Oh No...

[kiaxet]

I just found out I need a 3.5 to keep my scholarship.

Now, my friends, we kick it into HIGH FREAKING GEAR.

And pray.

EDIT: I decided to call OneStop instead of freaking out about it anymore. Here's what they told me:

~The WANT me to have a 3.5 to keep the scholarship. If I get a 3.5, I'm safe.
~ If I fail to get a 3.5, they look at my cumulative GPA (all the semesters I've been at Pepperdine - for me now, it's just one). If my cumulative GPA is below 2.75 for that semester, they send me an official warning and put me on academic probation.
======If it's my second semester having a semester GPA less than 3.5 and a cumulative GPA below 2.75, the scholarship is gone.
~ If I fail to get a 3.5 for the semester but my cumulative GPA is above 2.75, they allow me to keep the scholarship without the official warning or the academic probation. It's a grey area: it's not where they want me to be and I need to work harder, but I won't be penalized.

The long and short of it is, At the moment I have a 2.6, so I still need to work my butt off. If I don't *quite* manage to hit a 3.5, though, it's okay - just so long as it's above 2.75. Actually, given my parents, it should be as close to a 3.5 as possible, if not well above.

Basically, work my butt off, study, pray and praise the Holy Lord above that Pepperdine forgives its students.

I'm in an academic foxhole and I never was an athiest to begin with. Seriously, people, what did you think I'd do? ;D

Comments

[sbcpanuru.livejournal.com]

I got the same warning back in '98, and I still kept all my scholarships even though (if I remember rightly) I didn't have a semester above 3.5 until spring '01. Back in those days it was making progress that mattered, rather than the actual number, even though they'd never say that.

Plus even if their policies change and you lose a scholarship or two, you'll get comparable aid in the form of loans or an alternate scholarship. It's not like your academic career is on the line.