Students who fail to meet the initial eligibility criteria or who were never eligible to receive the SC HOPE, LIFE, or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship are not eligible to submit an appeal.
A traumatic event DOES NOT include: College adjustment issues, homesickness, problems with roommates, problems with the faculty or staff at the college or university, difficult course-load, misunderstanding of scholarship requirements, misadvisement by financial aid officers or advisors, problems following institutional policies/procedures, problems completing the proper institutional paperwork/forms, dependent care issues, transportation problems, financial issues, exceptions to scholarship regulation (initial eligibility, transfer issues, exceeding terms of eligibility), sport schedule conflicts, not getting into your program of study, changing majors... etc. This is not an exhaustive list. Other issues may be deemed as inappropriate for appeal.
For more detailed information regarding the Scholarship Appeal Process, please view the Scholarship Appeal Guidelines by clicking the button below.