My child made a 1.918 his first semester. His freshman experience class proved to be the worst. He took 12 hours 3 1 credit classes had an a,b,Passing He will be taking 12 hours next semester all worth 3 credits. He needs a 3.0 for his academic scholarship. What would he need to get to accomplish this in his second semester? Is it possible.?
Sorry a total of 6 classes. 3, 1 hour A, B Passing and 3, 3 hour classes. d FY class C in Spanish 2 C- in math.
Unless my arithmetic is off…your kid needs to get all As in more than the number of credits from the first term.
ok so it may help that he only got a passing grade in one? How did you do your calculations? He is also an athlete and i know it was hard this first semester. I am hoping he knows what he has to do. Less play more work. I thought if i could tell him a goal he can work towards it. Thanks
Is the 1 credit course with the “passing” grade counted in calcating the GPA? (If so, then there would have to be a point value assigned to the P, but I don’t need to know what tha wa to do the math).
If your son’s current GPA is based on 12 units (Including the “passing”)), then mathematically, to bring up a 1.918 based on 12 points to a 3.0 with 12 units in the spring, he would need a 4.082 (possible if his school has A+ grades, but highly unlikely) – if he had all A’s, he’d end up with a 2.959.
If the “Passing” course wasn’t counted, then he has 11 credits now, and with 12 credits in the spring, all A’s would yield a GPA of 3.004 – so yes, it is possible.
But realistically, with his grades so far, that isn’t going to happen – if he managed a 3.0 for second semester it would be an accomplishment.
So you and he need to plan. He needs to talk to an advisor at the school to find out whether he would be able to keep his scholarship if he could manage to get a 3.0 for spring semester. (which I think would give him a cumulative GPA of around 2.48)
It really depends on the school philosophy – sometimes kids do mess up early on and the school wants to keep kids if possible, and will be flexible if he can get back on track.
But sometimes schools are very happy to weed kids out of the scholarships, and take a hard line.
If there is no possibility of renewal of the scholarship – can you afford to keep him in school without the scholarship?
If the answer is no… then you and your son have a decision to make. He can return for spring semester to finish out the year as best as he can, and plan to transfer to another less expensive college for the rest of his education after that — or he can opt not to return now and perhaps enroll in a local community college and hope to bring his grades up there, so that he is in a better position to apply to transfer to a 4-year colllege later on.
it says p is not computed in the computing of grade point averages.
Your son needs to talk to the scholarship office and see what happens when his gpa dips. He might lose his scholarship immediately, or he might simply be placed on academic probation and need to see a special counselor… The only way to get a solid answer is to ask the college what happens from here. Often times colleges are a little more lenient with first semester freshmen…he might get another chance provided his grades take a steep upward trend.
Your son needs to find out if he is already on academic probation…with a 1.9 GPA, he could already be there.