HOPE Scholarship for Recent High School Graduates

If you are a recent high school graduate and wish to receive the HOPE Scholarship for a degree program at a technical college, you must meet the same qualifications as a student seeking a degree at one of Georgia's public or private colleges or universities. To be eligible as a first-year student, you must:

Be a legal resident of Georgia
Be a 1993 or later graduate of an eligible high school
Earn a "B" average in high school (a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, or 80 numeric grade average, meeting the college preparatory track; if you are in the technical curriculum track, you must have a 3.2 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, or 85 numeric grade average, meeting the curriculum requirements.)
Students who graduate from high school in the year 2000 and thereafter will be required to earn a "B" average in their core-curriculum subjects. Students must also graduate meeting the curriculum requirements in their program of study. Check with your high school guidance counselor for more information on the core-curriculum requirements.
The HOPE Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students
If you graduated from high school prior to 1993, you may be eligible to receive the HOPE Scholarship for a degree program at a technical college. To be eligible, you must:

Be a legal resident of Georgia
Have maintained the 3.0 HOPE cumulative grade point average after the quarter in which you have attempted 45 hours of degree credit. (Note: all attempted degree credit and coursework converted to degree credit after high school graduation is used to determine your eligibility.)
Not have already earned a baccalaureate (four-year) degree or have attempted more than 190 quarter hours (127 semester hours) of college credit.