Non-Need Based Aid for Undergraduates

Merit scholarship awards are offered to students as part of the undergraduate admissions process. These awards assume that students will maintain continuous full-time enrollment and are only valid for the number of terms normally required to earn an undergraduate degree. They are not available during the summer.The scholarship amounts are set as part of the admissions process and are not increased during the student's enrollment at Loyola. The University reserves the right to cancel or reduce the scholarship of any student found guilty of disciplinary or honor code violations.

All initial scholarship recipients will need to sign a Scholarship Certification Form before funds can be credited to their accounts. The Certification Form outlines the conditions for renewing institutional merit scholarship awards

The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid will review recipients cumulative grade point averages ("GPA") at the end each spring semester to determine their eligibility for continued funding. To have their scholarships automatically renewed, recipients must achieve the following grade point average AND earn a minimum of 12 credits each semester: (Note:Students whose spring semester gpa is below the minimum requirements may receive a conditional award for the subsequent year even if their cumulative gpa meets program requirements)

• Ignatian Scholarship for Academic Excellence: maintain a minimum 3.3 cumulative GPA and continue to reside on-campus (for the housing portion of the scholarship) Dean's Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the Loyola Scholarship for Academic Excellence and the Transfer Scholarship Programs : maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 - 3.0 Business Scholarship for Academic Excellence: remain in a business degree program and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 - 3.0 Social Justice Scholarship: perform at least 45 hours of community service work each semester, major or minor in sociology, maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 - 3.0. Students must also submit mid-semester and end-of-semester reports documenting their community service to Prof.Sue Mennino, the Social Justice Scholarship Faculty Facilitator. For further information, contact Prof. Mennino .

  Students who decide that they no longer want to major or minor in sociology will forfeit $1,000 of their award. Transfer Scholarship: must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 - 3.0, renewable for a total of six undergraduate semesters. Recognition Award: must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 Janssen Grant: must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 Loyola Grant (need-based scholarship): must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0

• Departmental scholarships (i.e., Music, Visual Arts, and Theatre Arts)must also fulfill other provisions required by the individual department.

Students will receive written notification if the Committee adjusts or cancels their merit scholarship aid for the upcoming school year. Students have the right to appeal any decision adjusting their merit aid. Appeals must be filed within 30 days of notification that aid eligibility has been adjusted, and it must be made in writing to the Director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. The appeal may not be based upon your need for the assistance of your lack of knowledge that your assistance was in jeopardy. An appeal would normally be based upon some unusual situation or condition which prevented you from achieving your minimum required GPA, or which necessitated that you withdraw from classes.