Outside Scholarships
If you have received or subsequently receive a scholarship or other form of financial aid from any source that was not listed on your Financial Aid Award Notification, you are required to report it to the Office of Financial Aid by submitting the information below.
Please submit this information by June 30 or as soon as possible after you receive notification of the scholarship or award.
Outside Scholarship checks can be mailed to the Gettysburg College Office of Financial Aid and should be made payable to “Gettysburg College.”
If the check is made payable to the student (or to both the college and the student), the student should sign the check and mail it to the Gettysburg College Office of Financial Aid.
Office of Financial Aid
Gettysburg College
Campus Box 438
300 N. Washington Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
If Gettysburg College is required to provide information to the scholarship program (enrollment verification, invoice, etc.), please email (finaid@gettysburg.edu) or fax (717-337-8555) a copy of the document that mentions the request.
For scholarships over $500, it is our policy to evenly split the funds between the fall and spring semester (unless otherwise specified by the organization). Outside assistance for financial aid recipients will result in a reduction in the work-study and/or loan after federal need (cost of attendance minus expected family contribution) is met. When the outside assistance exceeds the amount of work-study and/or loan awards, the Gettysburg College Grant must be adjusted. Once an outside scholarship has been added to a student's financial aid award, they will be sent an email to review their updated financial aid award.
Outside Scholarship/Award Information Form
Outside Scholarship Search Information
Each year, students attending Gettysburg College receive approximately $1,402,364 in scholarships and awards from a variety of sources including civic and religious organizations, foundations, corporations, employee benefit plans and high school recognition programs.
To assist in the search for scholarship opportunities, Gettysburg College encourages students to visit the following FREE websites.
Most scholarships listed on the web are offered by reputable organizations. When a scholarship looks "too good to be true" or requests a fee to process the application, it may be a scam.
If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions, the scholarship offer may be a scam!
- Do you need to send an application fee or processing fee?
- Does the application ask for your credit card or bank account information?
- Do the materials offer a "guarantee" or "high success rate"?
- Does the provider offer to do the work for you?
- Is the scholarship offer available only for a short time?
Be cautious! Before applying, get more information about the organization offering the scholarship. Check out their website. Ask questions. Contact your high school guidance office or the Office of Financial Aid.
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