GPA Requirements

All scholars during their first year in the Hudson & Holland Scholars Program will receive the full (base) scholarship of $6000. After the first year in the program, your IU cumulative GPA (cGPA) will determine your eligibility for the renewal of your HHSP scholarship. Your cGPA at end of each academic year will determine your annual scholarship award amount for the next academic year: full scholarship (3.000 GPA and above), reduced scholarship (2.500 - 2.999), or loss of scholarship (2.499 and below).

Full Scholarship Renewal

To maintain the full HHSP scholarship, scholars need to maintain an IU cGPA of 3.000 or above. Eligibility for full scholarship renewal is based on the cGPA at the end of the academic year (fall and spring semesters).

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. Washington

Reduced Scholarship

The reduced scholarship policy impacts only Hudson & Holland sophomores, juniors, and seniors with cGPA of 2.500 – 2.999. The scholarship reduction is based on a student’s cGPA at the end of the academic year (fall and spring semesters). Scholars on reduced scholarship receive $3000 for the next academic year and will be on Grade Watch status.

Scholars on reduced scholarship are able to regain the full HHSP $6000 scholarship award if they are able to raise their cGPA to at least 3.000. Renewal of the full HHSP scholarship will occur at the end of the academic year (fall and spring semesters). However, scholars on reduced scholarship have the option of taking IU classes during the summer to enhance their cGPA. If you take IU summer classes and succeed in raising your cGPA to at least 3.000 before the start of the new academic year, then you will be eligible to regain the full HHSP scholarship of $6000 and may be eligible for additional funding through the Partnership Scholarships.

Loss of Scholarship

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius

Hudson & Holland sophomores, juniors, and seniors with cGPA below 2.500 will be on Grade Watch status and are not eligible to receive the HHSP scholarship. However, you are still very much a part of the Hudson & Holland Scholars Program. You can continue attending HHSP events and have access to HHSP programs and services, particularly the Wellness & Retention program. You are also still expected to complete the HHSP L.E.A.D. scholarship requirements. Scholars who have lost their funding may be able to gain the reduced scholarship if they are able to raise their cGPA to at least 2.500 by the end of the academic year (fall and spring semesters).

GPA Requirements