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<p>Congrats on getting off to a good start. You are right, it is better to start off with strong gpa and maintain than it is to try to raise the gpa.</p>
<p>Although I have no dog in this fighe, unless there is something really new going on at Howard (and i have a few family members who graduated from Howard and I know a number of freshmen students currently attending Howard on scholarship), they do not award 4-year scholarships. THe scholarship is renewed each year, if a student meets the GPA requirement (3.0, 3.3, 3.5 depending on the scholarship received). IF your gpa falls below the scholarship threshold, you lose the scholarship. </p>
<p>Howard offers a scholarship that is renewable for 4 years, but it is not an automatic 4 year scholarship. </p>
<p>[Grants</a>, Scholarships & Fellowships - Howard University](<a href=“http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman]Grants”>http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman)</p>