BOR - SD Opportunity Scholarship - Transfer Students

Students completing the SD Opportunity Scholarship Transfer Application will be filtered into a campus committee based on their institution selection in the application.  There are two steps in evaluating these students.   

Initial Eligibility Evaluation

Continuing Eligibility Evaluation

Initial Eligibility Evaluation - Enrollment Services Center

The initial eligibility evaluation of the student will be completed by Enrollment Services Center (ESC).  For some students who are transferring between SDBOR institutions, an ESC Evaluation may already be on file, in this case it may not be necessary for ESC staff to complete the full process again. 

If the ESC staff finds that the student has met the Initial Eligibility Requirements, they will mark the student with a 1 for eligible. 

If ESC has comments or notes, those will be recorded in the "SDOS - Other - 08 - ESC Comments Details."   

Once the Initial Eligibility Evaluation is complete and ESC has noted their eligibility in the Scholarship Portal, the Continuing Eligibility Evaluation can begin. 

Continuing Eligibility Evaluation - Campus Staff

To begin the evaluation of students - click the [Actions] button on the right had side of the screen for the SDOS - 04 - Transfer - CAMPUS committee, then click [Award Candidates].

Click [SDOS - 04 - Transfer - CAMPUS] fund name: 

This will open the below page with a description of the scholarship.  Click the [Candidates] tab to open a list of candidates.

The Candidate List will display all students who have completed the SD Opportunity Scholarship Transfer Application and selected your school.   Here is where you will be able to see whether ESC has completed their evaluation (as shown under the Initial Eligibility Evaluation Heading.)

If ESC has noted that the students have meet the Initial Eligibility Requirements,  an evaluation of the students Continuing Eligibility Requirements can begin.   By scrolling to the right, you will be able to see some at a glance candidate data related to your evaluation.   This information will also appear in the student's application.   

The Data Criteria are coded based on the source of the information:  B.000 - Banner Student Information S.000 - Scholarship Application

To record your evaluation of the student, click the student's name.  This will open a screen with the student's Transfer Application and the evaluation criteria.   The evaluation criteria are all noted as either ESC or Campus, your response is only required for those noted "CAMPUS" highlighted in green below.  You may ignore the ESC criteria, highlighted in orange.   

• SDOS Other - 02 - CAMPUS - Credit Thresholds

  • Has the student met the appropriate credit thresholds?  (Yes/No)

• SDOS Other - 03 - CAMPUS Persistence

  • Has the student been continuously enrolled and met the appropriate persistence requirements?  (Yes/No)

• SDOS Other - 04 - CAMPUS - GPA Requirement

  • Does the student meet the 3.0 GPA requirement? (Yes/No)

• SDOS Other - 05 - CAMPUS - Student Type

  • If the student qualifies, what type of SD Opportunity Scholarship Student would the student be considered? 

    • Late Enrollee - student was enrolled one or more terms at participating institution without SD Opportunity Scholarship Funding.  

    • Transfer - student transferred from one South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship school to another in South Dakota.  

    • Returning - student was enrolled for 2 years or less at an out of state institution and has returned to South Dakota and applied for remaining SD Opportunity Scholarship.

    • Not Eligible

• SDOS Other - 06 - CAMPUS - Term

  • What term funding will the student begin?  

    • This will be based on student's overall amount of SD Opportunity Scholarship eligibility they have remaining and may not match the number of semesters they have previously received SD Opportunity Scholarship funding.

• SDOS Other - 07 - CAMPUS - Funding

  • What should the funding amount be for the Fall 2024 term?

Evaluation Complete

Once both the ESC and Campus evaluation are complete and the student is deemed ELIGIBLE, BOR Staff will award the student in Scholarship Manager.  Campus may also award the student at the University.  Eventually, this student will be moved to the overall SD Opportunity Scholarship committee for overall funding.