The HOPE Scholarship, created in 1993 by the state of
Georgia legislature, is a university scholarship
program that has been adopted by several other states.
HOPE (a reverse acronym for "helping outstanding
pupils educationally") is funded entirely revenue from
the Georgia Lottery and is administered by the Georgia
Student Finance Commission.
The program is entirely merit-based, meaning that a
student's ability to pay for his/her own education is
not a factor in determining if he/she receives it.
The basic requirements are:
The student is a resident of the state of Georgia
The student graduated high school with a 3.0 GPA ('B
average')
The student maintains a 3.0 GPA throughout college
The scholarship pays full tuition, a $150 per semester
book allowance, and most mandatory fees for the
recipient to attend any public university in Georgia
up until the semester in which the student takes his
or her 127th academic hour. In some instances, an
equivalent amount is applied towards tuition for
private universities in Georgia.
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