ON WHAT BASIS MERIT POINTS ARE GIVEN
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Initial priority is given to class year, second priority is given to merit point total, third priority to number of completed credits and final priority to a randomly assigned lottery number. Students can earn merit points in variety of ways, including club involvement, attending merit point programs and community service. Students can also lose merit points by violating university policies, causing damage, having fire safety violations in their rooms or failing to complete disciplinary sanctions on time.
Merit points are granted on an addition and reduction system. Each student begins the year with 10 merit points. From August through the end of January, students can gain up to 8 additional merit points (up to a combined maximum total of 18).
Students attending merit point programs will earn the point total (ie .33, .5 or 1 point). Note: Students can earn all 8 merit points by attending programs. Students can lose as many points as negative behavior dictates.
Furthermore, students cannot “make up” merit points. Once a point is lost, it cannot be regained. For example, if a student loses 1 point for a violation, but then gains 5 points for positive activities, the maximum merit point total he or she will have is 14.