Washington and Lee· Renewal Rules

Keeping Washington and Lee’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 May 20268 days ago· A2-3

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 3 of 3
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 3
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Washington and Lee's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

Johnson Scholarship: See notes
Max and Sylvia Weinstein Scholarship: See notes
Regional Honor Scholarships (Keelty, Boyd, Dallas, Houston/Fox Benton, Carrere, J. Edward Lewis): See notes

Renewal terms by tier

Johnson Scholarship
Tuition and fees, housing and food, plus $10,000 for a summer experience (full ride; more than $89,000/yr)
To keep it: A four-year award covering tuition, fees, housing, and food, plus the one-time-style annual $10,000 summer enhancement funding. W&L does not publish a specific GPA renewal threshold on the scholarship page.
Source: https://www.wlu.edu/admissions/the-johnson-scholarship
Max and Sylvia Weinstein Scholarship
Full tuition
To keep it: Renewable for four years.
Source: https://www.wlu.edu/admissions/the-johnson-scholarship/additional-scholarships
Regional Honor Scholarships (Keelty, Boyd, Dallas, Houston/Fox Benton, Carrere, J. Edward Lewis)
Cover tuition for four years
To keep it: Four-year tuition awards tied to specific geographic regions (e.g., Baltimore, Columbia SC, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, West Virginia).
Source: https://www.wlu.edu/admissions/the-johnson-scholarship/additional-scholarships

How Washington and Lee compares across our verified dataset

178 of 203 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Washington and Lee is one of them. The cohort minority (25 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 Washington and Lee’s own published materials.