Still waiting for Hofstra spring scholarship

<p>I think you and your son should go straight to campus on Tuesday and demand to see whomever it was who cancelled the scholarship. I would then march to the office of the President of the university and visit the Engineering Department. I would not tell them that you are considering transferring out of Hofstra but would stress that your son was an honor student in high school, engineering is a very hard major, adjusting to college life is difficult, he had science courses out of order which had a negative effect on his GPA and he has shown an improvement in his Engineering GPA. I would not give up on this without a fight. It is easy to turn down a student by e-mail so let’s see if they can do this to your face.</p>

<p>I’m going to consider doing what you said. Maybe you are right, I will think about it, and discuss this with him. Thanks for your input, it is really appreciated.</p>

<p>OK, so we took Adamsley’s advice, and went to the Provost office today(in a blizzard I might add) They were not sympathetic at all, and said he could submit another appeal, and they would consider it. He is not going to do that at this point because classes start Monday, and the likely outcome will be the same. We are going to try to enroll in Nassau Community tomorrow.</p>

<p>So the lesson here is be careful of merit offers. And if you fall short, be prepared to pay full price, or transfer. It can happen to you.</p>

<p>By the way, in doing some research, I discovered the Hofstra Law School is on the list of 15 schools where merit scholarships are not renewed, food for thought.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/which_law_schools_were_most_likely_to_yank_merit-based_scholarships[/url]”>http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/which_law_schools_were_most_likely_to_yank_merit-based_scholarships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That’s terrible news. Please be advised that I know of two guys both honor students at Hofstra in the sciences who had to change their majors sophomore year because they were at risk of falling below the 3.0 necessary to keep their scholarships. The science classes are very hard.</p>

<p>I would put in the 2nd appeal and also apply to Nassau Community College. You have nothing to lose with the appeal. If it is granted he could complete the semester and then transfer. If it is not approved, he can move on. In any event it will cost you nothing to appeal.</p>

<p>Thanks Adamsley, our thinking is this, he will be transferring from Hofstra, even if he should by some means, win this appeal, after next semester. There is no way he would stay at Hofstra to graduate, with this worry every semester, it is too nerve wracking. He is too far along in his classes, and what he would be taking this semester, may or may not transfer to his new school, where ever that may be. So really no reason to give Hofstra another nickel of my money.</p>

<p>It will be fine, after the dust clears, he will be OK.</p>

<p>Funny though, in the midst of my postings, do you read the " Wow best internship from Hofstra ever" </p>

<p>Also funny, that person has one posting only, how could that be? Just finding the site now, after being at Hofstra long enough to get an internship? I don’t think so!</p>

<p>All the best to you. Hopefully you have a better experience at the next college. It is a shame that your son has to leave his college friends and professors just because Hofstra is so rigid and uncaring. I would just apply to the Engineering Schools at SUNY’s like Stony Brook and Binghamton so that at least you know the tuition won’t change. I might also apply to Manhattan College since their reputation in Engineering is also excellent. I know quite a few students who transfer to Manhattan College in their junior year so he would make friends there.</p>

<p>Wow…again so funny, I was looking at Manhattan College last night, online. We seem to think alike! Thanks again, for the input, it is greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>Registered today at Nassau Community for one class only, cause he doesn’t need anything else for undergrad. </p>

<p>Applying to transfer for fall 2014.</p>

<p>It will all work out.</p>

<p>OK…get this now…guess who called my son today, Friday, and classes start Monday?</p>

<p>Yes…you guessed it…Hofstra.</p>

<p>Wanted to know when he was submitting his second appeal to get the scholarship back. I said, what do you mean, we were told he wasn’t getting the scholarship back, twice! </p>

<p>So, then they ask me, well does he still wanna come to Hofstra?</p>

<p>Are you kidding me?</p>

<p>Now I don’t know for sure, cause he wasn’t home and I couldn’t answer for him, but I think they were going to give him back the scholarship.</p>

<p>What has changed? Why now? Cause the whole thing was a bluff, to get him to pay full price, and when he didn’t, they were gonna give him back the scholarship.</p>

<p>I am honestly shocked by this whole thing. And I really wouldn’t believe it, if it didn’t happen to us.</p>

<p>Bait and switch for sure.
Don’t play with students like this Hofstra, this has really caused a lot of upset here, and it was really unnecessary.
And he did not call Hofstra back, really, why would he?</p>

<p>I knew this would happen. I know this is very upsetting to you but you need to pursue the scholarship this semester while also pursuring the transfer for Fall. Why should your son give up 15 credits (that will transfer) and miss a semester of college. Put in for the 2nd appeal. You still have Nassau Community to fall back on but a semester of Engineering is a much better option.</p>

<p>Go for it!!</p>

<p>The thing is he has like 26 AP credits, and like 45 Hofstra credits, and I know some schools limit the credits you can transfer in with.</p>

<p>So, he is going to leave it as it is, NCC for one class this semester, and transfer for Fall. </p>

<p>Maybe with all the AP credit he has, he may still possibly graduate on time?</p>