Created by the 2011 North Carolina General Assembly, this is a need-based scholarship program for North Carolina residents attending private institutions of higher education.  Students must complete a FAFSA and the North Carolina Residency Determination to be eligible.  This is a scholarship that does not have to be repaid. 

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Eligibility requirements include but are not limited to the following:

• Complete a FAFSA
• Complete the NC Residency Determination
• Enrolled as an undergraduate (WWC defines a full-time student as being enrolled for 12 or more credit hours)

The North Carolina Need-Based Scholarship is awarded based on a student being registered for 15 credit hours per semester.  If a student is not registered for 15 credit hours in the semester, the amount of the North Carolina Need-Based Scholarship will be reduced.  The student will be responsible for the difference.

Residency determination is not assessed by Warren Wilson College but instead will be determined by the state of North Carolina through its Residency Determination Service (RDS).  All new students must complete Residency Determination on the RDS website.

The Golden LEAF Scholarship is designed to assist current North Carolina high school seniors and North Carolina community college transfer students. Recipients must be from certain rural counties, plan to attend a participating North Carolina college or university, demonstrate financial need, and express an intent to return to a rural North Carolina community upon college graduation. The scholarship is funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation through a grant to the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority.

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