For incoming freshmen in this current and in recent years, GSP students who had a minimum ACT score of 28 or higher received the Presidential Scholarship. This is an automatic full tuition (not full-ride, just tuition) award for four years of study.
Apparently, for GSP students applying for next year (HS class of 2016), the minimum score is now 31. This is the same level as the competitive scholarships.
Tough break for a lot of those kids. At my son’s HS, they typically have at least a half dozen GSP kids. I don’t think the majority of the group typically clears this hurdle. A number of these kids typically chose U of K, so I imagine this is going to have an impact.
See updated scholarship page: http://www.uky.edu/financialaid/scholarship-incoming-freshmen