<p>I’m cutting it pretty close, and I can’t say for sure if I’ll make it or not but I need to consider the possibility. This would be my first semester, so I would just be on probation and if it happened next semester I would lose my scholarship.</p>
<p>I don’t want to have the semester of probation either, though. Considering I’m doing a rigorous major (doubling in engineering and business) and I would just be a hair under, would it be worth it to write a letter to the appropriate department, explaining why I don’t think the situation warrants scholarship probation? Thanks.</p>
<p>I don’t think it would be appropriate to write a note to the department. You may want to talk to your professor in the class or classes you are not doing well in and see if you can work out something that will improve your grade. Or talk to your advisor about the situation and see what he/she recommends. </p>
<p>I’d say take the probation if you get it and use it as a life lesson and a reason to work that much harder next semester. That’s why they give you probation, not take your scholarship away immediately.</p>
<p>As a B/K student I needed a 3.2 GPA, and I was at a 3.17 after my first semester. I got probation and but raised it back up after the next semester.</p>
<p>Pretty much, if you’re a scholarship student, they expect you to be able to handle it. Also, even if you do lose your scholarship, once you get your GPA back up to the level, you send them a letter and they give it back.</p>