Florida Bright Futures Scholarship 2022

The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship is a merit-based academic award given to students who are residents of Florida, have completed high school in Florida, and are willing to pursue a university/college education in Florida, USA.

Categories of the Florida Brights Future Scholarship and their requirements:

• Florida Academic Scholars: Requires a minimum weighted GPA of 3.5, a composite score of 29 for the ACT or SAT combined reading/math score of 1330, and 100 volunteer service hours.

• Florida Medallion Scholars:  FMS requires a weighted minimum GPA of 3.0, an ACT composite score of 25 or SAT combined reading/math score of 1210, and 75 volunteer service hours.

• Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars: Requires a minimum  GPA of 3.0; GSV is available to students pursuing a certificate program or career education. Note that the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars program funds up to 3600 credit minutes for a bachelor of applied science program or a bachelor of science following completion of the corresponding associate degree.

In addition, applicants must ensure that:

• they are a Florida state resident and a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen.
• they complete the Florida Financial Aid Application (FFAA) by August 31, the year of high school graduation.
• they earn a standard Florida high school diploma or equivalent from a Florida public high school or a registered Florida Department of Education private school.
• they have not been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a felony charge. They are accepted by and enroll in a degree or certificate program at an eligible Florida public or independent postsecondary institution.
• they are enrolled for at least six (non-remedial) credit hours per term

Benefits and entitlement for Future Brights Scholars

Florida Academic Scholars Award

This is the most competitive award because, in addition to the $212 received per credit hour per semester, scholars will enjoy 100% of tuition and applicable fees award in fall, spring and summer.

Applicable fees include activity and service, campus access/transportation, technology, health, athletic, financial aid, capital improvement, and tuition differential fees.  In addition, Florida Academic Scholars will also receive an additional $300 per semester (fall and spring only) for college-related expenses.

Florida Medallion Scholars Award

Florida Medallion Scholars will receive an award amount equal to 75% of tuition and applicable fall, spring, and summer fees.

Applicable fees include activity and service fees, health fees, campus access/transportation fees, athletic fees, financial aid fees, capital improvement fees, technology fees, and tuition differential fees.

Florida Medallion Scholar awards will not receive the $300 educational expense stipend. The Florida Medallion Scholars Award is $159.21 per credit hour.

Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars

GSV winners can receive scholarship funding for up to 60 credit hours of an applied technology degree program OR 72 credit hours of a technical degree program or career certificate program. Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholar awardees will also not receive the $300 educational expense stipend.

How to Apply for Future Brights Scholarship Award

There are a number of documents you need to have in order to make your application process stress-free.

• Florida Financial Aid Application: You’ll need to submit the Florida Financial Aid Application, or FFAA, at most on August 31 in the year you graduate high school. Failure to submit the FFAA would deny you from enjoying any Bright Futures funding. The application opens on December 1.
• Official Transcripts: Fortunately, Florida public high schools automatically submit official transcripts to the Florida Department of Education for Bright Futures evaluation. If your school doesn’t automatically send transcripts, you can for yours to be submitted via email to OFSA.transcripts@fldoe.org.
• SAT or ACT Scores:  SAT or ACT can be taken to submit your scores to the Bright Futures scholarship program through June 30 of the year of your graduation.

Application Process

• Submit the Florida Financial Aid Application.
• Take the SAT or ACT and Submit Your Test Scores.
• Check to see if your Official Transcripts have been submitted.
• Always update the information in your Bright Futures Application Account.

How To Increase Your Chances of Being Awarded The Future Brights Scholarship

There are four main channels to boost your odds of being a Future Brights Scholar, they are:

• Coursework: By meeting all coursework requirements for your school, you stand a better chance of being awarded the scholarship than someone who didn’t complete their coursework requirements
• GPA: Since the GPA requirements are weighted, an advanced or honors class taken will be an advantage to your GPA. But, you can always go for any of the other scholarship awards if your GPA is not strong enough for the FAS award.
• ACT/SAT scores: Higher ACT/SAT scores will open up more scholarship opportunities in addition to better-ranking school options. Start preparing for and taking the tests earlier rather than later. This is to give yourself time and less pressure to perform.
• Service hours: Try to set a schedule (e.g., have a set time that you go every week, at the same time) to feel more committed to it. The best way to meet the minimum service hours is through consistency.

Conclusion

You must be a Florida resident pursuing or pursuing a Florida high school graduation and who intends to enroll in a Florida postsecondary institution to be eligible for a Bright Futures Scholarship.

The scholarship has various levels, each with a particular award amount, curriculum set, grade point average, and test score requirements.

Before August 31 of your graduating year, you must submit the Florida Financial Aid Application to be considered for the Bright Futures scholarship.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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