re: Can someone explain TOPS to me?

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That said, it has become a hand out. I have seen numerous people lose it after a semester and drop out, and really they shouldn't have been in school anyway but with free money might as well go party for a semester. The requirements need to be raised dramatically if it remains, and also wouldn't mind seeing there being some income based restrictions on top of the merit based standards. Ideally it would become a 3.5+ GPA, 25-27+ ACT, and a household income of under 200% of the federal poverty guidelines for Louisiana. That would get it back to its original purpose of giving deserving students who normally couldn't attend college a chance to attend, which has clear benefits for the state.

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I'd be on board with it being a scholarship for the not-quite-best & brightest. 27 & a 3.5 would probably be fine, with some sort of disincentive for leaving LA