<p>I would definitely be VERY suspicious of a school that has NO info about how many kids lose merit scholarships due to grades. They should have that info & be able to break it down by % & #s as to when kids lose it--1st semester, 1st year of college, etc. They should also be able to tell you about any "grace" period given kids to help them adjust to college life. It is not unusual for freshmen to have some "bumpy times" adjusting to having much less supervision, no homework collected, & most/all of the grade riding on one or two projects/exams.
As I have posted, we turned down one school that offered our S 1/2 tuition because they said they'd ask him to withdraw from their school & lose his merit scholarship & everything if he missed 4-6 classes in a quarter even if due to chronic health conditions that the U was aware of & had documentation to substantiate it! We found this too onerous & punitive.</p>