The TSAC General Assembly Merit Scholarship is established to award to entering freshmen as a supplement to the HOPE Scholarship. Students graduating from a Tennessee public school or category 1, 2, 3 private school must have a minimum 3.75 GPA and a 29 ACT or a minimum 1330 SAT, exclusive of the essay and optional subject area battery tests. ACT/SAT exams must be taken on a national test date or state test date and prior to the first day of college enrollment after high school graduation. The ACT Residual test and the ACT Superscore are not accepted. Students graduating from Homeschool programs (and non-category I, II, & III Schools), in addition to meeting the HOPE scholarship requirements, and during the course of a homeschool program, must meet the minimum academic requirements to qualify for the scholarship. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.