<p>I have been hearing lately that it is very important to have a 3.7 gpa or higher to get a scholarship. I have had this gpa all four semesters of high school, but this semester I may not. I am managing to get A's and B+ like past years, but one difficult AP class this year I will likely get a B- or C+ in, therefore only get a 3.5 or 3.6 gpa. Can I still get academic scholarships if I don't have a 3.7 gpa the first semester of junior year?</p>
<p>Also, do colleges use your overall four-year, eight-semester gpa, your gpa have senior year, your gpa of junior and senior year, or what?</p>
<p>No. Your overall GPA will plummit, crash, and burn. You will never ever dig yourself out of this pit of doom you have fallen into. Prepare for REJECTION.</p>
<p>Just kidding. Colleges don’t even see your individual semester grades, just the final. And if you get As second semester, I bet you can still get an academic scholarship. Therefore, you will be fine if you keep your grades up. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the answer! </p>
<p>Also, what minimum gpa to most scholarships require? 3.5? 3.7?</p>
<p>The best person to answer this question is yourself. What schools are you looking for? What are their scholarship requirements? Each of us could spout off random numbers, but they wouldn’t all necessarily apply to you. I’ve seen GPA requirements of anywhere from 3.8 to 3.5 to ‘we don’t care, national merit scholar please’.</p>
<p>As per one of your questions, colleges look at 9th - 11th cumulative gpa and grades for first semester 12th grade classes. But the senior grades aren’t as important. In terms of scholarships, it depends where you are hoping to get scholarship (diff. schools have diff. requirements).</p>