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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was an engineering major with merit aid at a top 25 school. I had to maintain a 3.0 GPA. I did drop below that one semester, and was put on probation for the next one, but got my GPA back up and graduated with a 3.5 GPA. The semester I got below a 3.0 was sophomore year, and I was taking a lot of engineering pre-reqs along with very motivate pre-meds (like Organic Chemistry). I did not lose my scholarship. [/quote]

The scholarships that are received all of terms and criteria. Some are very general, some of GPA requirements. Some are only for the first year. Each school and program will have a GPA policy for satisfactory academic progress - many schools that is students are required to achieve a 2.0 GPA.

We reviewed all the merit offers very carefully and asked for additional details on each to see what our student needed to do to keep the aid. Especially in Engineering it's very hard to keep a high GPA. We also reviewed the schools to ensure that it was something we could still afford if there was no merit aid.  [/quote]

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