National Merit Scholars Program Policies
Enrollment Requirement
National Merit Finalist Scholarship recipients are expected to complete a timely graduation from UT Dallas. The following semester credit hours requirements establish a default enrollment expectation.
| Required Semester Credit Hours (SCH) | Required Semester Credit Hours (SCH) |
| 12* | Fall/Spring semester, freshman year* |
| 15 | All other semesters |
National Merit Scholars regularly enroll at UT Dallas with college credit from other institutions. Exceptions to the above requirements are consistently granted if a student demonstrates they can maintain progress to a timely graduation and are in good academic and scholarship standing.
*If you have AP/IB/Dual Credit
Full-Time Status
National Merit Finalist Scholarship recipients are required to maintain full-time student status while receiving their scholarship. Full-time status requires 12 semester credit hours for undergraduate students at UT Dallas. The Office of Student AccessAbility can adjust the full-time requirements on a case-by-case basis for university and scholarship standing.