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Jefferson State Academic Scholarship App now open!

Jefferson State Academic Scholarship App now open!

To be eligible to apply, students must have:

GPA - 3.0

ACT - 22 or higher

+ Completed Admissions Application

Deadline is March 1st, 2020 - Do not delay.  Please see the attachment for more info

All Seniors- Send Scholarship Offers to Ms. Lindsey!

Seniors:

Please make sure that you are forwarding your scholarship offers to Ms. Lindsey.

To date - we only have 2 students that have submitted offers. 

Remember to bring copies or email offers.

Thanks, 

Ms Lindsey

Are you going to Jefferson State next year??

Any senior who is planning on attending Jefferson Sate Community College next year, needs to see Ms. Lindsey in the counseling office ASAP!!!!

Potential- Scholarships & Information!

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SOUTH ALABAMA SUPERSCORES FOR ADMISSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS!

The University of South Alabama is excited to announce, effective immediately, USA will now use ACT superscores!  All students applying for admission will be able to use their ACT superscore for admission and scholarship consideration.  Scores must be on file with USA.  Please submit any scores which may not be on file with the admissions office as soon as possible.  

This new policy will benefit all applicants for the 2020-2021 school year, as USA will create a composite superscore based on a student’s highest subsection ACT scores across multiple test dates on file with USA.  

• Freshman admissions requirements
• Learn more about Scholarship opportunities

Please have your students contact their USA recruiter for more information on becoming a Jaguar. 

We plan to review all previously submitted ACT scores and will expedite processing of admissions decisions and scholarships.  Decisions and updates will be available January 2020.

Sincerely,

USA Office of New Student Recruitment

251-460-7834

recruitment@southalabama.edu

www.southalabama.edu/admissions