HOPE Scholarship (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally)
The HOPE Scholarship - http://www.GAfutures.org -is a state funded award that will pay a percentage of tuition based on a factor rate set by the Georgia Legislature each year for all eligible students seeking an associate degree. Georgia residency documents are required as proof to be considered for eligibility of this grant. To be eligible as a first-year student, a student must be a 1993 or later graduate of an eligible high school and earn a "B" average as determined by Georgia Student Finance Commission. A "B" average is a 3.00 cumulative grade point average on a 4.00 scale. If ineligible as a first-year student, a student may gain eligibility by maintaining a 3.00 HOPE scholarship cumulative grade point average after the school term in which 30 or 60 transferable semester hours of degree credit has been attempted. A student must not have exceeded his or her expiration of eligibility limits as describe by Georgia Student Finance Commission HOPE Scholarship Regulations found on the GAfutures.org website. Student may log into his or her GAfutures account to check their expiration date.
A student must not have already earned a baccalaureate degree or have attempted more than 127 semester hours of college credit.
Students must maintain a HOPE scholarship cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better at the end of spring term (unless they are a less-than-full-time student who has taken less than 30 credits) and in the terms in which they have attempted 30, 60, and 90 credit hours. Failure to meet the cumulative GPA requirements at these check points will result in the loss of the HOPE Scholarship. A HOPE Scholarship recipient who has lost HOPE Scholarship Eligibility at two Checkpoints since Fall term 2011 cannot regain Eligibility. A student must have been receiving HOPE to be considered as having lost HOPE. More detailed information on eligibility and how a HOPE scholarship cumulative grade point average is calculated may be obtained from the Financial Aid Office.