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Scholarships
Send outside scholarship checks to the University Business Office. To ensure proper credit, ask the donor to include your name, your Social Security Number or student ID number on the scholarship check. Deadlines! Scholarship deadlines can vary. The best place to view the different deadlines is on our Scholarships webpage. Private scholarship deadlines are usually in the spring semester for the next year with decisions made toward the end of the spring semester.
Scholarships are generally separated into two areas: need- based or merit-based. To determine your eligibility for need-based scholar- ships, you must file a FAFSA. After filing your FAFSA, you can contact your major’s department to ask about available need-based scholarships. The major criterion for merit-based scholarships is exceptional academic performance. Other common criteria include leadership, co-curricular involvement, geographical background, major and career goals. Vari- ous departments award a limited number of merit-based scholarships for incoming first-year students. A large percentage of private scholarships received at JMU come from churches, high schools and community service organizations such as the Elks and Moose lodges. Look in your local community for scholarship opportu- nities. If you receive an outside scholarship, notify Financial Aid so that we calculate it in your award package. If JMU has met 100 percent of your demonstrated need and you receive an outside scholarship, your financial aid sources may be reduced. If you receive a scholarship that is not listed on your Financial Aid Award Notice, please submit the Supple- mental Information Form located in the Scholarship section of our website. Regulations require us to con- sider this when determining your eligibility. Scholarship checks received with no instructions about which term they should be applied will be applied to the term when received.
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