BYU-Idaho Scholarship FAQ | Financial Aid | BYU-Idaho

# Scholarship FAQ

Frequently asked questions about BYU-Idaho scholarships.

## Getting Your Scholarship Money:

Scholarship money goes into your student account at the start of the semester. 

- It pays for tuition, fees, and on-campus housing first
- To get any leftover money, sign up foreRefund. This takes a few days to reach your bank account.

No, all BYU-Idaho scholarships are based on member tuition amounts.

Remember, behind every scholarship is a real person who chose to support students like you. Taking a few minutes to write a thoughtful thank-you letter creates a meaningful connection and shows the donor that their generosity truly matters. 
 
Writing a thank-you letter serves two important purposes: 

- ****It helps the donor understand the real impact of their gift****, seeing exactly how their donation made a difference in a student's life
- ****It allows you to express genuine gratitude**** and share your story about how their generosity is helping you pursue your education

****A thank-you letter request will not delay the scholarship from being disbursed, but you will continue to be contacted until it has been completed.****

No, scholarships are evaluated only once a year, after the Winter semester, and are awarded for the coming academic year: Fall, Winter, and Spring semesters.

## Taking A Break:

Yes, If you're awarded an academic scholarship and receive a mission call, contact the Admissions Office to defer the scholarship until you return.

No, you can only save scholarships for missions. If you don't attend, you lose that semester's scholarship.

## Attending School:

- If you take 6-11 credits, you get part of your scholarship.
- If you take less than 6 credits, you lose your scholarship.

Yes, scholarships are awarded for all tracks you enroll in - Fall, Winter and Spring semesters

No, scholarships are not available for Summer Session.

No, once you graduate, you can't use scholarships anymore.

## Merit Scholarship

- ****Incoming Freshmen:**** Send your test scores and high school transcripts to transcriptsubmit@byui.edu
- ****Transfer Students who previously attended another university:**** Send your college transcripts to transcriptsubmit@byui.edu
- We'll automatically check if you qualify****.****
- Send scores and transcripts prior to the Tuesday before your first semester starts.

Yes. See the Merit Scholarship Matrix for more information.

Yes, if you have not attended, and your scores are processed with admissions at transcriptsubmit@byui.edu by the Tuesday before your first semester starts.

Get good grades at BYU-Idaho 
You need a 3.75 GPA or higher 
If you keep this GPA, you can keep your scholarship all four years.

Yes, we will evaluate your transfer GPA based on the transcripts received in the Admissions office prior to your admission to BYU-Idaho and will automatically award the Merit scholarship if you qualify.

## BYU-Idaho Academic Scholarship

- For 2024-2025, we checked grades at the end of Fall 2023.
- ****Starting 2025-2026, we'll check grades after the Winter semester.****

If you think there's a mistake with your scholarship: 

- Email scholarships@byui.edu
- Tell them you think your grades qualify for a scholarship
- They'll check and let you know

## Returned Missionary Scholarship

- Make sure the admissions office knows when you returned from your mission.
- The scholarship should show up in your financial aid portal automatically.

Update our team about your return by emailing scholarships@byui.edu with the following information: 

- Mission Service Dates,
- Mission Release Certificate, and
- Update missionary service dates with the Admissions office via email at admissions@byui.edu

Yes, you can get this on top of a full tuition scholarship.