U.T. scholarships

TooTiredMom
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:48:37 +0000

I just spoke to some nice folks at UT.

Regarding the engineering scholarships - the student must maintain a 3.5 GPA. If they dip below that number they are put on probation for one semester. If at the end of the probation semester they are still below the 3.5 then they lose the scholarship money forever (no way to get it back even if GPA later rises to 3.5). If they can pull their GPA back to 3.5 at the end of probation semester than all is fine and they continue with the scholarship.

I did not ask if they get the scholarship money for the semester they are on probation - if someone else calls that might be a question to ask.

Another possible question, how many times can student be put on probation? Can they dip below 3.5 once, bring it up the next semester to get off probation and then dip below 3.5 again later on?

UT NMF scholarships are $4000 for the first year and $3000 per year after that. They are in addition to the engineering scholarships. Student must maintain a 3.25 GPA to continue with the NMF scholarship. UT checks GPA at the end of the spring semester. If student’s GPA is below 3.25 at that point they have the summer semester to pull the GPA back up. If still below 3.25 after the summer than the UT part of the scholarship is lost forever (NMF folks pay the first $750 of the amount and UT picks up the rest so student would continue to get the $750 per year).

This is what I understood from my discussions with the folks at UT. If anyone has different information could they please share it. Thanks