"To be eligible for this scholarship, the requirements are..."?

<p>When university websites say that ^, are those requirements set in stone? My GPA does not meet the requirements for many scholarships, but I hoped it would matter that my latest, junior grades are such an improvement on my sophomore ones.</p>

<p>The requirements are what they are. If they started making exceptions left and right, there’d be no point in publishing the requirements.</p>

<p>But, you’re only in the first half of your junior year. You’ve got another year before anyone’s going to be looking at your GPA . . . so just keep working on it! :)</p>

<p>Are these automatic or competitive scholarships? You could always call and ask, but while I have known people to have a little bit of wiggle room with automatic scholarships (ie, getting moved from 3/4 tuition to full tuition when they are a little off and they have competing offers), but it is unlikely that it make a difference in competitive scholarships, where most applicants (and especially the recipients) will have exceeded the minimum GPA requirements.</p>