Grades matter

The better the student, the more college options the student will have and the more likely it is the student will receive scholarships or gain college admission. Students who live in states such as Georgia, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Florida, that have grade-based scholarship programs, stand to benefit from these programs. Parents wanting to motivate their sophomores and juniors can direct them to college websites such as http://www.ss.unr.edu/ops/pdf/schl_matrix.pdf, http://saas.byu.edu/depts/scholarships/matrix.aspx, or http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm,
that show that the better the grades and test scores, the bigger the scholarship. Spend a few extra hours studying, bring your grade point average up a point or two, and it could pay off in tens of thousands of dollars.