<p>Lets say a the scholarship requirement is a 3.7 gpa and I mine drops to a 3.5.Are schools able to take it back?Thanks ahead of time.</p>
<p>I think the answer is yes BUT…do you mean you had to have a high school gpa of 3.7, had it but it dropped senior year to a 3.5 and so you may not get the scholly anymore (because some specifically say the gpa is only through junior year) OR you have a scholarship and are already in college on it, it requires that you maintain a 3.7 and you have a 3.5?</p>
<p>Are you asking if your HS GPA drops, or college? I assume HS, as 3.7 is pretty high for scholarship renewal criteria once in college. You need to check what GPA they use. Some schools only use 9-11 in determining eligibility and won’t consider senior grades even when GPA goes UP so that a student might qualify for a scholarship that he didn’t based on 9-11. Others include 12th grade. It may say on website (eg, UAlabama) or you may need to call and ask. If you’ve been formally offered the scholarship, the paperwork might say something about it. Once you have a renewable scholarship and have started college, they generally have a set GPA for renewal which is checked most often once per year at end of academic year. They sometimes specifically exclude any courses the following summer from counting, so you can’t try to pull it up that way.</p>
<p>Yes. If a scholarship requires a specific GPA (or any other thing they specify) and you do not meet that requirement, they will take the scholarship away.</p>
<p>It happens frequently. I have known several students who have lost their scholarships by not meeting the requirements.</p>
<p>Sometimes you will get an extra semester to bring it up, but not always.</p>
<p>Of course they can. They are being generous in giving the scholarship, and they have every right to expect something from you in return.</p>