Zell Miller Eligibility Requirements:
- Student must meet all the eligibility requirements for the HOPE Scholarship
- Student must graduate from an GA eligible high school with a grade point average of at least 3.70 (as calculated by the Georgia Student Finance Commission)
- Student must have met one of the following criteria (tests need to be take prior to graduation)
– an SAT score of at least 1200 combined critical reading score and math score on a single administration of the SAT (no super scoring)
— OR —
– an ACT composite score of 26 or higher
— OR —
– graduate from an eligible high schools as the valedictorian or salutatorian (only 1 per school)
Complete information about on the HOPE Scholarship program eligibility, and program regulations are available from the Georgia Student Finance Commission and GAFutures website.
Common questions:
Is Zell Miller weighted? — Zell Miller Scholarship pays full standard tuition for students who earned a 3.70 GPA out of 4.0 (un-weighted) for all academic high school classes and earned at least a 1200 in one sitting on the Math and Verbal section of the SAT or at least a 26 on the ACT.
Explore more about HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships!
HOPE GPA Calculation and Eligibility (GSFC, September 2016)
2016-2017 HOPE Scholarship Rigor Requirements (GSFC, August 2011)
List of Courses Which Meet the HOPE Academic Rigor Requirement (GSFC, January 2015)
Approved 4th Science Course Options (GA DOE, June 2015)