The Merit Scholarship Unit has conducted our annual academic review for all current UMBC merit scholars to ensure they are maintaining their scholarship requirements. Scholar recipients are required to maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (which may vary depending upon their awarded scholarship) as well as maintain full-time enrollment (part-time for transfer scholars) each fall and spring semester. All scholars have now received notification(s) of their scholarship status.
Scholarship Discontinuation:
Once a scholar has been discontinued from their merit scholarship, their award will not be reinstated regardless if the student is able to meet the terms of their scholarship in a future semester. Students, however, will have approximately 2-3 weeks following official notification to appeal the status of their discontinuation. If approved, scholars will be placed on Scholarship Probation and remain under review for one (1) academic semester.
Scholarship Probation:
Scholars who were placed on probation for Fall 2021 will remain under review for one (1) academic semester. Students on probation do not need to submit a Discontinuation Appeal.
Incomplete or Incorrect Grades:
If you had incomplete or incorrect grades that have since been updated on your Academic Transcript, please report this concern using our online Scholarship Contact Form so our committee may re-review. Please do not submit a Discontinuation Appeal Request.
The application for Spring 2021 discontinuation appeals can be found on our website here. The deadline for all Scholarship Discontinuation Appeals is 4:00 PM on Monday, June 28, 2021 (for Spring 2021 discontinuations only). There will be no extensions to appeal after the deadline. Previous semester discontinuation appeals will not be accepted.
Note: You are receiving this notification because you are enrolled in the UMBC Student Group: UMBC Merit Scholars.