Lamar University

Cardinal Elite Scholars

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About the Scholarship

Lamar University pays $40,000 across four years on this band, $8,000 a year toward tuition and $2,000 a year toward on-campus accommodation.

This is the top automatic band, below only the Presidential Scholarship, and unlike that one it needs no application at all.

The route in is what makes Lamar unusual. Domestic applicants need both a grade average and a class rank, but the university lets international applicants qualify on a test score alone, which suits students whose schools issue no rank. The accommodation half is conditional on staying in the residence hall; move out and that portion stops.

What It Covers

Tuition
Housing

$40,000 over four years, $8,000 a year toward tuition plus $2,000 a year toward on-campus accommodation, which is forfeited for the remainder if the student stops living in the residence hall. Paid evenly across autumn and spring.

Eligibility

Entry as a first-time-in-college student. Domestic applicants need a grade average of 4.25 or above and a class rank in the top 10 per cent; international applicants qualify on an SAT of 1330 or above or an ACT of 29 or above. The university recalculates grade averages on a weighted 5.0 scale, and its class-rank requirement does not apply to home-schooled applicants or schools that do not rank, which matters for international applicants whose schools issue no rank. No renewal grade threshold is published for this award.

Eligible Countries

The university states international students submit a qualifying SAT of 1330 or above or ACT of 29 or above for consideration, in place of the grade average and class rank route open to domestic applicants.

All countries

How to Apply

No separate application. Applicants are considered automatically.

Application Routes and Dates

Scholarship consideration

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Consideration is linked to admission. Confirm the applicable admission deadline and any scholarship requirements with the university.