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[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by alum

Are there stats on how many HOPE recipients don't keep a 3.O? From what I understand (and please correct me if I'm wrong), the Hope is for all 3.5+ GPAs from an instate GA hs (public or private) for ANY GA public university?

Nope, it's for all 3.0 GPA from public high schools, I think.

You can use it at any public college, and there's a partial private school amount you can get too, but it's not going to go too far.

And I haven't seen data of how many retain for a while. The rate varies widely by which high school system the kids come out of.

[AnatraAmore]

For an internship while in college I did some research about programs like the George HOPE scholarships. Somewhere around 50% of freshmen lose their scholarships after their freshmen, but not just for not maintaining grades - not meeting the credit and/or paperwork requirements has been an issue.(*Note: my research was mainly in around 2005, so most of my knowledge is a couple of years old.)

If you google Georgia HOPE results or something to that effect, you'll see that the 50% figure hasn't changed much lately, although they are / have recently raised the standards to receive it.

[cluelessUGAmom]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Nope, it's for all 3.0 GPA from public high schools, I think.

You can use it at any public college, and there's a partial private school amount you can get too, but it's not going to go too far.

And I haven't seen data of how many retain for a while. The rate varies widely by which high school system the kids come out of.

Not just public. Any GA HS including Home school. And it is $3000 I think if you attend a private college -- or maybe it's only $1000 - I forget. But they changed HOW the GPA is calculated to make it more "even" across the high schools.