momneverquits
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Hello, mom here looking for advice. My son is a third classman (2nd yr) at VMI on a NROTC scholarship. He had been on probation this past Fall semester for not meeting the minimum GPA requirement of 2.5 at the end of his 1st year there. Well, he did not meet it either at the end of Fall semester. He's at a 2.4. Yesterday he had a PRB (performance review board) where he was put on LOA (leave of absence) for this Spring semester with the condition that scholarship would be reinstated if he gets a cumulative GPA of 2.5 at the end of this Spring semester. He was told to go to the financial aid office this week. First, my concern, as the payor of his education (I've been paying his room & board) what options he might be given by the school to pay for this semester and are they going to involve me at all in this discussion. Second, I'm concerned that he's going to have trouble getting that cumulative GPA where it needs to be over the next four months. His major is ME (mechanical engineering) and from what I heard it's like 5 years crammed into 4 and a lot of cadets have switched majors. He was given the option last Fall to switch majors or switch branch. He did not want to do either. He is Navy all the way. I asked him again yesterday if it's still an option to switch major would he do it. He said he thinks he's too far into his classes at this point. I appreciate any advice/insight.