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Disclaimer
- The Freshman President's Scholarship and Distinguished Scholar will
supersede Academic Excellence Scholar or Tower Scholar. Transfer
President's Scholarship award will supersede the Transfer Distinguished
or Transfer Academic Scholarship.
- Undergraduate scholarships are restricted for use during a student's first undergraduate program.
- All scholarship recipients must be enrolled full-time (12 Northwest hours per trimester) to receive University scholarships.
- Students must be accepted for admission by specified dates before scholarship awards can be offered.
- Admission-based scholarships have admission application deadline of
May 1 to guarantee scholarship awards. For students who complete their
admission application after May 1, scholarships will be awarded
contingent upon available funding.
- Students participating in a study abroad program where fees are
waived will not receive the Nonresident Award, the Out-of-State Award or
Midwest Student Exchange that trimester.
- Major-specific and private scholarship award amounts funded through
the Northwest Foundation may fluctuate with funding availability.
- Freshman President's, Boys/Girls State and Phi Theta Kappa
scholarships are only available to students beginning in fall trimester.
- Transferable credit hours do not include AP, CLEP, military or nongraded credit hours.
- Renewal requirements must be met within the academic year sequence
(fall, spring and/or summer) in order to maintain continuous award of
the scholarship.
- Northwest's scholarship programs are subject to change from year to
year based on funding levels and University priorities. While Northwest
will attempt to honor renewal programs based on the student's year of
admission, the University cannot always guarantee this.
