<p>My son got a scholarship, to be used throughout 4 years of college, based on his SAT score of 27. He is a freshman in college this year and just told us that he dropped a class, two months ago, because the teacher was bad. So obviously, after dropping a class he was down to 3 classes, which made him a parttime student (9 credits). Will his scholarship get revoked or will he be able to keep it? He didn't consult with anyone about this, and being a teenager obviously didn't think beyond the moment about how this would affect anything else. He is meeting with his advisor tomorrow, which he should have done in the first place, but I'm curious to hear any other opinions. Thanks.</p>
<p>It depends on the terms of his scholarship. Yes, he can lose it if the terms say he has to be a full time student. Try to find the term of the scholarship. </p>
<p>My son lost his scholarship for not keeping his 3.0 gpa. That was the end of that. Upset me, upset his dad; if it upset him, sure didn’t see it.</p>
<p>Moundsbar, I may be stating the obvious, but ask if there is anyway this can be appealed? Tell him to ask appeal procedure. Maybe he could go to summer school (which I realize will cost money, but may be cheaper).</p>
<p>His adviser may not be the one to talk to about the scholarship situation. At my daughter’s school financial aid and scholarships are handled by the FA/scholarship department which is quite separate from the advising department. I told my daughter to always check with the FA department and her adviser before she changes any classes. </p>
<p>This will completely depend on the terms of the scholarship. Do you have access to the paperwork for that? Often they do require full time enrollment. Some may require completion of a certain # of credits in a school year. Some may give a one semester opportunity to earn it back, others may not. You need to check the terms of his specific scholarship.</p>
<p>Really, the fin aid dept is the one who handles those types of awards unless it is a departmental thing. Though he can appeal, they tend to be quite ruthless from what I have seen. They count on a certain amount of attrition when setting up these programs. There was absolutely no appeal process in place for my son. The reason did not matter, no matter how dire. Money might be able to be procured elsewhere if the reason was so earth shaking, but absolutely no exceptions to the loss of the initial award.</p>