Deadlines
To qualify for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship students must meet the deadlines below:
June 15: Deadline to submit undergraduate application for fall term
- Applicants must apply for undergraduate admission for fall term at Portland State by June 15
August 1: Deadline to submit final official transcripts and financial aid information
- Final official high school transcripts and any other official documents reflective of course work taken prior to enrollment at PSU
- Deadline to submit any outstanding financial aid application documents
Eligibility
- Must be a participant of the PSU Senior Inquiry Program and complete a full year of Senior Inquiry course
- Current resident of Oregon
- Graduate from an Oregon high school
- Admissible to PSU as a first-year freshmen starting in fall term
- Students applying to Portland State to earn a first bachelor’s degree with either no college credit or college credit earned before high school graduation will be reviewed for admission as a freshman student. Students with 29 or fewer transferable college quarter credits earned after high school graduation will be reviewed for admission as a freshman student.
- Students who accumulate 30 or more transferable quarter credits (20 semester credits) after high school are considered transfer applicants and are not eligible for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship.
- Enroll full-time at PSU (minimum of 12 credits per term), including online academic programs
Students who have enrolled in and completed college coursework during high school may be eligible to receive the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship.
Students who have earned college credit from PSU to satisfy high school graduation requirements while enrolled in high school may be eligible for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship. Official high school transcripts must demonstrate that PSU courses were used to satisfy graduation requirements.
Students may be eligible for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship if they complete college coursework the summer term following high school graduation and immediately preceding fall term enrollment at PSU. If such coursework is to be completed at PSU it must be on a non-degree-seeking basis and students are encouraged to notify a PSU admissions counselor.
Applicants who initially applied to start in terms other than fall may change their start term to fall on or before the June 15 deadline to be considered for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship.
Applicants who choose to take a gap year and are approved will retain their Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship so long as they continue to meet all eligibility criteria.
Summer enrollment is not included in this program.
Part-time students are not eligible to receive the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship.
Awarding Process
Eligible applicants are automatically considered for, and awarded, the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship after being admitted to the university and are verified as confirmed participants of Senior Inquiry. Students are notified of their award by email and/or in their financial aid award. Initial awarding is based on information and documentation provided by the student in the admission process, receipt of the award is based on submission of final financial aid and academic documents.
Accepting and Receiving the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship
Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship eligibility is finalized based on documentation submitted to Financial and Admissions by the August 1 deadline. Failure to meet any of these requirements may result in the forfeiture of the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship:
- Remain eligible for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship between initial awarding and submission of final required documentation
- Submit any outstanding financial aid documents and academic records by August 1
- Submit tuition deposit or enrollment confirmation form to PSU no later than August 1
Maintaining the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship
Failure to meet any of these requirements may result in the forfeiture of the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship:
- Maintain status as an Oregon resident and undergraduate student
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 for overall attempted credits and continue to meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
- If a student fails to meet SAP, they will retain the ability to qualify for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship in succeeding terms during which they satisfy SAP requirements, however, the 4-year renewal period will not be extended.
- Enroll full time (12 or more PSU undergraduate credits, courses numbered 100-499) each standard academic term (fall, winter, spring)
- Students who enroll in less than 12 credits prior to census date (end of week 4 during an academic term) will lose Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship eligibility for that term and will have their institutional aid adjusted accordingly based on the total number of credits attempted. Students retain the ability to qualify for the Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship in succeeding terms during which they enroll full time.
- Once students matriculate to PSU, co-enrollment credit hours from other institutions may not be used to satisfy the requirement to enroll full time each term.
- If circumstances require an enrolled student to be away from PSU for a term or more, and they have previously maintained PSU’s Satisfactory Academic Progress, they will retain their eligibility to receive the PSU Bookstore Scholarship funds upon re-enrollment. Students must still meet all Senior Inquiry Bookstore Scholarship eligibility requirements, however, the 4-year renewal period will not be extended.
- Keep address current and updated in their student account (Banweb)