Charleston South Carolina Real Estate Information

The South Carolina Lottery funds a number of different kinds of scholarships available to in state students. The requirments and amounts of these scholarships are set forth below. In state tuition is as follows:

College of Charleston - $7234

USC Columbia - 7808

Clemson - $9400

Winthrop - $9500

Palmetto Fellows Amount $6,700

Who gets it: Students must meet these three criteria: 3.5 grade-point average; a minimum of 1200 on the SAT or 27 on the ACT; and rank in the top 6 percent of their graduating class. Or they can meet these two: 4.0 grade-point average and a minimum 1400 on the SAT or 32 on the ACT.

Is it working: Yes. The goal of the scholarship is to encourage the best and brightest students to attend South Carolina colleges and universities. More than 8 out of 10 students who qualify for the scholarship accept it and enroll in one of the state's public or private schools.

LIFE scholarship

Amount $5,000

Who gets it: Students must meet two of the following three criteria: 3.0 grade-point average; a minimum 1100 on the SAT or 24 on the ACT; and rank in the top 30 percent of their graduating class.

Is it working: Yes and no. More students are attending college. But only about half of students who earn a scholarship for their freshman year retain it for their sophomore year.

HOPE scholarship

Amount $2,650

Who gets it: Students must earn a 3.0 grade-point average. The scholarship is good for just one year. If a student earns a 3.0 grade-point average his first year in college, the student is then eligible for a LIFE scholarship.

Is it working: Yes and no. Just one student in five who earned a HOPE scholarship for the 2004-05 school year was eligible for a LIFE scholarship in the fall of 2005. But three out of five returned to the same institution and one in five attended a different South Carolina school.