Michigan Promise Scholarship

Description

All students who took the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) have the opportunity to receive up to $4,000 if they meet all eligibility requirements. Students who receive qualifying scores are eligible to receive up to half of their scholarship in the first two years of postsecondary enrollment (in installments of $1,000 each year).

Eligibility Requirements to receive 1st half of scholarship

• Take the state assessment test.
• Have not received a Merit Award under the Merit Award Act.
• Must certify his or her eligibility for a scholarship installment payment.
• Enroll at an approved Michigan postsecondary institution or a military service academy within two years of becoming a high school graduate (two-year period would be extended for service in armed forces or Peace Corps).
• Be a high school graduate or have passed the GED or any other graduate equivalency exam approved by the State Board of Education.
• Be a Michigan resident.

Eligibility Requirements to receive 2nd half of scholarship

• Complete the postsecondary education requirements (associate degree, two-year certificate, vocational education program or 50% of the academic requirements for a bachelor's degree). - 50% of the academic requirements for a bachelor's degree at UDM is 63 credits.
• Achieve a cumulative college GPA of 2.5.

To claim the Michigan Promise scholarship installment payment for use in the 2009-10 academic year; an eligible student must certify his/her scholarship by November 15, 2009.

• To claim up to a $2,000 final payment (for those who received installment payments), or to claim the full $4,000 for those who did not qualify for the installment payments, students should visit the Web site www.Michigan.gov/promise for an application form.
• Students are responsible for notifying the Office of Scholarships and Grants of a change in their college choice.

More Information

Visit www.michigan.gov/promise. Contact the Michigan Promise scholarship program, Office of Scholarships and Grants, toll free at
1-888-4-GRANTS (1-888-447-2687) or e-mail osg@michigan.gov.