Scholarships with SAT or ACT Requirements

Michael E. McGoldrick "MEM" Scholarship

Deadline: 10/15/24
Available to: High School Seniors
Amount: $25,000
The Michael E. McGoldrick "MEM" Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors who have lived in Colorado or Washington for their full junior and senior years of high school. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and a minimum 28 ACT / 1200 SAT score, and be a U.S. citizen (or have applied and started the process for citizenship, legal status, or lawful presence), and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award. Selection is based on your alignment with Michael's values: a passion for knowledge and discovery, a strong belief in basic human rights for all, the profound role that art and music play in human society and culture, an appreciation of the outdoor world and environmental conservation, and a passion for knowledge and discovery, both academic and experiential.

Daniels Scholarship Program

Deadline: 10/18/24
Available to: High School Seniors
Amount: Full-Tuition
The Daniels Scholarship Program is open to incoming college freshmen who are residents of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least a 490 SAT / 18 ACT score to be eligible for this award. Selection is based on strength of character, leadership potential, community service, academic promise, well - rounded personality, and emotional maturity.

J. L. Bedsole Scholars Program

Deadline: 11/30/24
Available to: High School Seniors
Amount: $6,000
The J. L. Bedsole Scholars Program is open to high school seniors who are planning to enroll full - time at a four - year institution in Alabama. You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, a minimum 21 ACT score, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award. You must also be graduating from a high school in Mobile, Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, or Washington County; or Sweet Water High School in Marengo County.

Scarlett Family Foundation Scholarship

Deadline: 12/15/24
Available to: High School Seniors through College Juniors
Amount: $2,500
The Scarlett Family Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who are graduates of Middle Tennessee high schools. You must be pursuing a degree in business or STEM to be eligible for this award. High school seniors must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and at least a 21 ACT score.

5 Strong Scholarship

Deadline: 12/31/24
Available to: High School Seniors
Amount: Full-Tuition The 5 Strong Scholarship is available to high school seniors residing in the metropolitan Atlanta or Houston area. You must be planning to attend a partnering HBCU, have a minimum 3.0 GPA, and at least a 19 ACT / 990 SAT score to be eligible for this award.

Engebretson Foundation Scholarship

Deadline: 3/1/25
Available to: High School Seniors
Amount: $20,000 The Engebretson Foundation Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and / or be in the top five percent of your graduating class, have a minimum 28 ACT / 1240 SAT score, and demonstrate financial need to be eligible for this award.

A&J Duct Cleaning Scholarship

Deadline: 6/15/25
Available to: Minimum Age, 21
Amount: $2,000 The A&J Duct Cleaning Scholarship is available to students who are at least 21 years of age. You must have a GPA of 3.0 or less, a 22 ACT / 1100 SAT score or below (if applicable), have some sort of difficult challenge in your life, and demonstrate financial need to be considered for this award. A 1,500 – word essay is also required. As you consider colleges and make preparations for college applications, your standardized test scores are often lauded as major determinants of whether or not you're accepted at your college choices. But what is sometimes left out of the discussion is how these scores impact scholarships. For many colleges, merit scholarships are determined by the same requirements as college applications: GPA, test scores, extracurricular involvement, essays, and letters of recommendation. So essentially, when you're applying to a college, you're also applying for its institutional scholarships, too. Additionally, there are a number of scholarship opportunities from private or public organizations that ask you to submit your test scores. As you consider taking the test and prepping for exam day, understand that it's not just your college admissions on the line; it's scholarship money as well. We're highlighting several opportunities within the Fastweb scholarship database that require a certain SAT or ACT score in order to be eligible. However, it should be noted this year that many institutional awards are from colleges that have gone test-optional temporarily. While some of these colleges and universities have verbiage indicating that not submitting test scores will not impact scholarship eligibility, others do not specify. This year, you need to be your own best advocate and reach out to schools directly to determine whether or not their test-optional policies also extend to merit scholarship distribution. You don't want to learn too late that not submitting test scores made you ineligible for more money to pay for college. So do your due diligence, contact the schools you're applying to, and ask:

1. Are you test-optional this year?
2. Will not submitting test scores impact my merit scholarship eligibility?
3. Is there anything special I need to do to indicate that I would like to be considered for merit scholarships?

Now, put your best foot forward on test day and to the application days beyond. You've got this.