<p>I am a musician, artist, writer, and a scholar with clinical depression. I had a very traumatic senior year which left me with no drive, motivation, or self esteem to apply to university. I graduated last summer, and started taking classes at a community college in the fall. I was quite unsatisfied with it, as most of the classes I took were equal in difficulty to classes I took my sophomore year. Sure enough, I didn't take it seriously enough, and withdrew from all of my classes but three. I ended up dropping out completely, but it was too late to withdraw from my last three classes. I ended up failing 2 and getting a C in the other one.</p>
<p>I realize now that I wasn't yet ready for college, and that I tried to squeeze 20 hours/week of work in with 3-5 classes. I also had a lot of untreated emotional issues, and hypersomnia. I have gotten help, and want to go back to school. I had a 3.6 GPA in high school, a 1940 SAT score, took advanced and AP classes, with various musical honors and extra curricular activities. I want to go to a university in which I can be challenged, and enjoy myself and what I am learning. However, I am afraid that I won't be able to get into any colleges because of that first failed semester. I want to start school for the Spring 2013 semester, so I need to start applying right now.</p>
<p>I am thinking of applying to University of Georgia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth, University of Central Florida, and Old Dominion University. I am not setting my sights that high, but I am really afraid of being rejected. I could retake those 2 failed classes, and I plan to, but I wouldn't be finished with them until the end of Summer, and I need to have my applications in before then.</p>
<p>What should I do? Any constructive advice would be appreciated.</p>