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RaiseMe Scholarship

RaiseMe helps eligible students in grades 9-12 earn micro-scholarships for academic and extracurricular achievements throughout high school. When students add achievements to their portfolio on RaiseMe, they become eligible to earn micro-scholarships from the University of Oklahoma. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 to earn micro-scholarships on RaiseMe. Click below to learn more. These scholarships represent the minium amount of money promised from OU. You must have a RaiseMe profile, follow OU, and apply to OU before the December 15 priority scholarship deadline of your senior year.

Outside Scholarships

Search a comprehensive list of outside scholarships based on multiple categories recommended by OU admission counselors and scholarships awarded to current OU students.*

Freshman Scholarships

The University of Oklahoma is committed to making a world-class education attainable. In an effort to keep OU affordable, while also recognizing our outstanding students, this year OU has increased several freshman scholarships for the incoming class of 2020 and did not increase tuition for the 2019-20 school year. This is the second year in a row OU has not increased tuition.

OU offers a variety of scholarships for admitted incoming freshmen. You must apply by December 15 to receive priority consideration. This list represents some of the general, university-centralized freshman scholarships for fall 2020, but is not all-inclusive. Applicants are encouraged to retake the ACT and/or SAT through April 30 and send their seventh semester transcript for scholarship update consideration. A student will be offered the highest tuition waiver based on their qualifications. Students cannot receive more than one academic award.

The University of Oklahoma uses the highest composite score from a single date on the national or residual tests taken before April 30. We do not superscore for the ACT or SAT. OU’s Office of Admissions and Recruitment also uses a standardized weighted GPA for scholarship awarding purposes. This is referred to as the student’s scholarship GPA.

Scholarship GPA provides extra weight to AP, IB, Pre-AP, honors, and concurrent or dual credit courses in a uniform manner across all applications. This standardized weighting process allows the admissions committee to account for the wide variety of weighting scales used at high schools, and for applicants from high schools that do not provide a weighted GPA, in an equitable manner during the scholarship awarding process.

Institutional scholarships, combined with other federal, state and/or institutional aid, should not exceed the published Cost of Attendance.

International Scholarships

The University of Oklahoma offers scholarships to international students based on your completed application for admission to the university and qualified SAT or ACT exam scores. Admissible, non-US citizens attending secondary school in a country other than the United States are eligible for the scholarships listed below.

You must apply for admission by December 15 to be considered for these scholarship opportunities. Applicants may retake the SAT and/or ACT exam and send updated, official exam results to the Office of International Admissions & Recruitment through April 30, 2020. A student’s highest overall score from a single exam date will be used for scholarship consideration.

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