The following retention requirements apply to the Chancellor’s Alumni Scholars (awarded Fall 2011 and after), LSU Alumni Association’s Global Leaders, Flagship Scholars Award, LSU Academic Scholars Award, Tiger Excellence Scholars Award and the Tiger Transfer Award.

• All major University merit scholarships require students to maintain full-time status and a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
  
  
• Full-time status is evaluated at the start of each semester. For all cash awards, a student must remain full-time through the 14th class day. For the full crediting of all exemption awards, students must remain enrolled full-time through the University refund period.
  
  
• The required 3.0 cumulative GPA is checked at the end of each spring semester.
  
  
• Students who do not maintain the required 3.0 cumulative GPA at the end of each spring semester will be placed on scholarship probation.
  
  
• When a student is placed on scholarship probation, the student will be given the opportunity to submit an appeal to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid if they demonstrate exceptional circumstances. Appeals will be evaluated on an individual basis.
  
  
• Students will not receive funding from their scholarship while on scholarship probation.
  
  
• Students will be given one full academic year beginning spring intersession through the end of the spring semester of the year immediately following their placement on probation, to bring their cumulative GPA to the required 3.0. If a student achieves the required 3.0 cumulative GPA while on scholarship probation, the student can contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid after all official grades have posted for the semester to request a review for reinstatement for the upcoming semester. Students approved for reinstatement will not have their scholarship’s original expiration date extended.
  
  
• Students who fail to attain the required 3.0 cumulative GPA following the one academic year defined as beginning spring intersession through the end of the spring semester of the year immediately following their placement on probation will have their scholarship permanently cancelled.

• The LSU Alumni Association’s Global Leaders Award is the only program that can be applied to the summer semester. None of these scholarship programs are applicable for intercession.  

Legislative Act 353 Scholarship

The student must be enrolled full-time through the university refund period to be eligible for the award for that semester.  The scholarship will be cancelled if the GPA requirement is not met at the end of the fall or spring semester.  The scholarship may be reinstated and extended the appropriate number of semesters at anytime the student regains a 2.0 cumulative GPA.  It is the student’s responsibility to request reinstatement through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid.    

*This award may be used for the summer semester provided the student is full-time (6 hours) through the university refund period and met the GPA requirement at the end of the preceding spring semester.  In order to use the scholarship for the summer semester, the student must complete the Summer Legislative Act 353 form.  Summer semesters for which the scholarship is used do count against the number of semesters of eligibility for this award.

Chancellor’s Student Aide Program and Chancellor’s Future Leaders in Research

The student must remain full-time (12 hours) throughout the semester to participate in this program.  If a student fails to meet the GPA requirement at the end of the spring semester, he or she will be unable to participate in the program until a 2.0 cumulative GPA has been regained.  It is the student’s responsibility to request reinstatement/reassignment through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid after the requirement has been met.

The following retention requirements apply to the Chancellor’s Alumni Scholarship (awarded prior to Fall 2011), LSU Alumni Top 100 Scholarship, LSU Centennial Award, Distinguished Freshmen Award, Golden Oaks, Tiger Scholars, LSU National Scholar’s Award, and Bengal Legacy.

Important note to LSU Scholarship recipients:  If you are considering dropping below full-time status, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid FIRST to determine possible effects on your scholarship.

Chancellor’s Alumni Scholarship, LSU Alumni Top 100 Scholarship, LSU Centennial Award

The student must be enrolled full-time (12 hours) through the 14th class day to be eligible for the award for that semester.  The scholarship will be cancelled if the GPA requirement is not met at the end of the spring semester.  The student has the summer and fall semesters immediately following cancellation to regain the required GPA for reinstatement of the scholarship.  If the student meets the GPA requirement within the given time period, it is his or her responsibility to request reinstatement through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid once all grades have officially posted for the semester.  If the GPA requirement is not met after the fall semester, the scholarship will not be reinstated.  The scholarship will not be extended for any periods it is unused due to cancellation.

Golden Oaks, Tiger Scholars, LSU National Scholar's Award

The student must be enrolled full-time through the university refund period to be eligible for the award for that semester.  The scholarship will be cancelled if the GPA requirement is not met at the end of the spring semester.  The student has the summer and fall semesters immediately following cancellation to regain the required GPA for reinstatement of the scholarship.  If the student meets the GPA requirement within the given time period, it is his or her responsibility to request reinstatement through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid once all grades have officially posted for the semester.  If the GPA requirement is not met by the end of the fall semester, the scholarship will not be reinstated.  The scholarship will not be extended for any periods it is unused due to cancellation.

Bengal Legacy

The student must be enrolled full-time through the university refund period to be eligible for the award for that semester.  The scholarship will be cancelled if the GPA requirement is not met at the end of the fall or spring semester.  The scholarship may be reinstated and extended the appropriate number of semesters at anytime the student regains a 2.5 cumulative GPA.  The student must use the eight semesters of award eligibility within a six-year period.  It is the student’s responsibility to request reinstatement through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid.

This award may be used for the summer semester provided the student is full-time (6 hours) through the university refund period and met the GPA requirement at the end of the preceding spring semester.  Summer semesters do not count against the number of semesters of eligibility for this award.