What If I Still Do Not Meet the Cumulative Overall GPA or UCF GPA Renewal Requirement after the summer grades and hours are posted?
If you do not earn the required GPA by the end of the summer term you may apply for RESTORATION of the scholarship at the end of any spring or summer term to receive funding for the upcoming FALL term if you have raised your GPA to the required renewal level.
What If I Still Do Not Meet the Required Hours after the summer grades and hours are posted?
RESTORATION DOES NOT apply if you did not earn the hours required for renewal of the scholarship. If a student does not earn the required hours by the end of the summer term, their only option is to file a Scholarship Appeal Form indicated below. If it is approved, the student will be put back on the Bright Futures Program. Unfortunately, if the appeal is not approved, the student can never get back on the Bright Futures Scholarship Progam.
What If I Did Not Meet The Scholarship Renewal Criteria Due To A Verifiable Illness Or Other Circumstance Beyond My Control?
If you do not meet the renewal GPA and /or required hours due to a verifiable illness or other emergency, you may file a SCHOLARSHIP APPEAL FORM with our office. The medical or emergency circumstances that affected the semester/s in question must be documented. You should provide as much documentation as possible regarding the illness or emergency to our office.
NOTE: A student may file this Scholarship Appeal any time after they have received notification from our office indicating they did not meet the renewal requirements.
Official ineligibility notices are mailed to students during the summer following spring evaluation of their renewal eligibility by the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) of the Florida Department of Education. If a student has not already filed a scholarship appeal with our office by that time, they must file this Scholarship Appeal within 30 days of the date of the ineligibility notice sent to them by OSFA.
The scholarship appeal must be submitted
during the month prior to the next scholarship appeals committee
meeting. The scholarship committee meets the second week of
each month to review appeals. You will be notified (by e-mail)
of the decision of the committee. Visit our forms page to
download the SCHOLARSHIP APPEAL FORM, click
here.
What If I Am Taking Dual Enrollment / Transient Hours And Have A Bright Futures Scholarship?
Dual Enrollment / Transient
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