The University of Wyoming is proud to offer the Rocky Mountain Scholars Award to eligible incoming non-resident freshmen. The Rocky Mountain Scholars Award provides one of five amounts of annual scholarship support to incoming non-resident freshmen students based on their cumulative high school GPA (calculated on an unweighted standard 4.0 scale) and composite ACT or SAT score.

The Rocky Mountain Scholars Awards are available to home school students who have an ACT composite of 25 or greater as follows:

To be considered for the Rocky Mountain Scholars Award, students must:

• Apply for admission and submit the $40 admission application fee
• Submit official high school transcripts
• Submit official ACT/SAT test scores
• Be admitted to UW
• Confirm enrollment by May 1

Students are provisionally awarded the Rocky Mountain Scholars Award by the UW Admissions Office shortly after being admitted. Final awards are made upon receipt of all final academic records. To ensure Rocky Mountain Scholars Award consideration, please submit all of your admission application materials, be admitted, and confirm enrollment by May 1. A student's scholarship award may go up or down based on final cumulative GPA and test scores.

Initial Eligibility and Scholarship Compliance

• The Rocky Mountain Scholars Award is only available to first-time, entering non-resident freshmen seeking their first bachelor's degree.
• This scholarship is renewable for up to 8 semesters (4 academic years) or up to the first bachelor's degree whichever comes first.
• Students must maintain full-time continuous enrollment in Laramie campus courses (12 semester hours) during the Fall and Spring semesters each year but is not available to use during the Summer semester.
• Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA (evaluated at the end of each Spring semester).