<p>To those who received departmental scholarships, what was the GPA your child must attain to keep the scholarship? My daughter needs a 3.5 GPA, which I feel is quite high. There was a forum discussion where a girl was offered a full ride at a certain college, but must maintain a 3.5 GPA and the parents were very concerned. The school even admitted that a lot of kids lost their scholarship. I think the Presidential is fine with a 3.0 requirement, but it seems like a lot of pressure to have to maintain a 3.5 GPA in college.</p>
<p>hey mustang, hmmm, just reread my son’s letter. You’re right. That is high. It says, “…maintain a 3.5 ungapped GPA in one of the planned courses of study within the College…” not sure exactly what that means.</p>
<p>Did the GPA requirements come in the offer letter or an additional one?</p>
<p>The whole departmental scholarship letter, including GPA requirements, came (early Feb.) separately from original offer back in October. It definitely doesn’t sound like it’s the overall GPA though, don’t you think? Not, that S. is not capable of that, but to know what expectations are, is certainly important.</p>
<p>Knowing what expected GPA requirements are is certainly important, especially since kids are going to summer orientations where they’ll be registering for classes. One doesn’t want their kid to get in too far over their head and lose their scholarship the first year, yet one doesn’t want them to take too light of a load and prolong graduation. I’m glad you brought this up, because we’ve been so dazzled by the free rides, we’ve forgotten to look over the fine print.</p>
<p>I did ask what “ungapped” means at the Presidential Scholar’s Day. It has something to do with failing a class, then re-taking it at a later date. This creates a gap in their record, but the new grade replaces the old one. This is not allowed however, for the Departmental Scholarship. Also, if they do not have a 3.5 GPA at the end of the first year, they lose the scholarship. If they have a 3.3 the first year, they can’t earn it back by getting a 3.7 the seond year. The option would be to take the lightest load possible with the easiest classes freshman year to try and build up a “cushion”. The danger with that though, as Montegut stated, becomes running the risk of not graduating in four years.
I know all the kids earning the Presidential are all very bright and had great GPA’s in high school, but - “it ain’t Kansas anymore.”</p>
<p>This is a very important thing to know.</p>
<p>While searching the Engineering Scholarships page I only found a requirement of 3.0 GPA to maintain the scholarship. Can somebody say for sure what’s the minimum GPA needed to maintain the Engineering scholarships?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>My son (current freshman) has an engineering scholarship. His renewal letter says he needs to maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>If it is a departmental scholarship, you will have to check your letter stating the requirements.</p>