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If you are an early high school graduate, you can begin college early at an eligible institution with the TN Promise scholarship! An early high school graduate is defined as any student who graduates from an eligible high school, home school program, GED or HiSET curriculum before the spring semester of what would have been a student’s senior year of high school. Any student that meets this definition will have the opportunity to enroll at an eligible institution with TN Promise funding prior to the fall 2025 term, provided that all necessary requirements outlined below are met.

Requirements for Early College Enrollment:

• Complete the 2025 TN Promise application at  TNPromise.gov by November 1, 2024.

• Complete the Mandatory TN Promise Meeting requirement by March 15, 2025.

  • As an early graduate, students will receive a mandatory webinar via email after the TN Promise application closes on November 1, 2024. The Mandatory TN Promise Meeting requirement can be fulfilled by viewing this webinar, but we ask that students also attend the in-person meeting at their former high school if possible. The mandatory meeting schedule will be available soon!

• Complete and submit at least 8 hours of community service by April 1, 2025.

  • Students may begin completing community service hours on November 2, 2024 and must submit to tnAchieves.org no later than April 1, 2025.

  • If students plan to enroll in both the spring and summer terms at a Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT), a community college or 4-year institution, they must complete and submit a total of 16 hours of community service by April 1, 2025.

• Complete and submit TWO separate Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications by April 15, 2025.

  • Complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA AND the 2025-2026 FAFSA by April 15, 2025. 

  • The 2024-2025 FAFSA application is open for completion now at StudentAid.gov. The 2025-2026 FAFSA application will open this fall!

 Early enrollment is completely optional! Students are not required to enroll prior to the fall 2025 term. If a student chooses to enroll at a post-secondary institution for the spring term with TN Promise funding, the spring term will count as one of the available 5 semesters/8 trimesters allowed with the scholarship. Additionally, if a student enrolls and receives funding in the spring and/or summer term, the academic year's GPA will be reviewed after the summer term. To remain eligible for TN Promise, students must maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA by the end of each academic year. If this requirement is not met, the student will become permanently ineligible for the scholarship.

Students must complete all early graduate requirements outlined above PRIOR to spring enrollment to avoid triggering a reimbursement process for tuition and mandatory fees. Failure to complete the outlined requirements prior to spring enrollment will require students to pay tuition and mandatory fees at the start of the term, then be reimbursed by TN Promise only after all requirements are satisfied.

UT Promise is an undergraduate scholarship program guaranteeing free tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying Tennessee residents attending a UT campus in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin, Memphis and Pulaski.

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