<p>Hey guys and girls, so I'm currently enrolled in 13 credits at the University of Florida and am receiving bright futures aid. I'm doing really poorly in Calc 2 and am thinking that it may be in my best interest to drop the class to keep my GPA up. If I drop the class, I will be enrolled in 13 credits.. The Bright Futures website says that you will have to repay the college (UF) for the cost of the course that you drop but is this the only penalty? Will I still be able to get Bright Futures next semester or am I screwed if I only end up taking 10 credits by the end of the semester? Please enlighten me as I would like to act quickly... Thanks! </p>
<p>I think your post has a typo…do you currently have 13 credits? or will you have 13 credits if you drop Cal 2? or, will you only have 10 credits if you drop Cal 2?</p>
<p>Before you drop (when is the last day to drop?), find out the following…</p>
<p>1) Does UF provide free tutoring? (many colleges do) Call the math dept and ask…or look on UF website to see if they have a general tutoring office for all subjects.</p>
<p>2) Meet with your prof during his office hours and find out what you can do to help your grade. He may have some great ideas since you aren’t waiting til the end of the semester to ask. </p>
<p> Enrollment Requirements to Receive Bright Futures Funds </p>
<p>A student must be a Florida resident and a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen, as determined by the student’s postsecondary institution.
A student must enroll in a degree- or certificate program of study.
A student must enroll for a minimum of 6 non-remedial semester hours (or the equivalent in quarter or clock hours) per term by the end of the drop/add period. However, if a student has fewer than six total hours remaining on the scholarship or needs fewer than six hours to complete up to the first baccalaureate degree, the student may enroll and receive funding for less than six hours.
Eligibility for the award begins in the fall term of each academic year.
If an initially eligible student did not use award funding the academic year following graduation, he/she must apply to reinstate his/her award within three years of high school graduation and receive initial funding the immediate subsequent academic year. An initially eligible student who enlists in the military immediately after high school graduation begins his/her three-year period upon date of separation from active duty. </p>
<p>Note: Beginning with the 2009-10 academic year, a student must earn at least 24 semester credit hours (or the equivalent) if enrolled full time for the entire academic year. A student enrolled full time (12 or more semester hours or the equivalent) for only one term must earn at least 12 semester hours for that term. If a student is enrolled part time for any part of the academic year, the student must earn a prorated number of credit hours. </p>
<p>A student enrolled three-quarter time (9-11 semester hours or the equivalent) for a term must earn at least 9 semester hours for that term.
A student enrolled half-time (6-8 semester hours or the equivalent) for a term must earn at least 6 semester hours for that term.
See also, Required Hours for Renewal. </p>
<p>** A student must reimburse the postsecondary institution for the cost of course(s) dropped or withdrawn after the initial drop/add period. Non-refunded hours may affect the student’s renewal eligibility. **</p>
<p>Ahh, my bad, I meant to say WITH calc 2 I currently have 13 credit hours and without it i will only have 10… I found out a few days ago that UF offers free math tutoring but with pledging a fraternity and all my other classes, I rarely have a few hours to go to tutoring… which sounds like my priorities are skewed and they very well may be but I just wanted to know about how dropping a class would affect my Bright Futures… thanks!</p>
<p>Call Bright Futures or ask your college’s scholarship office. For such crucial information, don’t rely on a board of well-intentioned but possibly misinformed strangers.</p>
<p>Unless your frat has someone who can tutor you, you need to drop the frat until you get your grades under control or you won’t be back there next semester to enjoy the frat experience. Think about that.</p>
<p>Or…at least talk to your frat president and ask if you can relieved from some pledging obligations (maybe one obligation a week) to get your math grade under control.</p>
<p>I was in a sorority, so I know how pledging can be, but it’s not a 24/7 obligation. And, usually there aren’t that many frat obligations during so-called school hours because kids are in classes.</p>
<p>You’re only taking 13 credits now, so you’re not in class as much as other students. Think about it…if you were taking 15-17 credits (like other students) you’d be in class more time, so use that time to go to tutoring. </p>
<p>I think you may be assuming that math tutoring is done at night (when you have pledge activities). Tutoring is offered during the day, too. So get in there during the daytime!!! :)</p>
<p>You really shouldn’t drop the class…Since you’re depending on Bright Futures to pay for your tuition, the last thing you need is to end up having to go to school for a 5th year (on your own dime) because you didn’t take enough classes each semester. You need to take 15-17 credits every semester in order to graduate on time.</p>