Steps to Accept Your Scholarship

Were you offered a scholarship at EKU? Great! You need to accept that scholarship as soon as you can (and definitely before the deadlines below). Don’t worry! Accepting the scholarship is quick and easy. Get started by accessing your MyEKU dashboard. Once you’re logged in, look for the Big E Central card and follow these next steps:

• Open the “Financial Aid: Scholarships, Grants, Loans” menu
• Select “Financial Aid Dashboard”
• Select the “Award Offer” tab
• Select the 2024-2025 Aid Year (top right)
• Review awards
  • Accept or Decline your scholarship
  • Select Submit
  • Acknowledge the Terms and Conditions for your award

Important Dates and Deadlines

• March 1st – Last day for students to be admitted to be considered for Merit Scholarships, Out of State Discount, and Scholar awards
• March 1st – Rodney Gross Diversity Scholarship Deadline
• March 1st – Trailblazer First Generation Scholarship Application Deadline
• March 1st – Foundation Scholarship Application deadline
• June 1st – Last day to accept Merit Scholarships & Out of State Discount, Rodney Gross Scholarship, and New Horizon Scholarship
• June 1st – Last day to be admitted to be considered for Madison County Promise
• June 30th – Deadline for EKU to have received high school transcripts and ACT scores for merit upgrades

Transfer Scholarships Transcript Deadlines:

• April 15 for summer session
• June 15 for fall semester
• November 15 for spring semester

Out of State Spring transfers:

• Out of State Discount acceptance deadline: November 22

Transfers with less than 24 transfer hours earned will be considered for new Freshman Scholarships:

• Deadline to be admitted for Fall: June 15th
• Deadline to accept for Fall: June 22nd
• Deadline to be admitted for Spring: November 15th
• Deadline to accept for Spring: November 22nd

Merit Scholarship Terms and Conditions:

• • To assist as many students as possible, EKU does not make multiple institutional scholarship awards. If you have already qualified for an academic award through a different category of eligibility (merit scholarships, EKU staff scholarships, tuition discounts, etc.), you will receive the award with the greater monetary value. All academic-based scholarships and outside agency scholarships are required to be reported as part of your financial aid package. You may not exceed the cost of attendance as determined by Big E Central. If your total financial aid package exceeds the cost of attendance, the university reserves the right to adjust/reduce the amount of your aid or your scholarship accordingly.
  • If you change your program to a 100% online program at any time in your academic career, your scholarship will be cancelled for the remainder of your eligibility.
  • If you decide to leave EKU for any reason, please note your scholarship will be considered declined and it will cancelled for the remainder of semesters of eligibility.
  • To maintain eligibility for the scholarship, you are required to be a full time student enrolled in 12 or more semester hours each term and maintain a minimum EKU cumulative grade point average (GPA) of the following:

Please note: If you completed your GED and do not have a high school GPA, your GED test score will be converted to the comparable GPA listed below for merit scholarship consideration.