Am I screwed? Advice needed please!

Transfer Students
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<p>So I began community college immediately after high school and was doing fairly well. Up until this semester, I had around a 3.4 GPA. </p>

<p>This semester, however, was a different story. My addict, mentally-disturbed brother moved home and my health was just in awful shape. There was not a week where I would go without some kind of health issue; one of my doctors suggested I may even have MS (I went to a neurologist, who told me it probably wasn't that, but he didn't have a precise answer as to what was wrong, which has given me a lot of anxiety). My brother moving home was worse. He had the most outrageous episodes of insane behavior, which made me into an emotional wreck because I was so worried about him. In addition to that, I was dealing with some very personal issues I don't even feel comfortable describing online. So I wasn't even fractionally surprised when my therapist told me (the entire situation made me go back into therapy) I was battling depression and that I had all the symptoms of it.</p>

<p>So it wasn't the ideal academic situation, needless to say, and my GPA just tanked. I dropped two classes hoping to help the stress of it all, but my current GPA is now around a 2.8.</p>

<p>Because I was battling depression for virtually the entire semester as well as health problems, is there any way I can do something about this? Some of the health problems were cognitive, such as constant lightheadedness, memory loss, inability to focus, and fatigue. Is there anything I can do? Maybe get the bad grades changed to medical W's with a doctor's or therapist's note? Email my professors? As dramatic as it sounds, I don't want one bad semester to impact my life or my chances to get into a good grad school. If anyone could offer me some advice as to what to do, I'd really really appreciate it. Thanks everyone!!</p>

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<p>Well, why don’t you contact the people at your school who actually have a say in it and see what they think?</p>

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<p>I definitely will soon. I’ve just found the advice people give on this site to be helpful - such as when I do go, how to go about it, what to say and what not to say, etc.</p>

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<p>I would talk to your school if you’re worried about it. Also, for grad school, you can include a personal statement about the semester and its effects on you. Also, I wish you the best. You’re dealing with a lot and I hope you have a good support system. <3</p>

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<p>There should be an office for students with disabilities at the school. They can tell you what forms to get signed by a doctor. Ask them if this can be done retroactively.</p>

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<p>You’re only human. I’m pretty sure as long as you explain this past semester, it will be taken into account and admission officers will be equally as understanding.</p>

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<p>Thank you all so much for the advice! I will definitely do all of the above and hope that this crappy semester won’t impact me too much. Thanks again guys! <3</p>