Eligibility
Applicants must be nontraditional students who are over the age of 25 or work full-time (35 hours/week or more) while being enrolled on a full or part-time basis or have dependents other than a spouse and are financially independent of parents and/or considered independent for FAFSA purposes. Students must have not received a standard high school diploma (completed with a GED, HiSET, or certificate of completion) or have delayed enrollment in college after high school for a reason other than a gap-year activity.