Native American scholarship regulations

Native American Tuition Advantage Program scholarship regulations

1. The Native American Tuition Advantage Program is awarded to incoming first-year students with domestic out-of-state residency for tuition purposes. This award grants the student recipient an out-of-state tuition waiver, this will impact the student recipient’s eligibility to receive awards based on out-of-state tuition residency. The student recipient will be considered for awards based on in-state tuition residency.  
2. The student recipient must enroll at MSU for the semester that the scholarship is awarded; the award may not be deferred to a subsequent semester of initial enrollment.  
3. This award is limited to eight consecutive semesters of enrollment (fall and spring of an academic year) as an undergraduate.  
4. MSU reserves the right to adjust this award in consideration of other MSU scholarship offers.  
5. The student recipient must enroll for and complete a minimum of 12 credit hours each semester. If a student recipient is unable to enroll in or complete the minimum credit load, or if it becomes necessary to drop below the minimum, prior approval must be obtained from the Office of Financial Aid. To request approval, contact es.scholarships@msu.edu. Without this approval, the scholarship may not continue.  
6. The student recipient must remain in good academic standing with the university for the award to continue to disburse. Semesters for which the student recipient is not eligible to receive this award are included in the eight-semester limit.  
7. The student recipient must notify the Office of Financial Aid at es.scholarships@msu.edu if enrollment at MSU is disrupted (excluding summer semester) and request an official leave of absence from the university.