GA Hope Scholarship? Any of you have any dealings/general feelings

I graduated in 2011 and Hope paid for my entire time at GT.

It is my understanding tho that they made the requirements to keep it much harder. I am also not sure if it still covers 100% or not.

I have two nieces that are going to school on the hope. Getting into GT or UGA is really hard fwiw but hope applies to other schools.

my cousin also got it but he flunked out in his 2nd semester.

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if the Hope Scholarship program is legit, and stands to be around and not fail like some other programs have...maybe that offsets that match...

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No real insight to give other than I know a guy who recently declined a promotion to another state because of the Georgia college program.

the math on this is really easy. Just get teh value of the hope scholarship which is roughly 4 (years) * Tuition Cost Per Year Now * Rate of Inflation in higher ed costs)

Then compare it to the value of the match.

Considering UGA costs about $12k a year now, I don't see how the match would offer more value.

There are some levels to Hope.

The “Zell Miller” is for elite students and pays all tuition.

The “Hope” pays most of tuition IF you keep a B average.

A few other thing to keep in mind is Hope calculates the GPA differently than most High Schools, it’s only Core classes and certain academic electives. The GPA is unweighted. There is also a “rigor” component that requires recipients to have taken a certain level of science, math, social studies, foreign language, and English in high school.

JEEZ college is different than when I went.

Any thoughts on UNG? Seems to be a pretty sizable school and tuition there looks to be significantly more affordable than UGA?

UNG has a good Corps of Cadets. As a male, I wouldn’t go to school there unless I was a cadet. I think they also have a decent Education program.

Hope/Zell Miller is still a viable program and will pay for a majoity of a students college expenses. It is backed by the GA lottery. Recently the government decided to allow some of the funding to also go to pre schools which is why they had to create tiers for the system.

The University System of Georgia has started to push more students away from UGA and to the directional schools around the state with the intent of putting a larger emphasis of on graduate work at UGA.

Also, the Hope covers a certain number of credit hours (I think 120) so if you come into college with credits from advanced high school curriculum, Hope will pay for graduate work as well.