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Scholarships are disbursed over a student’s first four consecutive fall/spring semesters, in four equal installments (e.g., fall 2023, spring 2024, fall 2024, and spring 2025) unless otherwise noted on your admissions letter.
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Scholarships cannot be used toward summer term tuition unless you are graduating in the summer term.
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If this applies to you, you must email schar@gmu.edu at least two semesters before you plan to graduate to request an accommodation.
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Scholarship recipients must maintain a 3.2 GPA throughout the duration of the award.
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Scholarships may be used only toward Schar School tuition or Schar School study abroad tuition and cannot be applied to any university fees.
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There is no minimum credit load to qualify for your scholarship. Scholarship awards apply only to tuition expenses. Any unused scholarship amount in each semester is nonrefundable and forfeited.
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If your domicile status changes (e.g., out-of-state to in-state), your scholarship award will update to reflect that change. You must notify schar@gmu.edu when your domicile changes.
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Receipt of an admissions merit award does not preclude you from applying for other Mason scholarships or fellowships (subject to the limitations of those awards).
Exclusions
- Students receiving in-state tuition rates through our DMV Regional Pricing Policy are not eligible for admissions merit-based awards.
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Students receiving Mason employee tuition benefits are not eligible for Schar School admissions merit-based awards.
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Students receiving full funding from another source are not eligible for Schar School admissions merit-based awards.
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Students who are provisionally admitted to the Schar School or who are admitted to a nondegree program are not eligible for merit-based awards.
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Students who were denied, but admitted to a nondegree program and are subsequently fully admitted are not eligible for merit-based admissions awards.
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BAM students are not eligible for merit-based admissions awards.