General Assembly Merit Scholarship (GAMS) (Application)

Award amount - $1,000 supplement to Tennessee HOPE Scholarship

• Students graduating from a Tennessee public school or category 1, 2, 3 private school must have a minimum 3.75 weighted GPA AND 29 ACT (1280 SAT), exclusive of the essay and optional subject area battery tests

• Students graduating from Homeschool programs (and non-category I, II, & III Schools), in addition to meeting the HOPE scholarship requirements, and during the course of a homeschool program, must be enrolled in at least four (4) college-level courses totaling at least twelve (12) semester hours and achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.0. The student must achieve a 29 Composite score or above, on a national test date for the ACT test or a 1280 (math plus critical reading scores only) or above, on a national test date for the SAT test for GAMS consideration. For information on the Dual Enrollment program, please Click Here.

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