<p>Alright so I’m mainly doing this for my best friend… Hey friends look after friends right?</p>
<p>His mother is on disability, and they have given my friend a grant which pays for everything but 1% of his total tuition, room & board, etc. Father is out of the question. </p>
<p>The Problem? He screwed up on his final semester and got a 59.3% in Spanish, he just never got the subject. Because of this .7% he lost his grant and now has to make up the class one way or another to replace the grade, otherwise he will not get the grant. </p>
<p>The Grant guys (not sure really who is funding) decided not to tell him this until yesterday, where it’s now too late to sign up for summer classes at our high school. Hes my roommate and my friend and I would like to find out if there is any other way to get him in to our college?</p>
<p>Loans are out of the question because apparently where he looked they required that.</p>
<p>Parent has substantial income - Shes on Disability
He can’t sign up for himself and pay after because - You must have 2 years full time work.</p>
<p>Any ideas, yes a community school is possible, however I really don’t want to change roommates… etc.</p>
<p>Your friend is very lucky to have such supportive friends!</p>
<p>Your friend needs to talk to the financial aid office --preferably the person over the entire office – at his university. If he also has a professor to advocate for him that would help a great deal. The professor should be someone who knows him well, can vouch for his excellent character, hard work, etc.</p>
<p>It also may be that the college will reinstate him if he takes a semester off and makes up the course fall semester at the community college.</p>
<p>also see if you can’t get a telecourse or online course at the community college. you could sign up for that late and bust ass to finish it in time maybe.</p>
<p>Is he needing a high school course credit or a college course credit – you mentioned summer classes at your high school. there are options for online classes in both high school and community college. does the class have to be spanish or a core class or anything? </p>
<p>Basically – what does he have to do to get the grant, what is he missing?</p>
<p>I very seriously doubt that the student got a final grade that was reported to the decimal point as grades are usually given in whole numbers. </p>
<p>I think the OP’s friend had an average for the time period in question was probably a 59.3 which meant had s/he gotten a 60, it would have been the equivalent to a D, but since it is a 59.3 (or what ever the final grade actually reported) student may have gotten a failing grade which as a result of the failing grade lost the scholarship.</p>
<p>What student needs to do is contact the school, find out if the course can be taken again over the summer in order to have the scholarship reinstated.</p>
<p>Sorry for the O/T…Where is a 60 considered a D? I need to pack my bags and move!</p>
<p>I hate it when Universities tell you things at the last minute:(</p>
<p>What level Spanish was it? Could he speak to the head honcho and have a “High School Deficiency”, some school have that rule where they let you go anyway and you have “X” amount of time to make up what you messed up on in High School.</p>
<p>You can take Spanish online here <a href=“http://anywhere.tennessee.edu/is/[/url]”>http://anywhere.tennessee.edu/is/</a>
And you can take High School level Spanish here <a href=“http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/index.cfm[/url]”>BYU - Division of Continuing Education;
And scads more places. Could he cram the class on the quick? Or would they run out of funding?</p>
<p>A grade of 60 would be considered a really ugly pass by the skin of your teeth. Since most schools won’t give you a D-, they would just give a D grade and move on.</p>
<p>thank you for all the helpful messages. We have been doing some research, and he may be able to get a non-profitable student loan for the first year… and make up the class, then get his grant back after completing his class. </p>
<p>But at the moment hes depressed and I can’t really get anything out of him. However I have a feeling that things will work out. He spent a good 3 hours at our university the other day, so I’m hoping they worked with him. </p>
<p>As far as the grade is concerned… they gave him an “F” for the grade, however his actual points was 59.3% so… had he gotten a 59.6% or better, he would of had a (passing barely) “D”. and would still have the grant at this point. He found his actual decimal grade by going into class when school let out for the summer, the teachers were still grading, etc. They have grades posted on doors at our school, and sure enough. 59.3% << sigh…</p>
<p>Basically, the grant works like this. He needs a GPA of a certain number or better. By getting that F in spanish and other not up to par grades (to much senior-itus), he lost his grant. However, he beleived he was still in the clear because the university was reporting that the grant was still in qualifying conditions. And then about a week ago he got a letter stating that they were going to remove the grant. He needed a GPA of about 3.0 I beleive. If he could somehow take a (High School Level) Spanish II class, it would push that GPA over the mark where he would need to be. </p>
<p>Once again, thanks for all the help and support.</p>
<p>If the HS summer session hasn’t started yet, have him contact the school (as Sybbie said) and try to sign up for it even though the official signup period is over. If he doesn’t get anywhere on it with his counselor, have him try the VP and then the P. He should plead his case and let them know what’s at stake. If he can’t make it into his HS, maybe another HS in the same district will let him in. If they let him in, he needs to really focus to make sure he doesn’t blow it again. </p>
<p>If the HS summer session is really over, have him try the other methods through online courses or a community college as the others on the thread stated, but that won’t necessarily change his HS GPA which might mean he’d still have the issue with the scholarship. He should check on this point with the HS first - i.e. ask the school “if I take an online or CC Spanish II class, will the grade count in the HS-reported GPA?”.</p>