WVU Pledge Scholarship Renewal Requirements

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• Renewal Requirements
• Degree-Pursuant Coursework
• Covered Costs
• Housing and Meal Plan Information
• Submitting Your FAFSA

As of fall 2025, this scholarship is no longer being offered to incoming students.

Renewal Requirements

WVU Pledge recipients must meet the following criteria to continue to be eligible for this scholarship for the upcoming aid year:

• Meet the Promise Scholarship renewal criteria,
• Live on campus in a residence hall (please note that living in University Apartments does not fulfill this criteria),
• Submit a valid FAFSA by the priority deadline for the upcoming aid year and be eligible for the Federal Pell Grant, and
• Have remaining eligible costs not covered by other aid, as defined by last-dollar-in criteria.

Degree-Pursuant Coursework

Promise eligibility is a condition of this scholarship and requires full-time degree-pursuant coursework, students must meet those requirements to receive the WVU Pledge Scholarship. Exceptions would only be made in situations where students are not required to be full-time for Promise, such as their last two semesters of eligibility.

Covered Costs

The WVU Pledge Scholarship operates as a last-dollar-in program, meaning the amount awarded will depend on the remaining billable charges after other financial aid programs have been applied-like the Federal Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), West Virginia Higher Education Grant, West Virginia Promise Scholarship and other institutional scholarships. The Pledge scholarship covers remaining costs of University Tuition, University Fees, College Tuition, and includes a standard amount for a double occupancy residence hall room and meal plan.

It is important to note that certain costs are not covered by the WVU Pledge Scholarship. Billable charges that are program-specific or incurred in addition to standard University fees, such as lab fees, music lesson fees, Online Learning Student Support fees, New Student Orientation fees, materials and instruments, computer costs, and student health insurance, will not be included in the scholarship coverage.

Housing and Meal Plan Information

For the 2024-2025 academic year, the WVU Pledge Scholarship includes a standard amount for housing and meals, covering up to a double occupancy residence hall room and meal plan. The estimated costs are as follows:

• Morgantown: $6,808 for housing and $6,092 for the Go Anytime meal plan.
• Keyser: $4,658 for housing and $6,070 for the PSC 21 meal plan.
• Beckley: $7,116 for housing and $5,646 for the WVU IT 21 meal plan.

While scholarship recipients are not required to select these standard options for housing and dining, any choice that exceeds the standard plan's cost will result in the scholarship covering only up to the value of the standard plan. The student will be responsible for paying the difference. Conversely, if a student opts for a housing or dining plan that costs less than the standard amount, the scholarship will be adjusted to reflect the actual charges incurred.

Submitting your FAFSA

The FAFSA can be completed online via the Federal Student Aid website. To renew the WVU Pledge for the 2025-2026 academic year, current Pledge recipients should submit a valid 2025-2026 FAFSA by March 1, 2025.