High School Counselor Information

There are no current plans to change the scholarship grid or requirements again. Our plan is to keep these requirements and levels from here on out. However, they are always subject to change.

Resident Freshman Grid

Non-Resident Freshman Grid

We have done over 5 years of research to see why students lost their scholarships and found that around 70% of those who lost their scholarships every year were at the end of their first year at the institution. The majority of that population was due to credits. So we lowered the minimum credit requirements to keep their scholarship from year to year from 15 to 12 to set students up better for success in college. However, if a student comes in and only takes 12 credits per semester, they will not graduate in the original 4 year timeline. (12 credits x 8 semesters = 96 credits, when a bachelors degree takes a minimum of 120 of the right credits.) As a result we had to compensate elsewhere, which lead to the 130 credit limit. This will allow students to personalize their own timeline and allow more flexibility, provided the yearly requirements outlined in their award letter.

However, this credit limit will include any credits they are coming in to the university with, which includes but is not limited to: Concurrent Enrollment credits, Dual Enrollment credits, IB credits, FLATS Tests, AP tests they pay to post to their transcripts, and anything else that adds an attempt of a class. This will also include any Failed class, Withdrawn class, Audited class, Incomplete class, and any summer classes they may take. This is 130 overall attempted credits, not passed credits.

What does this mean for your students who come in with a lot of credits? If a student comes in with 24+ credits, and if they are going to run out of credits before they graduate, they can request up to 2 semesters to get them to the finish line, or closer if they have more time than 2 semesters. Overall, students who come in with a lot of credits, graduated earlier on average, and never used the full 4 years. However, we know that there are some students who have taken credits in high school that are either duplicates for the same requirement, or do not count towards their major, but completed them to fill their schedules in high school. Which is why we have allowed this exception. These students will reach out to the Scholarship Office, when they reach their overall credit limit.

It is only our top two scholarships that require the ACT or SAT to qualify. Any other students can still qualify for a scholarship based on their unweighted High School GPA, but they will be maxed at the third level of the scholarship.

Students can submit any new information for scholarship consideration until our March 1st deadline for top academic scholarships.

For you counselors from outside the state of Utah, if it is after March 1st and your student would still like consideration for the WUE, Good Neighbor, Red Rocks, or Half Merit they have until the July 15th deadline. However, the max they will qualify for is the WUE/Good Neighbor/Red Rocks, as they will have missed the March 1st deadline for top academic scholarships.

Yes, through the March 1st Deadline they can try for a higher scholarship. We will start processing increases in December/January. If a new score takes them to a higher scholarship they will receive a new award letter. If it keeps them in the same level, there will be no notification. Any ACT or SAT Score that is not received by the March 1st deadline will not be considered for a scholarship.

Yes, students have through the end of the 2nd week of their admit semester to accept or defer their scholarship. So if a student is admitted for fall semester, they have until the end of the 2nd week of fall semester to accept or defer, after that their scholarship will be cancelled.

Summer admits have until the 2nd week of fall semester as their scholarship is not good for summer, but will start in the fall.

It is really easy to defer a scholarship. All the student needs to do is fill out the deferment form online at the link below. We do not require a mission call, medical documentation or any other supporting documentation.

Deferment Form

The academic advisors at Utah Tech are working hard to get in touch with all students as they are admitted. However, if your student would like to reach out to their academic advisor to take a more proactive approach they can do so. They can find out who their academic advisor is by following the link below.

Find my advisor

Students can start applying for FAFSA as early as October 1st of every year. We always suggest that students apply for FAFSA as soon as they possibly can. Even if they don’t know what school is their final destination, they can send their FAFSA to up to 10 schools. That way they still have time to make decisions while their FAFSA application is being processed by multiple schools. Here at Utah Tech, we will email their student email as well as their personal email if there is anything that still needs to be processed. No private information is emailed, just the information of where to login for more information.

Students can also contact the UT Financial Aid Office directly at:

finaid@utahtech.edu  OR

435-652-7575

FAFSA Application

Though the ACT/SAT is not required for admission to Utah Tech it is required for consideration for the top two scholarships as well as for class placement. A student who has not already taken the required English, and Math in high school concurrent enrollment, will need to take a placement test of some kind. The ACT or SAT will work just fine, but a student can also take the College Placement Test or Accuplacer Test. For more information on how to take the Accuplacer Test see the Testing Center link below.

Testing Center

No. The March 1st deadline is a hard deadline. We will not accept any new information for a higher scholarship after that date. As stated above, the only scholarships that will be considered after the March 1st deadline are the WUE, Red Rocks, Good Neighbor or Half Merit. All of which are partial non-resident waivers, and will only be considered through the July 15th deadline.

No. We award based off a snapshot in time. We do not need any new information after the initial admissions process is complete, unless a student is trying for a higher scholarship (through the deadline).

A student’s initial residency status is based on three things; drivers license state, self declared state of residency, and how long they have been residing in their state of residency.

• A student who states that their state of residency is Utah, but has a Colorado drivers license will be admitted as a non-resident.
• A student who has a Utah state of residency, but stated that they have lived here for less than a year will be admitted as a non-resident.
• A student who has a Utah drivers license but stated that their state of residency is Arizona will be admitted as a non-resident.

Basically any time there is a conflict or question in their residency, they will be admitted as a non-resident. If a student feels this is in error, can reach out to the Admissions Office for clarification and solve the issue. They can work with the Admissions Office through the first day of class. They can email the Admissions Office at admissions@utahtech.edu or call 435-652-7777.

Once classes start students will have to go through the Application For Utah Residency through the Registrar’s Office.

Residency Requirements & Application