<p>I just completed my freshman year at storrs, and there is a chance I might get academic probation when my grades come. </p>
<p>It says that you need below a 1.8 CGPA your freshman year, but I already took more credits because of my intended major so I think its below 2.0 for me (12-23 credits you need below a 1.8 GPA, I have 30+ credits).</p>
<p>My question is does uconn send you an email or letter in the mail saying your on probation? Is it addressed to your parents or to yourself?</p>
<p>I am also a Freshman at UConn and I would believe that the University will address a letter to your house and parents notifying them that you are on academic probation. Also if you are on academic probation your parents will find out because you will lose all of your financial aid and it would be best to tell them right away.</p>
<p>Actually my friend received a letter too, and its addressed to the student. So stop trying to make it sound like a negative term please.</p>
<p>Nobody’s saying anything negatively here; invader71 is simply stating the facts. </p>
<p>The truth is, whether or not your parents see it, you should probably raise the academic effort for your own sake; UConn is a great school, and you are a great student for getting in. But, if you don’t use the resources of a great school (heck, any school, for that matter) you need to see that you aren’t getting anywhere.</p>
<p>Your parents may or may not see the probation report. But ultimately, it’s YOUR education. Make the best of it. </p>
<p>I’m not arguing here, by the way, I’m simply clarifying. Good luck, whatever you do.</p>
<p>Sorry if you are offended at all not sure where you came up with me saying that academic probation was a negative term. I am unsure of your specific circumstances for your low gpa but it seems like you overestimated the work load you could handle. Even if it is addressed to the student im sure your parents would be interested to see anything that comes from the university since they are most likely the ones paying for your education(although i do not know that for certain). If you already knew the answer to your question, why did you bother to post it on here? Goodluck on the next three years you still have plently of time to raise your GPA but it will only be harder from now on.</p>
<p>Yes, nothing invader said was trying to make it sound negative. On most of the FA pages, it says you need to be in “good standing” in order to maintain it. If you go below 2.0, you lose the aid.</p>
<p>Try taking a summer class? They usually tend to be a bit easier, and since you’re a freshman there must be at the very least a gen ed available that you need. They offer them online, and if you can get an A, you could get your GPA to over a 2.0 before next semester starts (depending on what your GPA actually is). At the very least, it’ll still go up and you’ll be closer to the 2.0 then you were before (and you’ll have an extra course out of the way).</p>