To be eligible for the Spartan Advantage Program, you must meet all of the following criteria:

Be a dependent Michigan student.
Be eligible for the maximum Federal Pell Grant.
Be from an economically disadvantaged background as indicated by total assets and total income from current and prior years. This means that your family income has been and will continue to be at or below the federally established poverty guidelines and your total family assets are low enough that the family cannot use the income from them to rise above the poverty threshold.
Be an entering freshmen with no prior college experience or a continuing student who received the award in the prior year. Transfer students are not eligible for this award.
Be enrolled for and carry to the end of each semester a minimum of 12 credits in a program leading to your first undergraduate degree. While students must be enrolled for at least 12 credits to receive this particular award, all recipients are highly encouraged to enroll for at least 15 credits each semester to stay on pace to graduate in four years.

Eligibility for the award is limited to 8 consecutive semesters, excluding summer sessions but including other semesters of non-enrollment.

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