<p>I am a first years PhD student at UCLA. One of the requirements of my progam is to ‘stay in good standing and maintain a GPA of at least 3.0’. I was very ambitious and took a couple of very hard courses in the very first quarter. I haven’t gotten my results back yet, but it looks that my GPA after the first quarter might be slightly below 3.0.</p>
<p>Should I be worried that over winter break, I am going to get in trouble, or I won’t receive any funding? Or is the GPA something that is only checked yearly, or when you are graduating? Any experiences of other UCLA PhD’s?</p>