In the Heights

calmom
Mon, 31 May 2010 01:19:30 +0000

How far down did the character’s grades slip?

I don’t know Stanford’s specific policies are – but my d’s need-based grant aid at her college (also a need only school), did require her to maintain a 2.0 GPA. I assume that if a student falls below a 2.0 they go on academic probation and have a semester to clean up their act, and if not they are probably kicked out of school – that is, I think the financial aid minimum pretty much coincides with regular academic standards.

I’d note that federal financial aid requires satisfactory progress toward a degree - you can’t be racking up a bunch of F’s and incompletes and maintain eligibility for Pell grants and the like over time.

So while I don’t know the play… it probably is possible to simultaneously lose one’s need-based financial aid and flunk out of many colleges.