Menlo College Merit Scholarships
Automatically considered
About this scholarship
First-year and transfer applicants to Menlo College are automatically considered for renewable institutional merit scholarships at admission. Cataloged tiers for California residents include Aspire ($22,000/year), Scholars ($24,000/year), and Innovation and Impact ($26,000/year), with higher tiers for out-of-state and international students. Institutional aid applies to fall and spring only.
First-year students may receive aid for up to eight semesters; transfer students up to six semesters (eight if entering with fewer than 24 degree-applicable units). Semesters need not be consecutive. Renew by maintaining at least a 2.0 Menlo cumulative GPA and earning at least 24 units per year at Menlo.
No separate scholarship application is required beyond the admission application.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Menlo College admission application
- Official transcripts from all colleges attended; high school transcript if fewer than 12 transferable semester credits
- Apply/be admitted to Menlo College via the free Menlo College Express application or the Common App
- Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.8+ for first-year/entering students, 2.7+ for transfer students
- Submit official transcripts (college transcripts from all institutions; high school transcript if fewer than 12 transferable semester credits)
- Merit award amount determined by the Office of Admissions based on grades, recommendations, and extracurricular involvement/leadership
- No separate scholarship application is required beyond the admission application.
- Award amount is determined by the Office of Admissions based on grades, recommendations, extracurricular involvement, and leadership.
- To renew, maintain at least a 2.0 Menlo cumulative GPA and earn at least 24 Menlo units per year.