Note: This Scholarship is only applicable to incoming first-year students for the 2008-2009 school year.

The Provost's Scholarships are based solely on a student's high school or transfer academic record. There is no application form for this scholarship. The required information is supplied as part of the application for admission.

The Admissions Office uses official high school transcripts and official test scores to identify eligible first-time freshmen students. Transfer students are required to have a 3.0 cummulative college grade point average. Students from high schools that do not rank shall be awarded the Provost's Scholarship based upon their SAT/ACT and/or GPA. Award letters for Provost's Scholarships are sent to students immediately following the offer of admission to the College.

Provost's Scholarships are renewable to the recipient for all four years at Messiah College provided the student maintains a 2.8 grade point average over the freshman academic year, a 3.0 grade point average each following year.

Provost's Scholarships are awarded to freshmen entering Messiah College who graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school class or who have a total score of 1100 or more on the SAT or 24 on the ACT or have a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher according to the following criteria. Only regularly admitted students are eligible. Trustees' and President's Scholarship recipients are not eligible to receive a Provost's Scholarship.

The deadline for admitted students to update information that might increase the Provost's Scholarship beyond the amount awarded at the time of acceptance or make them eligible for a Provost's Scholarship is March 1, (June 1 for Transfer Students). Students are responsible for communicating to the Admissions Office any such increases in SAT, ACT, high school GPA, or class rank prior to March 1, (June 1 for Transfers) of their senior year.

The following charts provide the method for which Provost amounts are determined. The Messiah Scholarship Search will also calculate this amount and provide information on other potential Messiah Scholarships.

Amount	HS Rank Only	Test Score Only	Combined Criteria	Other Criteria
$10000 / year $40000 / 4 years	Top 1%	SAT:1400-1600 or ACT: 32-36	SAT: 1300-1390 or ACT: 30, 31 AND Top 5%	National Merit Finalist National Merit Semifinalist * Valedictorian * Salutatorian
$9000 / year $36000 / 4 years	Top 3%	SAT:1300-1390 or ACT: 30, 31	SAT: 1250-1290 or ACT: 28, 29 AND Top 10%	National Merit Commended
$8000 / year $32000 / 4 years	Top 5%	SAT:1250-1290 or ACT: 28, 29	SAT: 1150-1240 or ACT: 26, 27 AND Top 15%	** Transfer GPA >= 3.7
$7000 / year $28000 / 4 years	Top 10%	SAT:1150-1240 or ACT: 26, 27	SAT: 1100-1140 or ACT: 24, 25 AND HS GPA >= 3.5	** Transfer GPA >= 3.3
$6000 / year $24000 / 4 years	Top 25%	SAT:1100-1140 or ACT: 24, 25		HS GPA >=3.5 ** Transfer GPA >= 3.0

 

$10,000 PER YEAR ($40,000 over 4 years) is awarded to:

• High School Valedictorians or Salutatorian*
• National Merit Scholarship Finalists or Semi-finalists
• Students who rank in the top 1% of their high school class
• Students with an SAT score of 1400 and above
• Students with a composite ACT score of 32 and above

$9,000 PER YEAR ($36,000 over 4 years) is awarded to:

• National Merit Scholarship Commended students
• Students who rank in the top 3% of their high school class
• Students with an SAT score of 1300-1390
• Students with a composite ACT score of 30, 31
• Students with an SAT score of 1250-1290 and who rank in the top 10% of their high school class
• Students with a composite ACT score of 29 or 30 and who rank in the top 10% of their high school class

$8,000 PER YEAR ($32,000 over 4 years) is awarded to:

• Students who rank in the top 5% of their high school class
• Students with an SAT score of 1250-1290
• Students with a composite ACT score of 28 or 29
• Students with an SAT score of 1150-1240 and who rank in the top 15% of their high school class
• Students with a composite ACT score of 26, 27 and who rank in the top 15% of their high school class
• Transfer students with a Cummulative GPA of 3.7 or higher

$7,000 PER YEAR ($28,000 over 4 years) is awarded to:

• Students who rank in the top 10% of their high school class
• Students with an SAT score of 1150-1240
• Students with a composite ACT score of 26, 27
• Students with an SAT score of 1100-1140 and high school GPA of 3.5 or higher
• Students with a composite ACT score of 24, 25 and high school GPA of 3.5 or higher
• Transfer students with a Cummulative GPA of 3.3 or higher

$6,000 PER YEAR ($24,000 over 4 years) is awarded to:

• Students who rank in the top 25% of their high school class
• Students with an SAT score of 1100-1140
• Students with a composite ACT score of 24, 25
• Students with a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher
• Transfer students with a Cummulative GPA of 3.0 or higher

SAT scores represent the combined Verbal/Critical Reading and Math sections only of the New SAT and the previous SAT I exams.

The amount of the Provost's Scholarship award may be adjusted upon receipt of new information at any time prior to March 1 (June 1 for Transfers) for fall enrollment. Adjustments to Provost's Scholarships are not allowed after March 1 (June 1 for Transfers).

* Messiah College reserves the right to adjust the amount of a Provost's Scholarship in cases when the student is a member of a graduating class with fewer than 40 students, or if a transfer student has completed less than 30 credits.

** Transfer students with a cumulative college GPA of 3.0 or higher may increase the amount of their scholarship if their high school record meets the criteria for a higher level award.