Academic Dismissal

Applying to College
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<p>Well I've done it.
This morning, I've officially received an e-mail notifying me that I've been academically dismissed.
Had a lousy freshman year at UIC, with straight C's first semester, and finally 3 F's and 1 B in second semester, which brought my overall GPA to 1.2</p>

<p>Never been in an environment where you're best friends are only a room away from your dorms, and rules, parents, the law is just so far away to control you.</p>

<p>I am pretty ticked, because I did pretty good on all the finals, except that I missed a lot of homework credit for all the classes, which eventually doomed me. Not to mention 3 out of 4 classes were not using any sort of a curve or grade cut system. (Hence the B in that one class)</p>

<p>I do plan to schedule an appointment with my advisor and just try to sort this god-awful situation.</p>

<p>What I want to ask is... before going to an academic advisor who'll probably tell me the more "standard" procedures...</p>

<p>What do I do now?</p>

<p>I've seriously thought about taking drastic measures to discipline myself, as this is the MOST tragic moment of my life I've ever experienced.</p>

<p>Instead of the standard transfer to CC for 2 yrs, etc, I thought about joining the military and try to live a different life to discipline myself.</p>

<p>But then, the other part of me says, 'hey this is no big deal, just go to CC for a year or two, and I can start over again'. </p>

<p>I just can't seem to come to a conclusion.
Any help and advice would be very much appreciated.</p>

<p>Skim.</p>

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<p>Have you talked to your family yet?</p>

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<p>Bask in your misery. Remember this day and especially how you feel. Blame yourself. Don’t go easy on yourself, but let yourself have it. Take it all in. </p>

<p>Then dust yourself off and get back on the horse, a better person. That wasn’t so bad. Failure is an important step to success. You can recover better and stronger. </p>

<p>You can live a more disciplined life without joining the military. </p>

<p>Go to CC this summer. You’ve wasted enough time already. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>CC. you are not the first to mess, won’t be the last. Learn from it. Focus on your goals. Move on.</p>

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<p>… it worked for my brother after flunking out his freshman year. Completed his degree later with military help, and is very successful now. But only you can make that decision.</p>