Bridgewater College: merit scholarships by GPA
Bridgewater College awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards reach $8,000 a year. Because the bands are steps rather than a slope, a hundredth of a GPA point is worth nothing inside a band and the whole step at the edge of one.
Enter a GPA below to see which band it actually lands in, what that band pays, and what the next band needs.
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Merit is set from the cumulative WEIGHTED high school GPA at the point of the admission decision, so the award is fixed before a later transcript could change it. Bridgewater states that a submitted test score will be considered in review and will not negatively impact merit scholarship consideration — a one-way position, which means submitting cannot cost anything. The page carries no cycle year.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Provost's Scholarship
$5,000 / year
About $20,000 over four years, if it renews.
Bridgewater awards this on GPA alone, so an ACT score does not change it. A higher score can still matter for admission, for honours programmes, and at other schools on the list — but not for this award.
The ACT doesn't move the money here — but it still decides admission, honours eligibility, and what they is worth at the other schools on the list, where most awards are score-keyed.
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The published Bridgewater merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from Bridgewater College’s own pages for the current cycle. Nothing here is estimated: where the school states a benefit rather than a figure, that is what the table says.
BC Merit Scholarships
Set from the cumulative weighted high school GPA when the admission decision is made.
$8,000
BC Merit Scholarship
No score needed · GPA 4.00
$7,000
Trustee Scholarship
No score needed · GPA 3.74
$5,000
Provost's Scholarship
No score needed · GPA 3.22
$4,000
Dean's Scholarship
No score needed · GPA 1.00
| Award | With a score | No score | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC Merit Scholarship | — | GPA 4.00 | $8,000 |
| Trustee Scholarship | — | GPA 3.74 | $7,000 |
| Provost's Scholarship | — | GPA 3.22 | $5,000 |
| Dean's Scholarship | — | GPA 1.00 | $4,000 |
Source: Scholarships — BC Merit Scholarships by weighted GPA · verified 2026-10-22
Does Bridgewater superscore for scholarships?
Not stated, and moot — no merit band here uses a score.
With nothing published, plan for the stricter reading: look up your best single sitting in the grid above, work out your superscore as well, and ask Bridgewater’s financial aid office which one they read before you count on the higher band.
Comparing schools? See which colleges superscore for scholarships — 66 of 501 commit to it, 52 say they do not, and the rest never say.
Where these numbers came from
Every figure on this page was read from Bridgewater College’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- A submitted score cannot lower the award — Bridgewater says so explicitly.
- The merit level is fixed when the admission decision is made.
- The GPA is weighted, so the scale a school uses changes the band.
- The page carries no cycle year.
- Bridgewater is silent on the Enhanced ACT.
Check before you rely on it. Grids change by entry year and schools update them without notice. This page is a reproduction with a date on it, not a guarantee, and it is not financial aid advice. ClutchACT is not affiliated with Bridgewater College.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at Bridgewater?
Bridgewater College publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is Bridgewater test-optional?
Not stated on the scholarship page. No merit band here uses a score. For merit aid the answer is different: not used. Every band is published against a high school GPA and no ACT threshold appears in the criteria. Being admitted without a score and qualifying for money without a score are two separate questions.
How much is a 30 on the ACT worth at Bridgewater?
On Bridgewater's published grid for the current cycle, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Provost's Scholarship at $5,000 a year, about $20,000 over four years if it renews.
Does Bridgewater superscore the ACT for scholarships?
Not stated, and moot — no merit band here uses a score.
Is this Bridgewater scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from Bridgewater College's own published pages and last verified on 2026-10-22. The sources are linked at the bottom of the page with that date. Grids change by entry year, so check the source before relying on a figure for a decision.
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