Scholarship Awarding Criteria
As a service to the University, the Financial Aid & Scholarships office will coordinate and award scholarships to incoming freshmen and transfer undergraduate students. Information below provides detailed steps regarding scholarship awarding and awarding process.
Any prospective freshmen and/or transfer students who are interested in being awarded a scholarship. Additional information can be found at affordability.ku.edu.
Prospective students must submit a complete admission application by the appropriate deadline to be considered for scholarships offered by Financial Aid & Scholarships.
- Freshman deadline in November 1. Applicant must be coming directly from a high school and have earned no college credit after graduating from high school. If applicant has graduated from high school and attended another university, college, or community college, the applicant is considered a transfer student, and not eligible for freshman scholarships.
- Transfer student deadline is May1. Applicant must be coming directly from a community college, applicants coming from a four-year college or university will not be eligible for transfer scholarships. If applicant has earned a four- year degree or previously attended KU as a degree- seeking student is not eligible for a transfer scholarship. The last 12 credit hours earned must be from a community college.
A complete freshman application will consist of the following.
- Admission application found at www.admissions.ku.edu/apply
- Application fee
- Self-reported high school GPA
- Self-reported ACT/SAT
- List of senior year courses
A complete transfer application will consist of the following:
- Admission application found at www.admissions.ku.edu/apply
- Application fee
- All official college transcripts
- Only students transferring from community college will be considered for transfer scholarships
Additional information for scholarships
- December ACT/SAT, test scores are the last scores to be used for scholarship awarding.
- The seventh semester grade report with cumulative high school GPA is the last report card used for scholarship awarding.
- Students must report new academic information (test score and/or high school GPA) to KU by February 1 of their senior year to be considered for scholarship awarding.
Information on FAS Scholarship Awarding Criteria is updated annually by Financial Aid and Scholarships.
10/15/2019: Updated policy.
12/21/2018; Updated policy.