{"105241":{"#nid":"105241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Maintaining HOPE Scholarship Eligibility","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Mullins\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Director, Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the mid-point of spring semester approaches, it\u0027s not too early to think about how spring grades will impact your student\u0027s HOPE eligibility. To understand how eligibility is determined, it\u0027s important to know what courses are, and are not, included in the calculations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECourses included in the HOPE calculations:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* All credit hours attempted after high school graduation are calculated when determining HOPE eligibility, even if they are not accepted by Georgia Tech. Likewise, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.finaid.gatech.edu\/policies\/grades\u0022\u003Ecourses forgiven\u003C\/a\u003E by the institution are included in the cumulative HOPE Grade Point Average (GPA) calculation. It is not unusual for the HOPE GPA to be lower than the Tech GPA. Transfer students will also notice that their HOPE GPA is most likely different from their Tech GPA.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Pass \/ Fail credits are included in the attempted hours, but they are not included in the GPA calculation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Courses withdrawn (W) are included in the total attempted hours, but they are not included in the GPA calculation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECourses excluded from the HOPE calculations:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Audited \/ CO-OP courses are not included in the HOPE GPA calculation and are not included in the attempted hours.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Advance Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) courses are not included in the HOPE GPA calculation and are not included in the attempted hours.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents are evaluated for their continued eligibility in the HOPE Scholarship program at various checkpoints throughout their academic career. At each checkpoint a cumulative 3.0 GPA must be earned, or the award will be lost. All students are subject to the End-of-Spring checkpoint. Students will be checked at the end of every spring term, even if they were not enrolled in classes that term. The student must have a cumulative 3.0 HOPE GPA at the end of spring to continue receiving HOPE for the next enrolled semester.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf a first-year student loses HOPE at the end of the spring checkpoint and hasn\u0027t yet attempted 30 credit hours at the end of the spring checkpoint, the student should consider taking summer classes to reach the HOPE checkpoint of 30 attempted credit hours. Students can then regain HOPE at the 30 credit hour checkpoint if they have earned a 3.0 HOPE GPA. This ensures that the student\u0027s full-time schedule starting that fall is once again covered by HOPE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.finaid.gatech.edu\/hope\u0022\u003EHOPE\u003C\/a\u003E Web site for more information.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"As the mid-point of spring semester approaches, it\u0027s not too early to think about how spring grades will impact your student\u0027s HOPE eligibility. To understand how eligibility is determined, it\u0027s important to know what courses are, and are not, included in the calculations.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Understanding how to keep HOPE."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2009-02-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:33","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1298","name":"Parent and Family Programs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"411","name":"CEISMC"},{"id":"1409","name":"Drama Camp"},{"id":"167366","name":"summer camps"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERachael Pocklington\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParents Program\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rpocklington3\u0022\u003EContact Rachael Pocklington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-3920\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rachael.pocklington@vpss.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}