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Hope Scholarship/Zell Miller Scholarship Information

HOPE Scolarship Requirements
- Graduate from Promise-eligible school.
- Register with Selective Service (males simply).
- See Gerogia residency requirements.
- 3.0 Core GPA (academic courses only).
- AP quality points (only 0.5 given for AP, zero in a higher place a four.0).
- RIGOR requirement - Must have FOUR rigor courses.
  - Rigor courses are listed HERE.
- Center Schoolhouse credit is not calculated into HOPE GPA.
- All calculations are washed past Georgia Student Finance Commission, non by WFHS or Forsyth County Schools Arrangement.
  - https://gsfc.georgia.gov/
- Promise GPA is NOT rounded up, and so 2.99 would Non qualify.
Zell Miller Scholarship Requirements
- Must meet all requirements of HOPE Scholarship plus:
  - CORE GPA of 3.70.
  - 1200 Sat (CR + Ma) on single test assistants or 26 composite on ACT.
  - RIGOR Requirement - Must have Iv rigor courses (see list above)
In social club to qualify for the Zell Miller, students must request their official Saturday/Deed scores be sent. They tin request SAT scores be sent using the GSFC lawmaking of 0472. Yet, ACT will merely send scores to colleges and universities (GSFC was not enlightened of this) and students volition have to request an official copy be mailed to them and then forward that sealed copy to GSFC. Here's the instructions GSFC gave us:
- Take the sealed re-create sent to you lot from Act, and forward it to the attending of the Program Administration at the address listed below.
- You tin put the sealed envelope in a larger envelope with a short note or letter with contact data for y'all and a curt judgement explaining why you are sending the Human action record.
Georgia Student Finance Commission

2082 Eastward Exchange Place

Tucker, GA 30084
Promise GPA

All English language, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Foreign Language credits attempted are counted.
- Overall GPA must be a 3.0 for Higher Prep diploma and a iii.2 for Career Tech diploma and a 3.0 for the One Diploma Type for students entering High School beginning in 2008.
- An AP grade is converted to a iv.0 scale, and then has a uniform weight of 0.5 added dorsum to the converted grade.
- All the same, 4.0 is a maximum. If a student earns an "A" on his/her transcript in an AP Course, it is converted to a 4.0, not a 4.five
- HOPE GPA's are not rounded up. A 2.99999 is not eligible.
- HOPE does non count courses taken in Center Schoolhouse.
To compute GPA'southward:
- A 90 and above = 4.0
- B 80-89 = 3.0
- C 70-79 = 2.0
- F 69 and below = 0
For more information, please visit the Georgia Futures website at www.gafutures.org

To view your Hope Initial Eligibility and transcript:
- Log on to http://www.gafutures.org/
- Select Your Promise GPA nether shortcuts
1. Log on or create an account if necessary
2. Complete adjacent screen with your social security number and date of birth. Go to next screen.
3. Select the first letter of the alphabet of your high schoolhouse proper name.
4. Select high school proper name. Y'all will be able to view whatsoever information we have available on your high school Promise GPA. Your data will only be available once the Forsyth County BOE has reported your transcript information and verified your GPA calculation.
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