Possible to maintain a 3.5 in Aerospace Engineering?

fidoprincess
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:09:50 +0000

Yes, does the letter say “expected” to maintain or “must”? DS has it so I can’t check. Thanks for the link to the old post but that is 2006, so things might have changed.

What college did you request? How do you pick the research project you want to join?

I think my DS should take it but he isn’t going to decide until he goes to Triton Day. If you don’t qualify for finaid, it really IS a LOT of money and any money your parents set aside for you for college could then go to grad school. For DS, with Regents, we would have to pay around 10K per year so that’s still a substantial savings but hard for us to come up with that EFC.

Did you also interview for Regents at Cal? Were you invited to apply for UCLA Regents?

DS has some difficult choices and I imagine you do too! Cal is a lot closer to home but of course, we don’t know if he won regents yet, so I hoped he would go there but SD is beautiful even if it’s a long drive. What are your other choices?

Here are the questions re scholarships that sybbie on the Financial Aid forum said to ask:
Is the scholarship automatically renewable for all 4 years? Yes, we know this already.
Is there a minimum GPA required to keep the scholarship? Yes, the 3.5! so we need to know if this is required or “expected” or what?
I plan on asking the rest when we go, too!
Is there a phase in to the GPA? I think this means do freshmen get a break adjusting in the first year or something.
Is there a grace period regarding the gpa?
Is it calculated at the end of each semester or is it cumulative at the end of each year/each subsequent term/year?
Is there an appeal process should something happen and your D does not meet the gpa requirement?
What percentage of students lose their scholarship?

Didn’t you love the package? The confetti was SO cute. Did you RSVP for the dinner? I think there are some forms to send in asap for the overnight so I have to ask DS about that. Congrats!! This is exciting for you and DS.