<p>WTH?? Son got off the phone with Michigan FA and they told him he had 1 credit too many to receive the grant!! How stupid is that?</p>
<p>Can he deny the credit in order to get the grant?</p>
<p>Anybody have experience with this?? Ironic, isn’t it!</p>
<p>tell admissions to remove some credits and get the grant back</p>
<p>I tried to have credits removed so that I could do something or other and LSA advising told me that could not be done.</p>
<p>^ Engineer here. I dropped a few credits so I didn’t have to pay upperclassmen tuition during freshmen year. It took like ~2 weeks to get it done, but it wasn’t much trouble at all for me.</p>
<p>If it’s AP it can 100% definitely be done.</p>
<p>Just tell them you don’t want the credit… They can’t force the credits on you.</p>
<p>The government implementation of this grant is ridiculous because it is only given to those students who have a rigorous high school program and take AP credits! Yet, you can lose some or all of the grant if you have too many AP credits! I sympathize with you.</p>
<p>Last year my daughter entered as a freshman with 17 AP credits. She received 1 semester of Year 1 ACG in the fall ($375) and then 1 semester of Year 2 ACG in the winter ($650).</p>
<p>Her FA for this fall shows her 2nd semester of Year 2 ACG and then she is done. So she lost one semester of ACG because she started with so many AP credits.</p>
<p>Your son may want to drop one AP test in order to have less than 25 credits – consider carefully which AP he drops. AP credits that replace a specific UM class are good ones to keep. AP Lang or AP Lit are good ones to drop because these credits only count towards total credits to graduate, they do not help towards distribution requirements or place your son out of Freshman English (if in LSA).</p>
<p>Just for consideration – have you done a cost/benefit analysis? Eg. ACG worth $750 year 1; $650 year 2.
Michigan instate tuition @ apx 12,000 divided by 30 credits = average of $400 I/S per 1 credit hour, average class is 3 hrs. for apx in-state cost of $1200.</p>
<p>So, if the credits in actually count toward a degree, the credits <em>could</em> be more valuable than the ACG. On the other hand, if the credits are not going to be applied well to the degree, not worth having on transcript.
Best wishes.</p>
<p>PS If you are in a condition of high FA need and they remove the ACG, remember that if you are in-state they will likely adjust and meet the need with a Michigan grant. If you are not high-need or are out of state, the same may not hold true.</p>
<p>OP, your son might be eligible for ACG Year 2 ($1300) - not a bad thing, since this is the last year for ACG & Year 2 is more money than Year 1. Does he have ANY grades from college courses (dual credit or regular CC classes)? If he has even a single college grade, this can be used to qualify him for Year 2. The regulations require a 3.0 or better gpa prior to the start of sophomore year. Students with only AP credits who come in as sophomores will therefore never be eligible for any ACG. However, a B or better average in all college courses taken during high school or during the summer prior to starting college will qualify the student … even if it’s only one course. If your son qualifies this way, you will have to bring it to the attention of the financial aid department.</p>