<p>fredsfam…I’m sorry for your son. How unfortunate that a mistake made early in his HS career is going to cost him scholarship money. It seems NM is being tough this year. Did his Cs bring his unweighted GPA below a 3.5? I recall someone in the OU scholar’s office saying that NM is looking for a 3.5, unweighted. I don’t know how accurate that is, but the OU people seemed to be on top of things. Maybe it’s not the Cs so much as the Cs relative to other grades? I hope your appeal is successful, and I’m glad your son has a couple of other good options. Also, have you looked at OSU at all? I know they give much better academic scholarships than OU. My kids have friends there who are not NMF but have great scholarships. One has enough scholarships that she pays very little out of pocket. Another received a full tuition waiver and a little more. It might be worth checking into.</p>