Diversity Scholarship for Currently Enrolled Students

Scholarships At a Glance (click on each heading for more details)
Application Deadline:   February 15
Application Available:  Late Fall (typically after fall grades are posted)
Application Requirements:    Submit an online 'Consolidated Application for Scholarships through Financial Aid & Scholarhip Office' via ScholarX 
Eligibility Requirements:   Diversity, 2.5 GPA, Currently enrolled at MTSU
Award Amounts:    $1000-$2000 for 1 year

Scholarship Overview

MTSU offers two scholarships to encourage diversity among current MTSU students:

• Vision Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement and diversity.

• MT Diversity Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, diversity, and financial need.

Eligibility Requirements 

Applicants must meet the following criteria to be considered:

• GPA: You must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 after the Fall 2012 semester.  Please Note:  Cumulative GPA is defined as the Overall Combined GPA, which includes all college credits (including transfer and remedial credits).

• Diversity: See below for information regarding how diversity is defined for scholarship purposes.

• Financial Need (For MT Diversity only): You must file a FAFSA by March 1 and must have an EFC of 12,000 or less according to your FAFSA results. (Please note that financial need is not required for Vision Scholarships.)

• Enrollment: You must be enrolled in at least 6 hours for both the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters. (Enrollment for both terms will be verified in mid-spring, when applications are being processed.)

• You must be meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements

• You must be pursuing your first undergraduate degree; if you are working on a graduate degree or a second undergraduate degree, you will not be considered.

• You must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

• You cannot be a recipient of other scholarships awarded and/or funded by the Financial Aid & Scholarship Office.

• Priority consideration will be given to students who are not expected to receive a Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship for the 2013-2014 year. However, we encourage all otherwise-eligible students to apply, since we have been able to offer diversity scholarships to lottery recipients in most years. Our ability to do so for this year will depend on the available funding and the number of eligible applicants.

In late spring, you will receive notification regarding whether you were selected as a recipient.  An e-mail will be sent to your MTSU email address at that time.

This scholarship is awarded for one academic year only; students must reapply each year to be considered.  Award amounts and criteria may be updated annually.

Diversity Criteria

 
For scholarship purposes, diversity is defined as being a member of an underrepresented population at MTSU. Diversity categories may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• First-generation college students

• Members of an underrepresented race or ethnicity

• Veterans of the US Armed Forces

• Students who have overcome hardships

• Non-traditional students

• Students who have a disability

• Students who have special gifts or talents

How Recipients and Award Amounts Are Determined

The scholarship staff will determine whether an applicant meets diversity requirements, based on the applicant's answers to diversity questions on the scholarship application.  Only applicants who meet diversity, enrollment, GPA, and financial need (for MT Diversity only) requirements will be considered. If available funding is not sufficient to award all eligible applicants, students will be ranked by GPA (and on level of financial need, for MT Diversity only). Scholarships will be awarded to top-ranked students according to available funding.

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Award Amounts

The standard base award for both Vision and MT Diversity is $1000 per year for full-time enrollment. (Recipients who are enrolled part-time will receive prorated amounts of 50% or 75% of the full award; students who expect to graduate in December will receive a one semester amount which is half of the full-year amount.) Selected recipients may additionally be awarded a $500 "high need" amount for an EFC of 12,000 or less and/or a $500 "high ability" amount for a GPA of 3.0 or higher, for a maximum award of $2000. Award amounts may vary each year, depending on available funding and the number of eligible applicants.

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How To Apply

Students must submit a 'Consolidated Application for Scholarships through Financial & Scholarship Office' via ScholarX by February 15, 2013, to be considered for a 2013-2014 scholarship. Applications will be available through ScholarX in mid-fall (around the time that fall grades are posted).  Students who miss the priority deadline or who were initially denied but are now meeting scholarship requirements may submit a one-semester scholarship request in the Scholarship Office beginning two weeks before each semester; if funding is available, additional scholarships will be awarded approximately midway through the term.

Set up a ScholarX account, if you have not already done so.

• Go to https://mtsu.scholarships.ngwebsolutions.com
• Under "First Time Users", click on "Create an Account Here".
• Set up a log-in, using your MTSU email address.
• Remember your log-in name and password for future use! Each year, you will apply using ScholarX and will need to remember the log-in name and password you used.

Submit a Scholarship application.

• Applications will be available in late fall after fall grades are posted.
• Complete the application marked 'Consolidated Application for Scholarships through Financial Aid & Scholarship Office'.
• Be careful to provide correct information for each question! Incorrect info or a question left blank can prevent you from being considered!
• Applications are due by February 15.

Tie it up.

• After you have submitted the scholarship application, click on "Applicant Home" to return to the list of applications.  There, you can review your application by clicking on "Review your answers".
• Keep a printed or electronic copy (e.g., print it as a PDF and save it on your computer) for at least one year.
• Be sure to apply for other scholarships, especially Foundation Scholarships awarded by the Financial Aid & Scholarship Office and any scholarships offered by your academic department; contact your department or search via ScholarX for information about application procedures and deadlines.

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Updated October 2012