Eligibility and Duration: • Freshmen students are eligible for financial aid for a total of 8 semesters, while transfer students can receive aid for up to 6 semesters. Transfer students who have completed fewer than 24 degree-applicable units may qualify for aid for up to 8 semesters. These semesters do not need to be consecutive.
Enrollment Requirements: • Recipients must apply and remain continuously enrolled as full-time undergraduate, resident students in good academic and social standing.
Application and Review Process: • A financial aid application must be completed to determine eligibility for state or federal aid. • Menlo College will review awards annually.
Usage and Conditions of Institutional Aid: • All institutional aid can only be used in Fall and Spring Semesters. • Menlo grants/scholarships are intended for individual use and not for any group, institution, or organization. • All grants/scholarships awarded by Menlo are subject to meeting the College’s admission requirements and are not transferable.
Stacking and Limits: • Not all institutional scholarships and awards can be stacked with other scholarships. Contact the Office of Financial Aid to confirm if your scholarship can be stacked. • Institutional aid cannot be applied toward student fees or insurance costs. • Housing awards may be reduced if the application of the award would produce a credit balance on the room & board portion of the student’s account (e.g., if a student receives offsets for their room & board fees in recognition of their service as a resident assistant, the housing award would be reduced proportionately) • The combination of all grants and scholarships cannot exceed the total cost for tuition, housing, and meals. • After being packaged, students must receive no other institutional aid except as approved by the Dean of Enrollment. • All awards are based on space availability and criteria may change from year to year based on state and federal funding. • Scholarship renewal requires that you meet Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements and are enrolled in at least 12 units each semester.
California-Bound Scholarship • Student must not be a resident of California or Hawaii. • NCAA Athletic recruits are not eligible for this award.
Refer-A-Friend Scholarship • The referrer must be a current or incoming undergraduate student enrolled during the semester the referred student begins their studies. • The referred student must be new to Menlo College (first-year or transfer), must not have been accepted yet, and must not have a pending financial aid award. • The referral form must be submitted before the referred student commits to attending Menlo College. • The referred student must begin their studies in spring 2025 or fall 2025. • Both the referrer and referred student must remain enrolled through the census date of the term in which the referred student enrolls. • This is a one-time scholarship split across the fall and spring semesters, applicable to tuition or housing as determined by the Office of Financial Aid. • The scholarship can be combined with other merit-based aid but cannot exceed the Cost of Attendance allowable amounts for aid. • Students receiving discounted tuition (e.g., GoCampus) or NCAA athletic scholarships are not eligible for this scholarship.
San Mateo County Commitment Grant • Student must have most recently attended a school in San Mateo County. • Awards will be adjusted to avoid refunds, except in rare cases where outside scholarships prohibit reducing institutional aid, which may result in a refund. • The Menlo California Opportunity Grant will supersede this award. • This award will replace all other institutional aid, including performing arts awards, non-NCAA club sports awards, and merit scholarships. • Students should anticipate a 3–5% increase in tuition and housing costs each year. • Recipients must live on campus to receive the housing portion of the award; moving off campus will result in the loss of the housing award. • NCAA Athletic recruits are ineligible for this award.
Conrad Challenge Scholarship • This scholarship cannot be stacked with any merit aid. • NCAA Athletic Recruits are not eligible for this scholarship High School Partnership Award • This scholarship cannot be stacked with any merit aid. • NCAA Athletic Recruits are not eligible for this scholarship
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Scholarship • Student must be a member of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) at the time of application and must show proof of PTK membership if requested. • NCAA Athletic Recruits are not eligible for this scholarship
Legacy Scholarship • Student must indicate they are a Legacy at the time of application. This will be verified by Admissions and Financial Aid. • NCAA Athletic Recruits are not eligible for this scholarship
