The starting point
Wofford evaluates every applicant automatically for merit scholarships ($15,000-$30,000/year, plus several $100,000 full-four-year awards) — but a comprehensive-fee cap means gift aid (including outside scholarships) can't exceed your billable costs plus a book allowance unless you take loans.
Selection beyond grades and scores. These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 8 recorded awards, in chapter display order. This is a selection, not a ranking. Read the full chapter for all awards. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Wofford Merit Scholarship
$15,000-$25,000 per year · Published range
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Based on academic merit, leadership and service to the community. Evaluated automatically upon receipt of the Common Application. No published GPA/test grid.
Renewal: Renewable for up to three years after your first year (four years total / eight semesters), if eligibility requirements in the student's financial aid award letter are met.
Other terms: No separate application required.
https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Old Main Scholarship
$27,000-$30,000 per year · Published range
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Based on academic merit, leadership, and service to the community. Automatic via Common Application.
Renewal: Renewable for up to three years after your first year, if eligibility requirements in the financial aid award letter are met.
Other terms: Wofford's top published academic merit tier.
https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
First Generation Scholarship
$25,000 per year · Published amount
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: First-generation students (neither parent completed a bachelor's degree; single-parent household: that parent). 15 awards, competitive, based on the admission application. No additional application.
Renewal: Not separately stated; subject to general renewal (eight-semester) criteria.
Other terms: 15 awards offered.
https://www.wofford.edu/admission/scholarships/merit-based-scholarships
Ask before you decide
- Which entering-year policy and residency category apply to us? What are the admission and scholarship deadlines?
- What grades and credits are required to renew, and for how many terms?
- How would other school awards or outside scholarships change the offer?
Recorded stacking policy: Comprehensive-fee cap: for a boarding student, gift aid (federal/state/institutional grants and scholarships) may not exceed the total comprehensive fee (tuition, fees, food and housing) plus a book allowance; for a day student, scholarships/grants may not exceed tuition + fees + a book allowance — unless the student uses student/parent loans. Outside scholarships must be reported and the package recalculated; when the cap would be exceeded, the Wofford scholarship/grant is reduced. Scholarships are available for a total of eight semesters.
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