<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I was awarded with a $33,000 scholarship and this would be just about full tuition for 4 years of attendence. I recently got a letter in the mail about having to send in my 7th semester grades (I'm a Senior in HS). I went to read the requirements/reasons of how I even earned scholarship, which were: </p>
<p>Complete 16 required college preparatory courses by graduation with a "B" or better in each course.
AND
Earn a minimum GPA of 3.50 in the university's 16 required college preparatory courses on an un-weighted 4.00 scale and presents no grade lower than a B in any of these 16 college preparatory courses.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I had a bit of a slip up. While the last report card consisted with A's and B's with honors/AP/elective classes, my 7th semester report card wasn't the best. I earned 2 A's, 2 B's, 1 C, and a dreaded D in my AP Calc class. (i dropped the class for my 8th semester).</p>
<p>What are the chances that I will lose my scholarship? Will my university look at my final grades? Or will my 7th semester be the last grades to be looked at? I'm doing much better. my 8th semester, at the least. I'm really concerned because I need this money...</p>
<p>Thank you to any replies!</p>
<p>Call the school and talk to them. We would just be guessing.</p>
<p>Nearly all universities require you to send them a transcript of your final grades as well, not only to verify that you’ve met your graduation requirements but also to check for “senior-itis”. In your case it sounds like your 8th semester grades have stabilized, but with a “D” semester grade in your 7th semester I would expect you’ll have to write a letter of explanation as a minimum. Whether it goes any further than that depends on the individual school. Check and see if their policy is published on their website, or call them if it isn’t. They’re going to see the grade regardless, so you’re probably better off being up front about it and resolving it sooner rather than later.</p>
<p>If you’re in calculus as a senior, chances are you have already taken four math ‘college prep courses’ before you reached calculus. I know that in my state, ‘high school’ math starts with Algebra I, no matter what grade you’re in when you take that class. Call them and ask, but especially if you already have four full years of math before calculus, argue to keep your scholarship.</p>
<p>Congrats on your scholarship, btw. However, be aware that if the merit money is a fixed amount (33k/year), tuition often undergoes increases each year, so what may be full tuition now may be only 3/4 tuition by your senior year.</p>