<p>I’m a freshman at UA, here on the Presidential Scholarship. I’ve had a rough first semester due primarily to a number of mental issues (depression, anxiety, etc.), and while I can still salvage my grades, I doubt that I’ll be able to make a 3.4. I have to ask, then – what are the rules regarding probationary periods for this scholarship? </p>
<p>Don’t you just have to have a 3.0?</p>
<p>I could be mixing it up with the Honors College. My apologies – my brain is scattered, as I’ve been stressing about my grades for weeks, hah.
That is reassuring – it would still be useful to know the policies regarding probation, though. :)</p>
<p>3.0 GPA for scholarship answer copied from this link:
<a href=“Frequently Asked Questions – Scholarships | The University of Alabama”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/faq/</a></p>
<p>What are the requirements for maintaining scholarships awarded by Undergraduate Admissions?</p>
<p>Students must maintain a University of Alabama GPA of “3.0” to maintain scholarships awarded by Undergraduate Admissions.</p>
<p>3.3 GPA for Honors College answer copied from this link:
<a href=“http://honors.ua.edu/academics/honors-requirements/”>http://honors.ua.edu/academics/honors-requirements/</a></p>
<p>University Honors Graduation Requirements</p>
<p>Honors students are required to earn at least eighteen hours of Honors credit, including at least six hours of Honors Foundation courses, and graduate with an overall GPA of at least 3.3. Many UH courses can be retaken provided the course content differs, but no more than two hours of pass/fail courses can be counted towards the Honors College Requirements.</p>
<p>Also, i believe that the GPA for freshmen is not checked till the Spring Semester.
Perhaps someone else who has direct info can possibly weigh in with more details about this and about the Probationary Periods.</p>
<p>However, you should be taking care of yourself both mentally and physically. Please see the Counseling page:
<a href=“http://counseling.ua.edu/faqs.cfm”>http://counseling.ua.edu/faqs.cfm</a></p>
<p>@carolinexo The first semester can be tough, but it gets better. Look at where you stand in each of your classes and make a plan. Make appointments for tutoring. If you haven’t been reviewing material before classes in harder subjects, stand doing so. Sometimes making little changes can turn a C into a B. If you haven’t been studying enough, make a schedule and stick to it.</p>
<p>Above all, follow the advice that @robotbldmom has provided and take care of yourself.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>And if you need tutoring, don’t put it off a week or two! Semesters go by FAST! Two or three sessions of tutoring might be all you need to get over a hump in understanding the material.</p>
<p>Based on personal experience and what I’ve read both here and on the Facebook page over the last few years, I believe this to be accurate (but please verify with a more authoritative source):</p>
<p>UA does NOT look at grades after 1 semester of classes to determine if students will be placed on honors college, scholarship, or academic probabtion. The first time the grades are evaluated is after the first full year. Therefore if you raise your GPA above the required minimum during the second semester, you will not be placed on probation.</p>
<p>If at that time the cumulative GPA is below 3.0 for scholarship or 3.3 for honors college the student will be sent an email stating they are on probation.</p>
<p>The following semester, the semester GPA (not cumulative) must be higher than 3.0 for scholarship or 3.3 for honors college. If the semester GPA falls below that while the student is on probation they will be dismissed from the honor’s college or lose their scholarship. If the students semester grades are above the cutoff, then the cumulative GPA will be looked at. If the cumulative GPA is still below the cutoff, the student will remain on probation. Once the cumulative GPA is above the cutoff, the student will be removed from probation.</p>
<p>I’m pretty certain that the honors college only considers the UA GPA (courses actually taken from UA), but for scholarship purposes the overall GPA (including any courses transferred in, including dual credit courses or summer courses taken from other schools) is used.</p>