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We know that everyone is having different experiences with COVID-19, and your individual circumstances mean that your important choices about education are very personal. The Scholarship Office is offering some exceptions to the USP Scholarship enrollment requirements for the Fall 2021 term, and we encourage you to make the best decision for yourself based on all the information available.
We hope you will find the following information about Fall 2021 OSU scholarships useful as you consider your options, and we invite you to contact the OSU Scholarship Office at [email protected] or 541-737-1125 with any questions or concerns.
We can’t wait for you to join Beaver Nation this fall!
OSU is planning on returning to full on-site instruction for Fall 2021, but we know some students may choose not to come to campus right away. As you make your decisions, please remember that USP scholarships are only available to students enrolling at OSU’s Corvallis or Bend campuses. If you take one or more courses through Ecampus, you may still be eligible for your USP scholarship awards. But if you change your OSU campus from Corvallis or Cascades to Ecampus, your USP scholarship awards will be cancelled. If you are a WUE Scholarship recipient, your WUE Scholarship tuition discount will not be applied to Ecampus tuition charges.
OSU’s Degree Partnership Program (DPP)
Oregon State University’s Degree Partnership Program (DPP) allows you to be enrolled at both OSU and any one of our community college partner schools. If you were awarded a USP scholarship at the time of admission, you can receive your USP scholarship while taking advantage of DPP. Please note that the deadline to apply for DPP for Fall 2021 is August 25, 2021.
To be eligible to receive your USP scholarship as a DPP participant, you must meet the following requirements:
If you do not meet all of these requirements in a given term, your USP scholarship will be cancelled for that term, but you may be eligible to retain your scholarship for future terms. More information on USP scholarships and DPP enrollment can be found here.
If you are a recipient of the WUE Scholarship, your WUE Scholarship tuition discount will only be applied to your OSU courses.
Some college and departmental scholarships and third-party scholarships may have different requirements regarding DPP enrollment. We encourage you to check with your department or awarding organization to verify the requirements for these specific awards before deciding whether to participate in DPP.
Scholarship Eligibility and Reduced Enrollment
Although University Scholars Program (USP) scholarships usually require you to be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credits) each term to receive an award, we recognize that enrolling at OSU full-time for the Fall 2021 term may not be the best option for you. For the Fall 2021 term only, you will be eligible for your USP scholarships if you are enrolled at least half-time (6 credits or more), and we will automatically adjust the value of your USP scholarship awards based on your actual enrollment.
Here’s an example of how it will work:
If you were awarded a $3,000 USP scholarship for 2021-2022, these are the amounts you will be eligible to receive in a given term depending on your enrollment -
| Fall Enrollment | Award Amount |
|---|---|
| 12 or more credits | $1,000 |
| 9 to 11 credits | $750 |
| 6 to 8 credits | $500 |
| Less than 6 credits | $0 |
Degree Partnership Program students must be enrolled in at least 6 credits at OSU to be eligible for a prorated scholarship amount.
If you receive a reduced award amount based on your enrollment for the Fall 2021 term, you will forfeit the remaining amount(s). Your enrollment will be verified after the fall term add/drop deadline on October 3, 2021.
If you have special circumstances, you may submit an appeal asking to receive the full amount of your USP scholarship while enrolled less than full-time. More information about the scholarship appeal process is available here.
Many college and departmental scholarships and third-party scholarships require full-time enrollment. We encourage you to check with your department or awarding organization to verify the requirements for these specific awards before making a decision about how many credits to take during the Fall 2021 term.
To learn more about how your enrollment effects your eligibility for institutional, state, and federal financial aid, please contact OSU’s Office of Financial Aid at 541-737-2241 or [email protected].
If the timing isn’t right for you to join Beaver Nation this year, we look forward to welcoming you for a future term!
University Scholars Program (USP) Scholarships
If you were admitted for Fall 2021 but don’t plan to attend OSU right away, we may be able to hold any of the following University Scholars Program (USP) scholarships that you were awarded until a later term:
Resident Students
Non-Resident Students
To be eligible to receive any of these USP scholarships in a later term, you must defer your admission to an academic term no later than Spring 2022. If you choose to start attending OSU in the Fall 2022 term or later, your scholarship eligibility will be re-evaluated based on the scholarship requirements and processes for the 2022-2023 admission cycle.
Need-Based Campus Scholarships and Financial Aid
Any need-based campus scholarships and state and federal financial aid that you were offered for 2021-2022 are based on your current financial circumstances and cannot be guaranteed if you defer your admission to a different academic year (Summer 2022 or later). Your eligibility for these need-based awards is based on your financial aid application for the 2021-2022 academic year, so your eligibility may be different for another year. Please plan to file a FAFSA or ORSAA for the year you will start at OSU so we can consider you for the need-based financial aid and scholarship programs that will be available at that time. To learn more about institutional, state, and federal financial aid, please contact OSU’s Office of Financial Aid at 541-737-2241 or [email protected].
OSU is planning on returning to full on-site instruction for Fall 2021, but we know some students may choose not to return to campus right away. As you make your decisions, please remember that USP scholarships are only available to students enrolling at OSU’s Corvallis or Bend campuses. If you take one or more courses through Ecampus, you may still be eligible for your USP scholarship awards. But if you change your OSU campus from Corvallis or Cascades to Ecampus, your USP scholarship awards will be cancelled.
Scholarship Eligibility and Reduced Enrollment
Although University Scholars Program (USP) scholarships usually require you to be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credits) each term to receive an award, we recognize that enrolling at full-time for Fall 2021 may not be the best option for you. For Fall 2021 only, you will be eligible for your USP scholarships if you are enrolled at least half-time (6 credits or more), and we will automatically adjust the value of your USP scholarship awards based on your actual enrollment.
Here’s an example of how it will work:
If you have a $3,000 USP scholarship for 2021-2022, these are the amounts you will be eligible to receive in a given term depending on your enrollment -
| Fall Enrollment | Award Amount |
|---|---|
| 12 or more credits | $1,000 |
| 9 to 11 credits | $750 |
| 6 to 8 credits | $500 |
| Less than 6 credits | $0 |
Degree Partnership Program students must be enrolled in at least 6 credits at OSU to be eligible for a prorated scholarship amount.
If you receive a reduced award amount based on your enrollment for the Fall 2021 term you will forfeit the remaining amount(s). Your enrollment will be verified after the fall term add/drop deadline on October 3, 2021.
If you have special circumstances, you may submit an appeal asking to receive the full amount of your USP scholarship while enrolled less than full-time. More information about the scholarship appeal process is available here.
Many college and departmental scholarships and third-party scholarships require full-time enrollment. We encourage you to check with your department or awarding organization to verify the requirements for these specific awards before making a decision about how many credits to take during the Fall 2021 term.
Requesting a Scholarship Hold for a Break in Enrollment
If you decide to not enroll for the Fall 2021 term, or plan to take less than 6 credits, you may request a hold on your USP scholarship by submitting a scholarship appeal. An approved appeal will guarantee your scholarship is held until you return to full-time enrollment in a future term. More information about the scholarship appeal process is available here.
To learn more about how a break in enrollment effects your eligibility for institutional, state, and federal financial aid, please contact OSU’s Office of Financial Aid at 541-737-2241 or [email protected].
The OSU Scholarship Office is currently open for walk-in visitors Monday-Friday from 1 pm - 4 pm. In an effort to engage in social distancing to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we are actively monitoring email and voicemail during regular business hours and encourage students to reach out via those methods.
You may email us any time at [email protected]. You also can call 541-737-1125 to leave us a voicemail message (please include your OSU ID number!), and we will respond to your message via email. We typically are able to respond to email and voice messages within 1-2 business days.
If you need to turn in documents to the Scholarship Office, please send photos or scanned images of those documents electronically to [email protected].