Scholarship/Senior Year Grades

mom2collegekids
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:51:44 +0000

For scholarships do you have to have the test scores required or will they go a little lower? I’m worried that I won’t get a scholarship because of my test score I have a 3.9 GPA<<<





What is your test score? You won’t get an assured scholarship, but you might get one of the competitive scholarships…there’s no way of knowing. those scholarships are awarded in the late winter/early spring.

While your GPA is high, test scores really make the difference in regards to scholarships.

Sometimes when a student has an ACT 29 or similar SAT and just misses the 2/3 tuition scholarship, then Bama awards a half tuition scholarship…but that’s not assured.

As far as I know it’s have a certan gpa and a certain ACT/SAT for each scholarship level. If you are just a little off take the test again.

If this student is a senior, then it’s too late for that. Bama has been known to sometimes make an exception and accept a Nov or Dec ACT if the score is REALLY high, but we’ve never seen Bama accept a score after the New Year…especially if the score only gets into the lower scholarship range.

One of the only times I’ve seen Bama make an exception was a student got an ACT 34 on the Nov test, sent a nice note to the school, and an exception was made. So, the school obviously determined that they’d rather have the ACT 34 student on campus (and report that score) then have her enroll elsewhere.

Decisions like this are made based on how the student benefits the school. Obviously, the school would report that score if the student enrolled, and that student’s score helps “lift” the middle quartiles, so an exception can be justified.