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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 could begin completing community service hours on August 1, 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 at StudentAid.gov.

 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.

Please click here to learn more!

If you need to change the college listed in your TSAC Student Portal or on your FAFSA, you will need to complete the steps outlined below. Having the correct institution listed on your 2025-2026 FAFSA and your TSAC Student Portal will ensure that your financial aid is sent to the correct college.

Updating your TSAC Student Portal:

Click here to log into your TSAC Student Portal.

1. Once you click the link above, enter the username and password you created when you applied for TN Promise.
   • If you forgot your username and/or password, click Forgot your User Name or Password? Enter your email address, the last four digits of your Social Security number and your date of birth. Click Submit. A temporary password will be sent to the email address you provided when you applied for TN Promise. The temporary password will expire in one hour. It is suggested that you copy and paste the temporary password from the email into the password field.

2. You may be prompted to answer one of the security questions you chose when you applied for TN Promise. Check the box next to Register this computer to skip this step next time you login from this computer. Click Continue.

3. The next page will show the image you chose. If it is the correct image, enter your password and click Log In.

4. Under the Grants and Scholarship Program Information section, you will see Academic Year 2025-2026 as well as a list of program names and the institutions (program names include TSAA Tennessee Grants, HOPE Scholarship, HOPE Access Grant, Wilder-Naifeh Technical Skills Grant, Tennessee Promise).

5. You will see a Transfer School button for each program. You may click on any button and update the institution which will update ALL programs.

6. Select the correct institution from the drop-down box. Click Process Transfer Request.

7. Click on View Financial Summary on the top right-hand corner to return to your student portal. You should see that the institution was changed under the Grants and Scholarship Program Information section.

8. When you are finished, click Log Out. Please keep your username and password for the TSAC Student Portal in a safe place.

If you need help accessing your student account, or if your portal says there is already an account associated with your information, please call the TSAC Helpline at 1-800-342-1663 or email TSAC.AidInfo@tn.gov. 

Updating your 2025-2026 FAFSA*:

1. Log in using your FSA ID and go to your account Dashboard.

2. Select the submitted FAFSA form.

3. Select the processed FAFSA submission in the My Activity section. 

4. Select the Add or Remove Schools button.

5. Search for the school by entering either the school code or the city, state and/or school name and then select Search. 

6. Select the school from the search results. The school's Federal School Code will appear in the form. This means the school has been added.  

7. Submit the update. 

8. Resign and resubmit the FAFSA form. 

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BOTH YOUR FAFSA AND TSAC STUDENT PORTAL ARE UP TO DATE AT ALL TIMES!