<p>Hiya, I've received some University grants and I was wondering if they're GPA-based as well as need based or strictly based on components of the FAFSA and the CCS Profile</p>
<p>“Grants” usually means based on need, so not gpa-based. “Scholarships” are usually merit based: grades, some qualification, test scores. </p>
<p>You do usually have to pass a certain percentage of your classes with a certain basic gpa just to keep your grants.</p>
<p>You need to check with YOUR college. Our daughter had a grant. Continuation of it required a certain GPA…regardless of need.</p>
<p>At many schools, need-based grants are also based on academic merit with the rigor of your record in secondary school being a deciding factor in how that need-based aid will be divvied out.</p>
<p>Some state grants are GPA based, so perhaps some college ones are as well. So, check with the school. Send an email asking your question and KEEP the response for future reference/proof.</p>
<p>^^It is particularly true at competitive LAC’s that need-based grants are distributed with an eye to merit as well. Many of the LAC’s (including the one my son is attending) state that in their literature.</p>
<p>I work at a large public U. We do have a grant we award upperclassmen that is based on GPA … if the GPA falls below the minimum required, the grant won’t pay to the student’s account. Some of our students have received half in the fall but not the second half because their cumulative GPA fell under the minimum after fall grades were posted.</p>
<p>You should always read the fine print. Not only is GPA an issue, but so is the effect of less than full time enrollment on the grant. Some grants will prorate with less than full time, and others will be revoked if you fall below a minimum number of credits.</p>