 of 3
One-time tiers
0
Tiers with published renewal terms
2
Renewal risk profile
moderate

Renewal risk profile

Rochester'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.

  • Rochester Merit Scholarship (general): Full-time enrollment
  • Bausch + Lomb Science Scholarship: Full-time enrollment

Renewal terms by tier

  • Rochester Merit Scholarship (general)

    Average around $14,000 per year (range not publicly disclosed; awarded to ~50% of admitted students)

    To keep it: Renewed annually for up to three additional years (4 total) with satisfactory academic performance and full-time status. Award amount is frozen at admission — does NOT increase with annual tuition and fee increases.

    Source: https://www.rochester.edu/financial-aid/scholarships/

  • Bausch + Lomb Science Scholarship

    $6,000 per year ($24,000 over four years)

    To keep it: Renewable for four years; subject to standard Rochester merit renewal terms (satisfactory academic performance + full-time enrollment).

    Source: https://admissions.rochester.edu/high-school-awards/

Rules that bite at Rochester

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

  • renewalRochester Merit Scholarship (general): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

    Renewed annually for up to three additional years (4 total) with satisfactory academic performance and full-time status. Award amount is frozen at admission — does NOT increase with annual tuition and fee increases. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How Rochester compares across our verified dataset

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

    Rochester 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 Rochester’s own published materials.

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