High School GPA Requirement
You must have at least a 2.0 high school GPA to be eligible for the DSF Scholarship. However, your final high school GPA will determine the type of college (technical, community college, or 4-year college/university) where you are eligible to receive the DSF Scholarship.
DSF will look at your weighted or unweighted final cumulative high school GPA (whichever is higher) to determine your eligible college type.
2.75 or higher GPA: eligible for scholarship in any degree type (certificate, associate, or bachelor degrees) at any DSF partner college.
2.5 – 2.749 GPA: eligible for scholarship only at a DSF partner technical or community college.
2.0 – 2.49 GPA: eligible for scholarship only at a DSF partner technical college.
If you plan to enroll at a college type where you do not meet the minimum required high school GPA and you have not yet completed a technical or community college program, please contact the DSF Scholarship team about how you can demonstrate that you meet the following requirements for a GPA Exception Appeal:
- Successful completion of a minimum of 12 college credit hours at a community college or 4-year college/university, as shown on a college transcript; and
- Minimum 2.0 cumulative college GPA; and
- Meeting current college’s Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements (not on academic/financial aid probation).
If you have completed a certificate or degree at a technical or community college, you are eligible at any college type and DO NOT need to complete a GPA Exception Request. Please upload a copy of your unofficial transcript to DSF showing that your degree or certificate has been conferred and the date.
If you have questions about your DSF eligibility based on your final high school GPA or the High School GPA Exception Appeal, please ask your Future Center Advisor/high school counselor, Campus Contact, or DSF staff (denverscholarship.org/contactus or 303-640-6564).
If you submit a 2020-21 DSF Scholarship Application but do not meet the high school GPA requirements for your intended college type, you may withdraw your DSF application no later than July 15, 2020. Please see the Application Withdrawal Form for more information.
| If Your Final HS GPA is: | You are eligible for the scholarship only at the following college type: | When you successfully complete your program at your initial college type: |
| 2.75 or higher | Any DSF college partner (Four-year College/University, Community College, or Technical College) | …You’ll continue to be eligible at any college type within your years of eligibility (or through completion of your first bachelor’s degree, whichever is first). |
| 2.5 – 2.749 | Community College, Technical College | …You will be eligible at a 4-year college/university within your years of eligibility |
| 2.0 – 2.49 | Technical College | …You will be eligible at a community college or 4-year college/university within your years of eligibility |
Class of 2018 and Earlier High School Graduates
You must have at least a 2.0 high school GPA to be eligible for the DSF Scholarship. Your final cumulative high school GPA (weighted or unweighted, whichever is higher) will determine the college type(s) where you are eligible for to receive the DSF Scholarship. Note that this is a change from previous DSF policy which determined eligibility for a specific degree program, rather than college type.
If you previously submitted an approved GPA Assessment form or successfully completed a technical or community college program, you will continue to be eligible for the scholarship at any college type for your years of eligibility as long as all other scholarship requirements are met.
If you graduated from high school in 2018 or earlier, you must demonstrate that you meet the following requirements for a GPA Exception Request to be eligible for the scholarship at a community college (if your final high school GPA was less than 2.5) or 4-year college/university (if your final high school GPA was less than 2.75) (unless you already have an approved GPA Assessment on file or successfully completed a technical or community college program):
- Successful completion of a minimum of 12 college credit hours at a community college or 4-year college/university, as shown on a college transcript; and
- Minimum 2.0 cumulative college GPA; and
- Meeting current college’s Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements (you are not on academic/financial aid probation).
The deadline to submit a completed GPA Exception Request and college transcript is July 15.
Definitions
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
Measure of successful completion of college courses and progress toward a degree based on meeting
minimum requirements for GPA and course completion rate; required to maintain financial aid eligibility and
eligibility for the DSF Scholarship.
Successful Completion
Completion of a course in which a Scholar receives a grade of A, B, C, D, S/A, S/B, S/C, or S (or equivalent as
determined by your college). If the Scholar receives a grade of I, F, U, U/D, U/F, W, or AW (or equivalent as
determined by your college), credits from that course will not be counted in the determination of how many
credit hours the Scholar successfully completed.