Conditional Scholarships vs. Good Standing Scholarships

Overcomer

What's the difference?

LSAT_Wrecker

Not an expert, but based on what I have seen offered, a conditional scholarship will place a certain percentage requirement (top 25/50/75% of class) whereas a good standing scholarship merely means you have to do well enough not to get kicked out (or placed on probation).

Selene Steelman

A scholarship based on good standing means that you have to abide by the rules and requirements set forth in the student handbook. Be a decent human being, act with professionalism, and don't engage in plagiarism. A conditional scholarship usually requires you to maintain a certain GPA/ranking in order to keep your award. If you receive an award letter and are unsure what it means, call up the Admissions Office and ask lots of questions.

Leah M B

Agreed with the points above. However, I’d still call a good standing a scholarship a type of conditional one. The condition is just different. The real opposite is a scholarship with no conditions whatsoever. That is the best type. One that simply requires good standing is probably tolerable. I’d be careful to know exactly all the requirements, and look at the schools’s ABA 509 report to see how many students lost their conditional scholarships at that school. It can be very enlightening.