<p>Student J- went to a small college campus and ended up on academic probation, eventually to be suspended one semester. Can anyone who has experienced this give a few reasons why this happpened to them.</p>
<p>Thanks.....just trying to get an understanding.....what goes wrong.</p>
<p>Depression, lack of motivation, family problems, drinking problems, drug problems. Some people deal with problems by throwing themselves into their schoolwork, and some people don’t.</p>
<p>hmm looks like my post was deleted by gestapo</p>
<p>Yeah mgo’s post about sums it up.</p>
<p>DC- that’s sad. Your earlier post made my morning.</p>
<p>DC, funny…but really can you offer some insight on this matter since you are a senior member?</p>
<p>Thanks for the response, what do you think would help students…do you have any suggestions that colleges could offer for students?</p>
<p>^^ Being a senior member doesn’t mean we have all the answers. </p>
<p>Or even that we’re contributing anything worthwhile. We may have gotten that post count simply by being wise-arses. </p>
<p>And how are we supposed to answer the question? It’s completely dependent on the person. Some are caught up in alcohol/drugs, some find the coursework too hard, some have issues being out of the house, the list goes on and on. There is no single answer.</p>
<p>Romanigypsyeyes, correct because you are a senior member does not mean you have wisdom, I thought maybe you have seen info written about this topic.</p>
<p>Why is it the college’s responsibility to deal with this issue?</p>
<p>Most students who get in academic/suspension usually are in their first two years of college ranging between the ages of 18-20 years of age, giving an indication that maybe students don’t always have an easy transition from home to college, even if that’s what they want. Ema, you are correct why should colleges care?</p>
<p>If they have such a poor transition that they get suspended maybe they need to go home and try again later. It would kind of irritate me if my school was using money and resources supporting students who don’t belong here instead of using it on the students who are prepared to work.</p>
<p>Ema, no dispect in short version of your name… I agree colleges cannot afford to waste money on anything that is considered a failure, and it not fair to the students who work hard. Some of the student’s in the age range of 18 to 20 again struggle with the transition and some are questioning does a “responsiblity lie anywhere and if so with whom?”
Students are considered grown at 18; but not grown enough to drink alcohol, why are we grown enough for this but not that…at 18 we are expected to have all the answers for somethings, but not others… no big deal…I am just saying…just seems like there’s no help getting back from suspension.</p>
<br>
<br>
<p>Those monkeys have their heads up their asses.</p>
<p>Careful Van, you might find yourself in a situation…maybe not school…willl you be the monkey then? No one is disputing that their thinking is incorrect to end up there.</p>
<p>Biggest reason I’ve seen is depression or partying too hard/smoking too much. I don’t know of anyone who has tried hard and ended up on probation.</p>
<p>It happens at my school alot. People come in to college as one major (usually engineering) and take too much than they can handle and end up having to drop a few classes. They try again and improve a bit but eventually they get to a point where it becomes too much. Sometimes its not because they’re stupid. There’s alot of stuff that factors into academic performance and its not always set in stone. there isnt a simple formula or profile. people have a hard time adjusting to college.</p>
<p>I was one of those students who found themselves in trouble academically. I was on “academic warning”. I was in my second year at a very very difficult school and I had two extremely difficult classes. I was not partying excessively, I wasn’t smoking. In fact, I got As in my other classes, and the following semester I made Dean’s List. Sometimes you just get a bad set of classes and become overwhelmed. I was depressed and so stressed that I got shingles. </p>
<p>Professors don’t necessarily reach out when a student is doing poorly. The student has to reach out to them. Honestly, even though it would have made a difference in my semester if my professors had reached out to me, I’m not sure that as a rule, that should be the case. College is not just about what classes you take. It’s about learning how to honestly study and how to take an active roll in your academic career, and this can be difficult since high school tends to just shuttle you through.</p>
<p>If a student is failing because they’re partying five nights a week and never going to class, that’s one thing. But someone who is struggling in college isn’t necessarily being so irresponsible.</p>
<p>Thanks, to all who posted the lcahorton “suspensions/academic probation”. I agree with with post all of the posts…that many reasons…make up “what went wrong?” It good to hear from students who have given insight into this problem… You know you feel all alone sometimes…and you get really down on yourself…College, unlike High school is not structured…and I guess you kind of miss the teacher…caring enough to call you up and say what’s going on? I am not trying to sound like a whiney student…just saying it’s good to hear from my fellow peers on this matter, that some have believe it not just that your’re partying all the time.</p>
<p>I ended up on Academic Probation last semester. This is pretty much what happened - not trying to make excuses, just say what happened:</p>
<ul>
<li>I started out in Architecture School where I was an A-/B+ student</li>
<li>Didn’t want to be an architect so I transferred to a large private school</li>
<li>I maintained a 3.6 GPA at my new college for 2 semesters</li>
</ul>
<p>Then my life went downhill really fast. </p>
<ul>
<li>My mom got diagnosed with lymphoma and it ended up being very stressful</li>
<li>After my mom died I moved in with my biological dad and his wife</li>
<li>Ended up commuting from really far away while dealing with crazy family stress</li>
<li>Had serious financial problems so almost had to drop out mid-semester</li>
<li>Changed my major twice and ended up taking a ridiculous courseload to keep up with my new program</li>
</ul>
<p>My grades slipped a lot and I briefly lost my scholarship and was put on Probation. Then over the summer I took 2 more classes and got my GPA up. If I do well on my midterms, I’ll get off of Probation by November. </p>
<p>Wish me luck : ) And congrats to everyone else who got their life together and grades back up.</p>