Office Of Scholarships & Financial Aid
1201 S. State Street,
CSS 101,
Big Rapids, MI 49307
WNF Scholarships are limited to one per eligible student. You will be awarded the
highest valued scholarship that you are eligible to receive.
Beginning spring 2022 semester, newly admitted fully-online and statewide students
will automatically be considered for WNF Scholarships. Please visit our Statewide/Online WNF webpage for details.
No. Students must be enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 undergraduate credit hours)
to receive a WNF Scholarship.
Yes, we will offer you a WNF Scholarship based on your self-reported high school GPA.
However, an official high school transcript will be required before the scholarship
disburses. Once we receive your official high school transcript, your WNF award is
subject to adjustment or cancellation based on your actual cumulative high school
GPA.
To request an official high school transcript, you must contact your high school's
administration office. Each high school has different policies and procedures relative
to transcripts. Some high schools use an electronic delivery system called "Parchment".
It is your responsibility as a student to request an official transcript be sent to
Ferris State University.
Most students are admitted before they graduate from high school. Federal financial
aid regulations require that we collect an official high school transcript that reflects
a graduation date on it before we disburse federal financial aid. Student's must request
that their high school send a final transcript after graduation for financial aid
purposes.
WNF Scholarships are not available for summer semester.
Scholarships will be based on the highest submitted ACT Composite score (which includes
English, math, reading and science) or the SAT combined score (reading and math, NOT
writing) on a single test date. Components from different test dates may not be combined
into a "SuperScore" for FSU scholarship purposes.
The University will use the high school grade point average provided by the student's
high school. If the student's high school does not use a weighted GPA for AP classes,
neither will the University.
WNF Scholarships may be renewed up to three times, with a maximum payout of 4 years
or 8 total semesters, provided the student meets the renewal criteria.
In order to be eligible for renewal, students must be in good standing according to
our Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy. Renewals are also based on the student's cumulative Ferris State University grade
point average. New students will be able to view the specific renewal criteria for
WNF scholarships in Ferris360 after they have been awarded financial aid. Once you
receive your award notice in the mail, Log into Ferris360 and search for "Financial
Aid Award Offer," then click on the search result of the same name. Then click the
name of your WNF Scholarship for specific renewal information. WNF scholarship criteria
is subject to change from one academic year to the next. Ferris360 will be the source
of information specific to your scholarship renewal, based on the criteria in place the year that you are awarded
the scholarship.
No. There is no "slide" to a lower criteria scholarship. However, if you regain the
required cumulative renewal GPA in a later semester, you may contact [email protected] to request a scholarship exception for future semester reinstatement consideration.
Please do not send em,ail inquiries until your cumulative GPA meets the renewal requirement.
WNF recipients who are accepted into a graduate or doctoral program may continue to receive the WNF scholarship until they have reached the maximum of 4 years, provided they continue to meet the renewal criteria.
We will consider one exception request per student, typically in the student's final semester before graduation. Example, if you only need 6 credit hours to graduate, we would grant an exception and pro-rate your scholarship (50% of the full-time value) for that final semester.
If a student's final high school GPA or subsequent test scores are higher than those initially evaluated, we will "bump" the student up to the highest WNF Scholarship he or she qualifies for, provided we receive the updated high school transcript or ACT test result prior to the first day of classes.
If the initial award offer was based on an official high school transcript, we will honor the original award even if your GPA goes down. If you self-reported your high school GPA and your actual cumulative GPA is lower, the scholarship award will be reduced or cancelled upon receipt of your official transcript.
If a student repeats a placement test with a lower score, we will honor the original scholarship offer.
No. The maximum value of the Founder's Scholarship for students admitted for the fall 2021 semester or after is $10,000 per year, regardless of your tuition rate. For students admitted prior to fall 2021, the Founder's Scholarship value is based on the main campus tuition rate times a maximum of 15 credit hours per semester or 30 credit hours for the academic year.
No, you are only considered for WNF Scholarships as an incoming freshmen. You will not be awarded a WNF Scholarship in later years if you were not eligible as a freshman. However, you may apply for other Ferris scholarships through the MyScholarships system each year that you are enrolled.
No. The Ferris Forward Scholarships are not renewable and are not part of the WNF Scholarship programs.
No. The WNF Scholarship is awarded to you for a maximum of eight full-time semesters for incoming freshmen, or six full-time semesters for transfer students. You may only receive one WNF disbursement per fall/spring semester, and you must be enrolled full time to receive a disbursement for any semester. If you graduate prior to eight semesters of full-time attendance, you will forfeit any unused scholarship award, unless you enroll in a Ferris Graduate or Professional level program.
No. Ferris Forward Scholarships may not be combined with WNF Scholarships.