ADAMS SCHOLARSHIP

Adams Scholarship Program is a curriculum of the Massachusetts Department of Education that awards merit-based state-supported undergraduate tuition waivers to students who score in the top twenty five percent  in their school district on the grade ten  MCAS. The reasons of the Adams Scholarship are to recompense and motivate student success, help attract additional high-performing students to Massachusetts public advanced learning, and offer families of college-bound students with economic help.

To be qualified for the Adams Scholarship, a student have to:
Achieve in the Advanced category in either the Mathematics or the English language arts section of the grade 10 test and get in the talented or higher category on the second subject (Mathematics or English language arts).
Have a joint MCAS score on these appraisals that ranks in the top twenty percent in their school district.
Be an everlasting Massachusetts occupant.
Be a United States citizen or qualified non-citizen.
Sign up permanent in the first customary educational semester subsequent high school graduation.
Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Be in fulfillment with appropriate law concerning Selective Service Registration.
Not be in failure to pay with appropriate law concerning any Federal or State student education loans for presence at any institution or be indebted a repayment for any preceding economic help established. The waiver does not coat fees, books, or new expenses.

The Adams Scholarship offers a tuition waiver for eight customary semesters of undergraduate learning at the University of Massachusetts, the seven state colleges, or fifteen community colleges. So as to utilize the tuition waivers students have to first apply to the colleges or universities and be accepted. Students who get the Adams Scholarship should complete their college studies in four years or less and maintain a 3.0 grade point average.