How to Apply: High School Seniors

Complete the Class of 2025 TN Promise application at TNPromise.gov by November 1, 2024, to become eligible for the scholarship.

It is important to note that UT Promise functions separately from TN Promise and can only be used at universities falling under the University of Tennessee system. UT Promise students are not eligible to receive TN Promise funds.

UT campus undergraduate applications:

• UT Knoxville Application
• UT Chattanooga Application
• UT Southern Application
• UT Martin Application
• UT Health Science Center Application

Complete the UT Promise application for high school seniors planning to enroll at UT in Fall 2025.

Please note that completing the TN Promise application by Nov. 1 is a requirement for UT Promise eligibility.

You will receive a tnAchieves mentor until you arrive at UT. Check your email for communications from tnAchieves about this meeting. Failure to attend this meeting will result in the loss of your UT Promise eligibility.

Please note if you live in one of the following counties, you will meet with your assigned counselor through the Ayers Foundation Trust at your high school, not a tnAchieves mentor: Benton, Bledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Decatur, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Houston, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, McNairy, Meigs, Perry, Scott, Unicoi, Union, Warren, Wayne.

Visit www.fafsa.gov to complete your FAFSA application.

The University of Tennessee deadline to complete the FAFSA varies by campus, but we encourage students to file their FAFSA as early as possible (i.e., as soon as the application opens in October 2025). Failure to complete this step will disqualify you from UT Promise for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Submit by 11:59 PM CT at www.tnachieves.org/community-service/.

If you are a student at a high school within one of the following counties, submit your community service through the Ayers Foundation Trust website: Benton, Bledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Decatur, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Houston, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, McNairy, Meigs, Perry, Scott, Unicoi, Union, Warren, Wayne.

TSAC only shares HOPE scholarship eligibility and FAFSA information with the financial aid office of the top campus of choice you selected in your TSAC Portal.

Verification is completed through your selected campus’s financial aid office.

Your financial aid verification must be fully completed (not just submitted for review), your UT Promise award accepted, and your agreement signed by your campus freeze date for you to be eligible. Failure to do this will result in not receiving UT Promise. Do not wait to do this as submitting your initial documents may lead to the financial aid office requesting other documents. If your financial aid file is not fully complete, you will not be eligible.

Campus Freeze Dates:

UT Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Southern: September 3, 2025

UT Martin: September 9, 2025

UT Health Science Center: September 13, 2025