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.

Can you get both HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships?
— Students may receive HOPE or Zell Miller, but NOT both at the same time.

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)