<p>Because colleges believe that you should to demonstrate a satisfactory level of proficiency in a subject. This means and obtain overall minimum 2.0 gpa (satisfactory) to obtain a degree from pretty much any college in the U.S. </p>
<p>Grades of D is barely passing and demonstrates a minimum level of proficiency. Accumulate enough of them you will be thrown out of school.</p>
<p>In high school there was no minimum gpa. The passing grade was a D. So that means you can't get D's?</p>
<p>you can as long as you have enough A's and B's to balance them out.</p>
<p>my sister's school as 2.5 minimum and she got placed on academic probation 2x. The second time she ended the term with a 2.4 and she was kicked out of school. Yeah, they didn't play no games over there. She ended up transfering her credits to a lesser known school.</p>
<p>often if you get a D in a course, then you can't take higher level classes for which that one course was a pre-requisite.</p>
<p>I have no idea how federal aid is affected by GPA, but all of the scholarships here have a GPA requirement attached.</p>
<p>How is a 2.0 hard to maintain? What exactly did you do during the semester?</p>
<p>Do they check for academic probation at the end of the semester or the year?</p>
<p>They will check at end of semester.</p>