University of Wisconsin-Platteville: merit scholarships by GPA
University of Wisconsin-Platteville awards automatic merit aid from a published grid keyed to GPA — the ACT is not used. Awards start at a 3.5 GPA and reach $2,000 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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No ACT or SAT score affects this award — UW-Platteville states that scores are not required for its automatic merit scholarships, and the ladder runs on the high school GPA alone. Read the figures as four-year totals, not annual awards: the published $8,000 is divided equally over eight semesters, so $2,000 a year.
Unweighted, as the school asks for it.
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Example — a 3.60 GPA
Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 3
$4,000 over four years ($1,000 a year) / year
About $4,000 over four years, if it renews.
UW-Platteville 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.
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The published UW-Platteville merit aid grid
Reproduced in full from University of Wisconsin-Platteville’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.
Academic Merit Scholarship Guarantee Program
Awarded automatically at admission on the high school GPA, with no application and no score. UW-Platteville uses the HIGHEST reported GPA on the transcript, so a weighted GPA counts if it is the higher one. Only summer and fall entry students are eligible.
$8,000 over four years ($2,000 a year)
Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 1
No score needed · GPA 4.00
$6,000 over four years ($1,500 a year)
Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 2
No score needed · GPA 3.85
$4,000 over four years ($1,000 a year)
Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 3
No score needed · GPA 3.50
| Award | With a score | No score | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 1 | — | GPA 4.00 | $8,000 over four years ($2,000 a year) |
| Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 2 | — | GPA 3.85 | $6,000 over four years ($1,500 a year) |
| Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 3 | — | GPA 3.50 | $4,000 over four years ($1,000 a year) |
Source: First-Year Scholarships — Academic Merit Scholarship Guarantee Program · verified 2026-10-23
Does UW-Platteville superscore for scholarships?
Not stated, and it could not matter. The word does not appear on UW-Platteville's admission or scholarship pages, and the Academic Merit Guarantee is decided on the high school GPA alone, so no combination of sittings would change the award.
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 UW-Platteville’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.
UW-Platteville scholarship deadlines
| Entry term | Due |
|---|---|
| Priority deadline for the UW-Platteville Scholarship Application (the Academic Merit Guarantee needs no application) | February 1 |
| Final deadline to apply for First-Year Scholarships | April 1 |
| Admitted to the university, for the Platteville Promise | May 1 |
| FAFSA submitted, for the Platteville Promise | July 1 |
Scores take roughly two to four weeks to arrive, and official reports sent to schools can take longer, so the last useful test date is several weeks before the printed deadline. Check which test dates still make it.
Where these numbers came from
Every figure on this page was read from University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s own published pages, linked below with the date we last confirmed them. We do not estimate a missing band or interpolate a value.
- First-Year Scholarships — Academic Merit Scholarship Guarantee Programverified 2026-10-23
- Scholarships — application due dates and how scholarships workverified 2026-10-23
- Application Process (Freshman) — ACT and SAT requirement suspendedverified 2026-10-23
- Dates To Remember — scholarship application datesverified 2026-10-23
- The published figures are four-year totals, not annual awards. $8,000 over eight semesters is $2,000 a year, $6,000 is $1,500, $4,000 is $1,000 — a quarter of what the headline number looks like.
- The ACT cannot change this award. UW-Platteville states that scores are not required for its automatic merit scholarships, so a retake buys nothing on this ladder.
- Wisconsin's test-optional admission policy has an expiry: the Regents' suspension runs through 2026-2027 and summer 2027 is the last term a student may opt out. A score may be required for admission again immediately after.
- Only summer and fall entry students qualify for the guarantee. A spring start gets nothing from it.
- UW-Platteville uses 'the highest reported GPA on your transcript', so a weighted GPA counts if it is higher — unusually generous, and the opposite of the unweighted-only rule most grids in this dataset impose.
- The guarantee is an amount, not a named scholarship: UW-Platteville says the specific scholarship names on the aid package may vary while the total is guaranteed.
- The Platteville Promise is separate last-dollar free tuition for residents of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota — admitted by May 1, FAFSA by July 1 — and the Capstan Scholarship covers tuition, housing and meals for STEM, accounting and finance students by application. Neither publishes an amount against a GPA, so neither is in the grid.
- The middle 50% of admitted freshmen ran a 3.146-3.8 GPA with a 21-27 ACT, so the bottom merit rung at 3.50 sits inside the ordinary admitted range rather than above it.
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 University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Frequently asked questions
What ACT score do you need for a scholarship at UW-Platteville?
University of Wisconsin-Platteville publishes a merit aid grid keyed to ACT score and GPA. See the tables on this page for the current bands.
Is UW-Platteville test-optional?
Not required. UW-Platteville lists 'ACT or SAT scores (not required)' among application materials and reviews every file comprehensively, weighting coursework and later-year grades most. Without a score, more weight falls on GPA and course rigour. The suspension has an end date, which is the part worth noting: the last term a student can opt out is summer 2027. For merit aid the answer is different: not used for the automatic award. The Academic Merit Scholarship Guarantee is set entirely by the GPA on the transcript at admission, and UW-Platteville says scores are not required for it. A score can only matter for a handful of individually administered Foundation scholarships, and then only if official scores are sent from the testing agency. 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 UW-Platteville?
On UW-Platteville's published grid for the current cycle, an ACT of 30 with a 3.6 GPA qualifies for Academic Merit Guarantee — Level 3 at $1,000 a year, about $4,000 over four years if it renews.
Does UW-Platteville superscore the ACT for scholarships?
Not stated, and it could not matter. The word does not appear on UW-Platteville's admission or scholarship pages, and the Academic Merit Guarantee is decided on the high school GPA alone, so no combination of sittings would change the award.
When are UW-Platteville scholarship deadlines?
Priority deadline for the UW-Platteville Scholarship Application (the Academic Merit Guarantee needs no application): February 1. Final deadline to apply for First-Year Scholarships: April 1. Admitted to the university, for the Platteville Promise: May 1. FAFSA submitted, for the Platteville Promise: July 1. The application and the official score report are both due by that date, and ACT scores take roughly two to four weeks to arrive — so the last useful test date is several weeks earlier than the deadline suggests.
Is this UW-Platteville scholarship data current?
Every figure on this page was read from University of Wisconsin-Platteville's own published pages and last verified on 2026-10-23. 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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