by struggling-student » Wed May 22, 2019 3:12 pm
I need some advice on the scholarship/internship.
I accepted this award last year, my freshman year of college, and at the time, saw no way of my GPA falling below a 3.0. I struggled in the Spring of 2018, my freshman year spring semester, because of some very difficult times in my life, I was very depressed and found it hard to do anything, let alone school work. This fall things seemed to get easier school wise, and I was able to bring my GPA up. This spring, sophomore spring semester 2019, things got very difficult again. I'll admit I didn't take care of myself very well, didn't eat normally, couldn't ever sleep, and I found myself with no concentration or determination. Most days I found myself falling asleep in class. Up until the week of finals, even with all of these struggles, I had done okay grade-wise and figured my GPA would be fine. I ended up not finishing very strong, and my GPA dropped to a 2.96. I am not sure what to do about this. I know I will be given one semester to pull this up, and it would require a decent GPA, for me at least, to bring it up to the SMART standard of a 3.0. I need to maintain this scholarship because if I were to lose it, there is no way my family or I could pay back all of the funds owed to LMI, and my current tuition. Can someone please provide me with some advice as to what I should do? Should I back out of the program, and take a deep chunk of debt, or should I work my butt off next semester? I'm hoping there is a least one other person who has been in my shoes that can help. Any advice is appreciated.
I need some advice on the scholarship/internship.
I accepted this award last year, my freshman year of college, and at the time, saw no way of my GPA falling below a 3.0. I struggled in the Spring of 2018, my freshman year spring semester, because of some very difficult times in my life, I was very depressed and found it hard to do anything, let alone school work. This fall things seemed to get easier school wise, and I was able to bring my GPA up. This spring, sophomore spring semester 2019, things got very difficult again. I'll admit I didn't take care of myself very well, didn't eat normally, couldn't ever sleep, and I found myself with no concentration or determination. Most days I found myself falling asleep in class. Up until the week of finals, even with all of these struggles, I had done okay grade-wise and figured my GPA would be fine. I ended up not finishing very strong, and my GPA dropped to a 2.96. I am not sure what to do about this. I know I will be given one semester to pull this up, and it would require a decent GPA, for me at least, to bring it up to the SMART standard of a 3.0. I need to maintain this scholarship because if I were to lose it, there is no way my family or I could pay back all of the funds owed to LMI, and my current tuition. Can someone please provide me with some advice as to what I should do? Should I back out of the program, and take a deep chunk of debt, or should I work my butt off next semester? I'm hoping there is a least one other person who has been in my shoes that can help. Any advice is appreciated.