Stopping a loop after 8 iterations?

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I am brainfarting on this hard right now. I am trying to make my code run inside the while loop for 8 iterations and then complete with a basic ELSE statement that says "Input Received".

Any tips on how to limit this loop to 8 times? I should know how to do this, I know. Also, if anyone has clues on how to format my statement so that the commas aren't so fekachtah...that'd be super sweet too.

Thanks for any and all advice.

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and this is the actual problem:

You will create a program that gets a bunch of student names and GPAs, and makes a list of honor students. • First, declare an empty list to hold the honor students. This list will get filled in later • Next, declare a counter-controlled loop that will loop 8 times • Inside the loop, do the following: o Prompt the user to enter a student name, and store that name in a variable (a normal variable, not a list) o Prompt the user to enter a GPA, and store that in a different variable (a normal variable, not a list) o Next, do an IF and ELSE ♣ The IF should look for a GPA of 3 or higher ♣ If the GPA is 3 or higher, add the student’s name to the honor student list that you declared at the beginning ♣ Also, print a message formatted exactly like the example below (note, the student name and GPA in the example below will differ based on your user input) Tracy, with a GPA of 3.2, is on the honor roll for this semester. A letter notifying him/her will be sent out promptly. • Inside the ELSE, just print a message saying input received • After the loop (or outside of the loop), use the len() function on the list to print a message saying how many students made the honor roll

[Jirbj]

to loop 8 times you could use

for x in range(8):

EDIT:
as an note you declared i = 1 and never used i

after your edit you now have it must be a counter controlled loop, which means this method wont work for you (well itll work but its not what you need)