<p>Hello, I have a question about the hope scholarship(Georgia scholarship).</p>
<p>I am currently in a 2 year jr college and want to transfer to a University. I know that GPA's reset, but my question is that does my credit hours reset? Hope only allows up a certain amount of credit hours. I want a clean slate(not counting transfer credits), and it would help if those credit hours don't follow. I will earning my Bachelors in IT. I am afraid that I might not be able to get Hope again.</p>
<p>I would call, but of course it is the weekend.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>from gacollege411 website:</p>
<p>School Transfers</p>
<ol>
<li> HOPE Scholarship recipients transferring from one HOPE-eligible Georgia institution to another HOPE-eligible institution are eligible for HOPE funds if they continue to meet all of the eligibility requirements.</li>
<li>The college degree credit hours attempted at any college and corresponding grades are counted toward the HOPE cumulative grade point average, even if those hours and grades are not accepted by the institution to which the student transferred.</li>
</ol>
<p>Award Limits</p>
<p>A college degree-seeking student is ineligible for the HOPE Scholarship if the student has:</p>
<pre><code>* Received payment from any combination of HOPE Scholarship, HOPE Grant, and Accel Program funds totaling 127 semester (190 quarter) hours of credit; or
- Attempted 127 semester (190 quarter) hours of college degree credit, regardless of whether or not HOPE funds were received while attempting the hours; or
- Has earned a baccalaureate (four-year) college degree, regardless of whether or not HOPE funds were received while earning the degree.
</code></pre>
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Based on #9 from above I would think the GPA does not reset and there is a limit on total number of credit hours.</p>
<p>Thats the thing, I didn’t have a degree status before. It was only recently that I began taking classes on a degree level. Also I, paided a good amount of my classes.</p>
<p>From what gamom posted, it appears that all of your accumulated credits will be counted toward the 127 credit hour limit…it doesn’t matter that you had not declared a major or that you paid for them yourself. How many credits do you have now and how many will you need to earn a B.S.?</p>
<p>I have 176 hours passed. Yeah, at that point in my life I was lost and didnt know what I wanted to do with my life. Now I understand the important of a Bachelors degree. Which is having a well rounded education in a certain feild. I am going for Bachelors in IT, which is 120 hours.</p>
<p>The University I plan on attending has it set up so only 30 credit hours can be transferred. Looking at the transfer equivalencies page and comparing it to what I have taken, I can transfer 2 English Lit classes, 1 Psychology class, and SCT1000. I am planning on taking Public speaking 1101 and System analysis and Design during my last semester at this Jr College. </p>
<p>So by the time I transfer, the reduced number will be 16 credit hours, leaving me 104 credit hours. I would add system analysis, but it doesnt show up on the equivalencies page, yet but schools have it on their course outline. I am going to ask them about that on Monday.</p>
<p>From the info gamom posted it looks like you will be unlikely to qualify. It quite clearly states that all credit ours attempted are taken into account even if you did not receive Hope funding for them. This is quite normal for aid programs. School’s SAP (satisfactory academic progress) policies for determining eligibility for financial aid usually consider all the credit hours you have attempted even if you paid for them out of your own pocket.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the info.</p>
<p>I know for a fact you won’t be able to - this happened to my mother when she transferred in credits to Clayton State University. She had credits from an earlier period of her life and she was only eligible for HOPE funds for a short time before she hit the 127 credit lifetime limit and had to begin paying on her own.</p>