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[quote=Anonymous]The terms of the scholarship are really important here. Does the college review their information after each semester or after the end of the academic year? Does the scholarship stipulate that they enroll in or earn at least 12 credits per semester? I’ve worked in financial aid at two colleges, and for most of the merit scholarships, students just had to enroll in at least 12 credits per semester (as well as meet renewal requirements). I’ve also worked with a state scholarship that stipulated that students must earn 12 credits per semester. Also, it’s important to find out if your student dropped or withdrew from a course. If a student drops a course and goes below FT enrollment, I would contact them to find out what’s going on/encourage them to enroll FT before the add/drop deadline. If they weren’t enrolled FT by the deadline, their scholarship would be cancelled. If they withdrew from a course, that would be fine as long as the scholarship agreement doesnt state otherwise. I can’t speak for all schools, but at the two I’ve worked at, we would try to contact students in danger of losing their scholarship, when possible.

With that being said, your student should just contact the financial aid/scholarship office to find out.[/quote]

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