These are the requirements to retain your scholarships after they are initially awarded to you. You must maintain full-time enrollment during each semester of receiving your scholarship.

Hope (Lottery) Scholarship

UT Institutional Scholarships
GPA Monitoring for UT 4-Year Scholarships
A student’s Grade Point Average (GPA) is monitored annually and reviewed by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at the end of every spring semester. If the student does not have the required cumulative GPA at that time, scholarship eligibility is lost moving forward.
If the student experienced extenuating circumstances that affected their ability to meet the minimum requirements, they can submit a written appeal for the loss of their scholarship.
Approved appeals grant probationary eligibility for the next semester.
Scholarship Type |
Name |
Cumulative GPA |
Additional Requirements |
Chancellor’s |
All Chancellor’s Scholarships |
3.25 |
|
Institutional |
Volunteer |
3.0 |
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each fall and spring semester and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
|
Institutional |
Provost |
3.5 |
|
Institutional |
Pledge |
2.0 |
- Submit FAFSA annually by February 1
- Family Income/Assets/Untaxed Income $60,000 or less annually ((Family income combines the parent adjusted gross income with untaxed income such as alimony, child support, Social Security income, and other forms of untaxed income reported on the FAFSA. Additional family resources, including assets, will also be considered when determining eligibility for the Pledge Scholarship.)
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each fall and spring semester and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
- Maintain required minimum eligibility for all awarded institutional, federal, and state funds
|
Institutional |
Flagship |
2.0 |
- Submit FAFSA annually by February 1
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each fall and spring semester and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
|
Institutional |
International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship (IUMS) |
|
- Maintain a 3.0 yearly cumulative GPA while at UT
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each fall and spring semester and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
|
Institutional |
TN Connect |
2.0 |
- Submit FAFSA annually by February 1
- Family Income/Assets/Untaxed Income between $60,001-$70,000 annually (Family income combines the parent adjusted gross income with untaxed income such as alimony, child support, Social Security income, and other forms of untaxed income reported on the FAFSA. Additional family resources, including assets, will also be considered when determining eligibility for the TN Connect Scholarship.)
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each fall and spring semester and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
- Maintain required minimum eligibility for all awarded institutional, federal, and state funds
|
Institutional |
Beacon, Orange & White |
3.0 at end of spring term |
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each fall and spring semester and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
|
Institutional |
TN Explore |
3.0 |
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each fall and spring semester and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
|