| The Tennessee Hope Scholarship or Tennessee | | | | both the GAMS and the Aspire Award. |
| Education Lottery Program provides students with the | | | | In order to receive continuous funding, you must enroll |
| opportunity to receive educational support from the | | | | in the fall and spring semesters and maintain the |
| state. In an effort for the state's numbers of students | | | | required academic performance. It used to be that at |
| attending college to increase, they've enacted this | | | | the end of the semesters of which have completed |
| lottery award program. | | | | 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hours of coursework, your |
| To be eligible for this program, you have to have been | | | | qualifications would be reviewed. Your GPA will have |
| a resident of the state for at least one year prior to | | | | to be at least 2.75 after the first 24 semester hours |
| the start of college. There are exceptions if you are | | | | that you attempt, and maintain a 3.0 after 48 to 120 |
| the child of military, active duty National Guard, or | | | | hours completed. |
| religious worker as long as you maintain a Tennessee | | | | The award would terminate after 120 hours of |
| residence. The award is in the amount $2,000 for two | | | | attempted course hours, after five years, of if you |
| year colleges and $4,000 for four year colleges. There | | | | complete a degree, whichever came first. Because of |
| are basic academic requirements that must be met by | | | | this law, many students lost their awards because |
| entering freshmen to be eligible for this grant. You | | | | they attempted over the maximum required hours. |
| need to have at least 21 on the ACT, 980 SAT and a | | | | Now those students can have their funding reinstated |
| 3.0 GPA. | | | | if they were still enrolled at an approved institution, |
| There are also supplemental awards you can receive | | | | have not received a degree, and met all the academic |
| in conjunction, like the General Assembly Merit (GAMS) | | | | and nonacademic obligations. Although you can reapply |
| award. This award totals $1,000 for students with a | | | | for the Tennessee Hope Scholarship, you are not able |
| score of at least 29 ACT, 1280 SAT and 3.75 GPA. | | | | to receive retroactive award money for the time you |
| Another supplemental award is the Aspire Award, | | | | lost the grant. |
| which totals $1,500 and requires that your parents' (or | | | | This is a good opportunity for undergrad studies and |
| yours if you are independent) gross income no more | | | | worth pursuing. |
| than $36,000 during a tax year. You cannot receive | | | | |