<p>This will probably be SUPER long, so I'm sorry, but you can't say there's too little information for a response ;)</p>
<p>Ok, so I started out at a community college as an English major, liked it enough to try my best at pushing through some super frustrating focus problems and ended up doing ok, and then transferred to a 4 yr uni and changed my major to computer science because I had really gotten into computers and still love them, but math is totally my kryptonite. I thought I could push through it anyway, but ended up failing two math classes my first semester, earning me academic probation and then decided to retake them this semester. I'll probably pass one of the classes I'm retaking but will fail the other as well as one more math class because I'm the moron who, after failing two math classes, decided to sign up for THREEE the next semester. It's not even so much the math as the math tests. During study groups, I can solve problems correctly and even explain it to other people and my friends even get excited and then thank me after THEY get a good grade on a test -_-, but once that test gets placed in front of me, full of problems that seems do disconnected from the world and people and therefore seem kind of pointless and knowing this test is 25% of my grade, I freak out, freeze, and blank. Basically, it's been the worst year of my life...so far. Aside from the academic failure there's been a lot of stress and anxiety at home and combine that with a hell of a lot of family drama and the failing attempt in computer science (I do well in the computer classes, just not math), I've been more than miserable and stressed. </p>
<p>My teachers told my mother in elementary school and high school that I needed to be tested for ADD, but my mother's one of those ppl who doesn't believe ADD and ADHD actually exist, so refused. I went to the doctor last semester when I was having an extremely hard time focusing - also had another medical issue, so just figured it was a good time to talk to my doctor about it. My doctor said that it's likely, based on my answers to her questions and the questions on the forms I filled out, that I have ADHD, but that she wouldn't give me anything for it, because she doesn't give such medication to college students who ALWAYS abuse it or sell it. So I guess I can add whatever happened there to the building chaos consuming my life. </p>
<p>Anyway, according to my school handbook, I'm in for a definite suspension. I have an appointment with the dean of students on Wednesday, so I'll know more then, but I'd like some input now that possibly include answers the dean won't want to give me based on information I don't really want to give him. I've always intended to get my degree in Criminal Justice (a major my current school doesn't offer). The English degree was part of another aspiration, but I had still intended to go for two degrees. Then I decided to follow a career path that I'm super passionate about and will do anything to be able to keep going and reach my goal that will allow me to use both my love of computers and criminal justice and recently found out that I can probably just take certification tests and use certifications in lieu of a B.S. which is pretty common in the world of tech I've been told, leaving me with just my CJ degree. Requirements for this degree include a couple classes I've already taken (psychology and criminology) and did awesome in and loved as well as sociology and philosophy which are also totally my forte. There's NO math! Whoohoo! Now, I just have to get past the giant deadbolt my university's about to put on my academic record so I can pursue it. </p>
<p>A local community college is an open admissions school and will accept me despite the suspension. Then there's another local university I can transfer to to continue my education when I run out of the super cheap classes at the cc, but based on the research I've done online, I need to get readmitted to my previous college first. I don't think it'll be hard, but do I then need to continue taking classes there for a semester to get rid of the probation I'll be on once I return? Will they accept any of the credit for classes I take at the cc that are relevant to the computer science degree? Are the classes that relate to the criminal justice degree likely to transfer over to the other university I plan to go to after I'm readmitted to my current uni and get off probation? Is there a way to transfer directly to the second uni instead of going back to my current one? I'm trying to attack this problem calmly and logically while also trying to maintain an awesome sense of humor so I don't go off the deep end, chuck all my cards in the air, and head out on a cross country bohemian backpacking journey with no money and no future, but I could use some help :) Any at all will be greatly appreciated.</p>