In the Heights

cptofthehouse
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:53:00 +0000

Just found this thread. Yeah, Thumper, you would think of that. I thought the same way when we watched the show, which we loved. My son lives in the Heights right now and it was fun to see a piece of this. I had though this was going to be a bit historical in nature,not contemporary, but loved the story line.

Many years ago, a family we knew ran into this situation. Their daughter went to Case Western on one of their merit awards, and lost the scholarship which made it unaffordable for the family. It really was a bleak time for them. I have heard that since then Case has lowered the gpa standards to keep a scholarships and eased the terms.

Still, I’m sure it happens all of the time. Arizona gives merit awards with pretty high standards to maintain them. My son lost his scholarship after sophomore year when his grades dropped below the required 3.0. Luckily for us, he was going to an in state school, and the costs were affordable even without the award, and we had split the $3500 amount with our son, so he felt the sting as well.

This is something that families should take into account when and if their kids are looking at merit programs that require a minimum gpa. The terms and definitions are important. If your student is taking engineering, science, computer, math type courses, it is very common for former A students to get some C’s. It is not that difficult in certain scenarios to lose that scholarship.