They state “gpa” but they weight according to their own formula AND they do not count non-core courses, which I suppose is up for interpretation, to a degree.
So I guess their formula could possibly lower an applicant’s UW gpa. Disappointing for some, but if they’re getting more highly qualified applicants they certainly have the right to make getting the big scholarships tougher. It would be nice if the process were more transparent, but I doubts theirs is less so than most colleges.
For what it’s worth, our school already strips out any classes that are not leveled when calculating W and UW GPAs. Leveled classes mean those offered as either Academic, Accelerated, Honors and AP and are your basic core classes such as English, Science, Math, Social Studies, and Foreign Language. Not leveled classes at our school include classes like Gym, Health, and electives such as Highway Safety, Choir, Guitar, Alice & Java, Web Page Design and Finance.
So my son’s UW GPA of 3.18 should not have been not inflated by high scores in non-academic courses that Temple would pull out when doing their own calculation. I truly believe they only bumped him up at most by .21 in their own calculation for his Honors and AP classes.
@mstomper yes, but that is my total unweighted, not just core. Once they take out other classes and apply their own weighting system, I don’t know what it will be, but i do have several Bs sophomore year. I already know that I didn’t get the second highest scholarship, because that is automatic honors which going by the portal, I did not get.
Does anyone know if scholarships are taxable?
Scholarships that cover tuition, required fees, and books are nontaxable.
Scholarships that are for room & board, travel, personal expenses, etc. are taxable.
dadinator is right on scholarships and Temple spells out what the core classes are on the scholarship page, it is the weighting part that is nebulous.
Thanks!
Does anyone know what the process is to appeal for a higher scholarship? I submitted by new ACT scores and all my other schools have received them(I’m not sure if Temple has it doesn’t say on my TUportal). I contacted admissions and they weren’t clear on whether I would have to submit a letter of appeal and if so what address or is it just automatic?
Odd that Admissions isn’t clear on the process.
pretty sure you have to appeal even if you got higher score, very short appeal. please award higher scholarship based on new ACT score of … my previous score was … and of course, have ACT send in scores
and less odd than you may think. the automatic merit scholarships are still fairly new at Temple so not all issues have been worked out yet. i believe they started with class of 2013
To appeal would I need to send a letter to the office of undergrad admissions?
that i don;t know. that sounds like most logical place to send it. if i learn more, i will post
Has anyone received the Presidential Scholarship so far?
annaclause…my son wrote an appeal after scoring higher on the October SAT. He received the following response from Temple when asking about the appeal process:
“You can mail or fax us a letter of appeal with your updated scores to the address listed below. You have until January 1 to sumbit the appeal. You will need to send a letter of appeal to be considered for a higher scholarship.”
Do you know if the address I would send it to be to the office of undergrad admissions?
Also, do you know about how long it takes them to make a decision regarding the higher scholarship? Thanks!
i seem to remember someone waiting until at least March last year.
Is there a chance that although I appeal I may not get the scholarship, even if my scores meet the requirements(which i know they do), or does it just simply take a long time