<p>My roommate hasn't done well in school, at all. She became sick freshman year and medically withdrew from both semesters. The next fall she hardly went to class and didn't pass a single class. She was academically suspended for a semester. The next semester she had all D's and F's. She did really well when she was able to go back and would of gotten all As and Bs, but her grandfather died and she earned Cs, which paired with her previous grades was enough to put her into the final suspension, and now she isn't allowed to attend USC for 5 years. She thinks that she doesn't have the option of going to another school, I'm wondering if she does. Is there anywhere that would take her? Where should she look?
Thanks</p>
<p>Her biggest mistake was not withdrawing second year when she realized that she wasn’t going to attend any classes or try to pass them.</p>
<p>However, I don’t see it as the end of the world. One common strategy that students in this problem use is to go to a community college for a semester or a year or so and build up a strong transcript before transferring to another four-year university. Most community colleges are fairly open in terms of enrollment. She can use the time to learn the habits that she needs to hack it at a four-year school (or if she already had those skills, she can use the time to prove that she does). In my opinion it would be very hard to transfer directly to a decent four year college after an academic dismissal like that. A decent college is going to want to know how you plan to improve and the best evidence for that would be spending maybe two years at a community college to demonstrate that you can handle college coursework.</p>
<p>If she does rely on financial aid, her academic history may put her under Satisfactory Academic Progress though so I would ask her to check that out if she needs that money to afford college. A lot of people get tripped up that way because they blow through their financial aid eligibility before they are ready to actually go to college.</p>
<p>Her biggest mistake was not withdrawing second year when she realized that she wasn’t going to attend any classes or try to pass them.</p>
<p>However, I don’t see it as the end of the world. One common strategy that students in this problem use is to go to a community college for a semester or a year or so and build up a strong transcript before transferring to another four-year university. Most community colleges are fairly open in terms of enrollment. She can use the time to learn the habits that she needs to hack it at a four-year school (or if she already had those skills, she can use the time to prove that she does). In my opinion it would be very hard to transfer directly to a decent four year college after an academic dismissal like that. A decent college is going to want to know how you plan to improve and the best evidence for that.</p>
<p>If she does rely on financial aid, her academic history may put her under Satisfactory Academic Progress though so I would ask her to check that out if she needs that money to afford college.</p>