Terms & Conditions

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.

For additional terms for specific scholarships and grants please see below:

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