{"id":5026,"date":"2023-05-25T20:12:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2023-11-13T18:53:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T18:53:22","slug":"promise-scholarships-mean-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/2023\/05\/25\/promise-scholarships-mean-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Promise Scholarships Mean Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many students graduate from high school unsure of how to pay for a degree or credentials that will land them a fulfilling career with good pay. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re so excited to introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/financial-aid\/types-of-financial-aid\/scholarships\/institutional-scholarships\/spc-promise-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Promise Scholarship<\/a>, which pays for tuition and fees &#8211; after any grants or scholarships are received &#8211; at St. Petersburg College for Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, or financial aid-eligible certificate programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scholarship is offered to 2023 graduates from Lakewood, Tarpon Springs, Pinellas Park, Clearwater, and Northeast high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To apply, eligible students must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete a FAFSA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete the SPC application<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enroll for at least six credit hours, beginning in the Fall 2023 Term following their high school graduation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Requirements to keep the scholarship include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete the FAFSA each year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be continuously enrolled for at least six (6) credit hours in both Fall and Spring terms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete an associate degree or a financial aid-eligible certificate by the end of their third academic year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintain a 2.0 GPA and a successful course completion rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scholarships will be disbursed on a first-come, first-served basis. Once an SPC application is submitted, students will be sent the next steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you or someone you know is a 2023 graduate from one of those high schools, learn more about the Promise Scholarships, and how to apply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/financial-aid\/types-of-financial-aid\/scholarships\/institutional-scholarships\/spc-promise-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on our website.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re so excited to introduce the Promise Scholarship!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5026"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5209,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026\/revisions\/5209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}