Requirements
If you answer yes to all of these questions, then you might be eligible for our scholarship.
1. Do you live in one of these South Carolina counties?
- Allendale
- Barnwell
- Charleston
- Clarendon
- Darlington
- Dillon
- Florence
- Jasper
- Lee
- Marion
- Marlboro
- Spartanburg
- Williamsburg
2. Will you graduate from a public or charter school?
Review accepted high schools.
Private high school and homeschooled graduates do not qualify.
Graduate of the state’s Governor’s Schools qualify if they previously attended an eligible high school.
3. Will you receive a LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship?
You will if you meet two out of the three requirements:
- Graduate with a 3.0 GPA
- Rank in the top 30 percent of your graduating class
- Have a 1100 SAT score or a 22 ACT score
4. Did you complete the FAFSA and receive a Federal Pell Grant?
Sign in to your Federal Student Aid account to check your FAFSA Submission Summary.
Students who earn a Federal Pell Grant of any amount are eligible.
5. Will you attend an eligible college or university as a full-time student?
- Anderson University
- Bob Jones University
- Claflin University
- Clemson University
- College of Charleston
- Columbia College
- Columbia International University
- Converse University
- Furman University
- Newberry College
- North Greenville University
- Presbyterian College
- Southern Wesleyan University
- The Citadel
- University of South Carolina – Columbia
- University of South Carolina – Upstate*
- Winthrop University
- Wofford College
*To be eligible for the Meeting Street Scholarship at USC - Upstate, students must live in Spartanburg County.
Eligible High Schools
- Academic Magnet High School
- Allegro Charter School of Music
- Allendale-Fairfax High School
- Baptist Hill High School
- Barnwell High School
- Blackville Hilda High School
- Boiling Springs High School
- Broome High School
- Burke High School
- Chapman High School
- Charleston Charter for Math and Science
- Charleston County School of the Arts
- Chesnee High School
- Darlington High School
- Dillon High School
- Dorman High School
- Early College High School
- East Clarendon High School
- Greg Mathis Charter High School
- Hannah-Pamplico High School
- Hardeeville Junior and Senior High School
- Hartsville Senior High School
- Hemingway High School
- High Point Academy
- J Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet
- James F. Byrnes High School
- James Island Charter High School
- Johnsonville High School
- Kingstree Senior High School
- Lake City High School
- Lake View High School
- Lamar High School
- Landrum High School
- Latta High School
- Lee Central High School
- Lowcountry Leadership Charter School
- Lucy Garrett Beckham High School
- Manning High School
- Marion High School
- Marlboro County High School
- Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology
- Military Magnet Academy
- Mullins High School
- North Charleston High School
- Oceanside Collegiate Academy
- Palmetto Scholars Academy
- Pee Dee Math, Science and Technology Academy
- Polaris Tech Charter School
- R.B. Stall High School
- Ridgeland Secondary Academy of Excellence
- Royal Oaks Academy of the Arts and Sciences Charter School
- Scotts Branch High School
- South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics*
- South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities*
- South Florence High School
- Spartanburg High School
- St. John’s High School
- Wando High School
- West Ashley High School
- West Florence High School
- Williston-Elko High School
- Wilson High School
- Woodruff High School
* Must have attended an eligible high school prior to Governor’s School
