Renewal Criteria for Merit Scholarships

Renewal Criteria for Merit Scholarships

All UMSL Merit Scholarships (MBW, Gateway, STL Scholars, Curators, Chancellors, Gold, Red, & UMSL) have the same renewal criteria. The renewal criteria must be met in order to continue receiving your scholarship for future semesters. Failure to complete any of these criteria may result in you losing your scholarship for the remainder of your Undergraduate career.

*Below renewal criteria is applied to every scholarship unless otherwise noted.

Renewal Criteria Listed Below:

  1. Students must maintain and complete 12 credit hours per semester, Full-Time enrollment.
  2. Students must maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA.
    1. GPA requirement is also applied to students awarded Merit Scholarships prior to Fall 2022 (Curators, Chancellors, University, Academic).

Incoming Freshman students are eligible to receive Merit Scholarships for a total of 8 semesters if they meet the above renewal criteria.

Incoming Transfer Students* (students transferring from another institution) are eligible to receive merit scholarships for a total of 4 semesters if they meet the above renewal criteria.

*Transfer students are classified as students who attended another institution following High School Graduation and then transfer to UMSL.


Kohm Scholar

The renewal criteria must be met in order to continue receiving your scholarship for future semesters. Failure to complete any of these criteria may result in you losing your scholarship for the remainder of your Undergraduate career.

Renewal Criteria Listed Below:

  1. Students must maintain and complete 15 credit hours per semester.
  2. Students must maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
  3. Students must complete the FAFSA by the State priority deadline, February 1st.

Incoming Freshman students are eligible to receive Merit Scholarships for a total of 8 semesters if they meet the above renewal criteria.

JSMF

The renewal criteria must be met in order to continue receiving your scholarship for future semesters. Failure to complete any of these criteria may result in you losing your scholarship for the remainder of your Undergraduate career.

 Renewal Criteria Listed Below:

  1. Students must maintain enrollment in the School of Engineering at UMSL
  2. Students must maintain and complete 12 credit hours per semester (Fall & Spring).
  3. Students must maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
  4. Students must complete the FAFSA by the State priority deadline, February 1st.

Incoming Freshman students are eligible to receive Merit Scholarships for a total of 8 semesters if they meet the above renewal criteria.

Triton Business 

The renewal criteria must be met in order to continue receiving your scholarship for future semesters. Failure to complete any of these criteria may result in you losing your scholarship for the remainder of your Undergraduate career.

Renewal Criteria Listed Below:

  1. Students must be enrolled in the Ed G. Smith College of Business pursuing an Undergraduate Degree.
  2. Students must maintain and complete 15 credit hours per semester (Fall & Spring).
  3. Students must maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
  4. Students must complete the FAFSA by the State priority deadline, February 1st.

Incoming Freshman students are eligible to receive Merit Scholarships for a total of 8 semesters if they meet the above renewal criteria.