Attracting and Retaining Scholars in Computer and Mathematical Sciences
at Appalachian State University

A National Science Foundation sponsored SSTEM scholarship program.

Minimum Qualifications for lower level students

  • A student must be an entering Freshman or a full-time student in the first two years of the major.

  • A student must plan to major in Applied Mathematics and/or Computer Science.
    Starting Fall 2008, a limitted number of scholarships are available to the Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Biology majors. (A student must maintain this pursuit in order to retain the scholarship.)

  • Entering freshmen must have a high school grade point average of 3.0/4.0 and lower level undergraduate applicants must have an undergraduate grade point average of 2.6/4.0

  • In addition, these students must have an SAT score of 1050 or a math score of 600.
  • Students also must be United States citizens, nationals, refugee aliens, or permanent residents at the time of application as per NSF guidelines.