Frequently Asked Questions

A list of our partnering High Schools can be found here

We use your high school’s grading system when determining eligibility for the Worthington Scholarship. For further clarification, please contact your high school guidance counselor.

Either at your high school’s award ceremony or at your graduation. Wherever your high school announces awards and scholarships.  

No, you must start college in the fall after your high school graduation. You also must enroll in at least 12 credits going into the fall semester. If you fail to do so, you will be disqualified from being a Worthington Scholar. 

Reapply for the scholarship or reach out to us with updated information.

• $2,125 per semester for 8 semesters if attending a 4-year college. 
• $1,500 per semester for 4 semesters if attending a 2-year community college. You can continue towards a bachelor’s degree at a 4-year partnering college for 4 additional semesters with funding at the rate of $2,125 per semester. 

• Notify your colleges about all scholarships you will receive.  
• Notify us if you transfer schools. 
  • Maitana Cormier: maitana@worthingtonscholars.org
  • Shawna Thomas: shawna@worthingtonscholars.org

If you plan to take summer courses and wish to have funding, you must enroll in 12 credit hours to receive funding. You must notify us of your plan to be sure your college receives scholarship funding for the summer term. 

Directly to your college to your account after the add/drop period.

• Earn a 2.0 GPA per semester 
• Earn 12 credits per semester 

You will be placed on probation and will not receive funding for the next semester. You must regain eligibility (earning 12 credit hours and a 2.0 GPA) before being removed from probation. Once removed from probation, you will receive funding for the following semester. 

If you would like to take time off school, you must fill out a leave of absence waiver to maintain your Worthington scholarship award. A leave of absence waiver is granted to any student who is in good academic standing (has maintained eligibility of 12 credit hours and 2.0 GPA) that needs to take time off from school or plans to intentionally enroll than fewer than 12 credits due to personal or medical reasons. Students must contact their WSF scholar advocate (Maitana or Shawna) to facilitate a leave of absence waiver. To reinstate payments, the student must notify us of their intention to return to full-time status (12 credit hours) and the scholarship will be applied immediately.  

If you will be serving in the military and need to attend training, you are eligible for a leave of absence. Please reach out to your scholar advocate to receive a leave of absence waiver.

• Please inform us if you plan to transfer, if the college you transfer to is also one of our partnered institutions you will still be eligible for funding.  
• If you transfer to a 4-year college to earn a bachelor’s degree after completing your 2-year program at a community college, you will receive 2 more years in which to use 4 additional semesters of funding at the rate of $2,125. 
• If you are transferring from a 4-year college to a community college your funding is reduced to the community college timeline of 4 semesters of funding. If you have not already used 4 semesters of funding, you will receive the scholarship at the rate of $1,500 for the remaining semesters you have available. For example, if you completed your freshman year at UMO and decide to transfer to CMCC the following year, you would have 2 semesters of funding still available for use at CMCC. 

• For a 4-year program, you have 8 semesters of payments available over 6 years. 

• For a 2-year program, you have 4 semesters of payments available over 4 years. If you transfer to a 4-year degree program, you will be moved to the 4-year program timeline and have 4 additional semesters of funding. 

When you transfer schools, you plan a leave of absence, or whenever you need help! They are here to guide you to resources and directly help with any questions.