To be considered for the Purdue Promise Program, a student must:

• Be a resident of Indiana and a Twenty-first Century Scholar in good standing as confirmed by Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars central office;
• Be an incoming first-year student who will start his/her college career for the first time at the Purdue University West Lafayette campus in fall 2010;
• Come from a family with a combined (student and parent(s)) income of $40,000 or less per year; and,
• Agree to participate fully in the Purdue Promise support program.

Students who do not meet these eligibility requirements may still be eligible for other forms of aid and support programming offered by Purdue University. For information on financial aid, contact the Purdue University Division of Financial Aid (DFA) by calling 765-494-0998 or visiting www.purdue.edu/dfa.

Students who wish to calculate an early estimate of their eligibility for financial aid may fill out Purdue's Early Financial Aid Estimator found on the DFA Web site. This will be an estimate for your early planning purposes only. Final eligibility for financial aid will be determined by data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

• During their Purdue careers, Purdue Promise students must:
• Participate fully in the Purdue Promise support program;
• Maintain the Scholar Pledge, including GPA requirements;
• Remain a full-time student each of the eight semesters (four years); and,
• Remain in good academic and judicial standing with Purdue University.

What do you need to do now?

Fulfill the Twenty-first Century Scholars requirements for processing (including filing the Affirmation Form and filing a complete FAFSA before Purdue's March 1the deadline);

Apply to Purdue early in the fall semester of your senior year; and click on Registration for Purdue Promise for more information.

For more information about the Purdue Promise Program, please contact the Student Access, Transition and Success Programs department, at (765) 494-9328 or via e-mail at sats@purdue.edu.

  

Family income is calculated for the dependent student by adding parent and student adjusted gross income (AGI) from the tax return and all non-taxed income received by the student and parent. For the independent student, total family income represents adjusted gross income (AGI) from the student's tax return and all non-taxed income of the student and spouse (if married).