Application Eligibility
To be considered for the Washington State Governors’ Scholarship students must:
- Be a high school senior on track to graduate from a Washington state high school or obtain a GED from a Washington state institution by June 2018.
- Have a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 2.0.
- Plan to enroll fulltime by fall 2018 at an eligible college or university in the state of Washington.
- Have resided in Washington state for at least three academic years prior to graduating from high school or obtaining a GED.
- Have applied for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the free Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA)
- Meet one of the following criteria (either currently or until age 18):
- Placed by a Washington State court order in any of the following living situations:
- Foster Care, Guardianship or Dependency Guardianship (non-relatives, relatives, residential/group care)
- Placed in federally-recognized care (private nonprofit agency in Washington state), classified as unaccompanied minor and rendered legal permanent residency in the United States
- Placed under a dependency tribal court order outside of your home.
Applicants are not eligible if they:
- Have been adopted.
- Returned to live with their parents before turning 18, (regardless of whether the court continued to remain involved).
- Have had their dependency court order dismissed.
- Were not dependent to federal, state or tribal court prior age 18.
Deadline
The 2018-19 Governors' Scholarship application will be available on Monday, January 1, 2018. The online application must be submitted by Wednesday, February 28, 2018. No exceptions.