The Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree Program Scholarship (Delaware SEED Scholarship) is intended to provide free college tuition to Delaware residents seeking to earn an Associate degree at in-state colleges Delaware Tech and the University of Delaware. Any Delaware high school graduate after 2006 is eligible to apply given certain criteria.
Criteria
The criteria to be awarded are:
- Must be a resident of Delaware and planning/are to be a full time student.
- Must not have been convicted of any felony.
- Have already applied for other forms of financial aid.
- Must have graduated from a Delaware High School and have obtained a 2.5 GPA in high school (on a 4.0 scale).
- * The student must maintain at least a 2.5 GPA throughout college as well.
- Gain admission to Delaware Tech or the University of Delaware and satisfy their respective admissions standards.
- * A Delaware Tech student is not eligible for the scholarship if they've been admitted "by special admission standards."
- Must attend college classes no later than the fall semester after high school.
- Must be eligible for the scholarship under their admitted colleges implemented criteria.
If the student lived in foster care while 16 - 18 years old, points 4 and 6 do not apply. In this case the student must have started their Associates degree before the age of 25 and take no more than 5 years to obtain it.
In order to maintain eligibility and funding for the scholarship, a student must:
- Earn at least 24 credits as a full time student per year.
- * This requirement has been waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- * If the student has lived in foster care while 16 - 18 years old, this requirement does not apply.
- Maintain continuous enrollment of at least 2 semesters per year.
- * The college may grant an exception and waive this requirement.
- Maintain a college GPA of at least 2.5.
- * The college may grant an exception and waive this requirement.
- The studentâÂÂs family must certify that the student has not been convicted of a felony.
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