<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I apologize in advance if this isn't the right forum for this thread. If you know if a better place for me to post it where I might get some more responses, please let me know. Though I suppose it could be considered a re-admissions question...</p>
<p>Also, this is a long post, I'm sorry. I'll try to avoid wall-of-text syndrome.</p>
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<p>I graduated in 2010 from my high school in Miami, FL and was admitted to UCF in Orlando for Fall 2010. I did okay; straight Bs with a withdrawn math course I wasn't doing so hot in.</p>
<p>The second semester, Spring '11, is where things started to fall apart. I failed every course and was put on probation. During the summer, my parents wanted me to stay home in Miami and transfer to FIU, but I (stupidly) wanted to give it another shot. Fall '11 rolls around, and I started off well, but slipped five weeks in and did not make the 2.0 required per the academic probation policy. I received a letter notifying me of my disqualification a few weeks ago.</p>
<p>I was not ready to go to college away from home and on my own... that much is obvious now. I wasn't happy, and was possibly depressed. My major was declared as Computer Science but I was having serious trouble with the entry level College Algebra class because math has never been my strongest subject. I've been programming since I was 13 and currently support myself by doing freelance programming work so I figured I could just suck up the math, since I know this is what I want to do as a career. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, having so much trouble with relatively basic math (I need to go all the way up to Calc 2 and I'm having trouble with Algebra? hah!) just made me even more depressed since I didn't know if I'd be capable of doing this major that I've wanted to do since I was a kid. I failed my easy Gen-eds, which should have been free GPA boosts, because I simply stopped going to class.</p>
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<p>I'm now back in Miami, living with my parents again since I wasn't ready to live on my own. I've applied for classes at my local community college, Miami Dade College, and have requested transcripts from UCF. They don't have my transcripts yet, but they enrolled me and let me register for courses anyway. I'm extremely apprehensive that MDC will not let me take courses as a degree seeking student because of my terrible grades, which would essentially make it impossible for me to bring my GPA back up to return to a 4-year university.</p>
<p>My questions boil down to:
-Even if MDC does take me and I can bust my ass off and get an AA with a 3.7 two years from now, am I screwed in terms of getting back into a 4-year university? </p>
<p>-UCF has a re-admission policy which basically says that they may let me back in if I get my AA and work hard, what if I don't want to go back to UCF? Do I have any chance at transferring into another university if I do well at MDC, or will my abysmal freshman year at UCF turn off their transfer admissions officers? For what it's worth, my high school GPA was pretty good and my SAT scores were high (1350), though I doubt they'll care by that point.</p>
<p>-(Optional) What options for majors are there for somebody like me who loves computers and programming, but has a weak math foundation? I have a particular affinity for UI design (not graphic design, but things like analyzing usability and making programs which are easy to use) but I don't think there are any schools with that as an actual major. Game design would be cool also, but again, don't know of any undergraduate majors for that.</p>
<p>TLDR: Flunked out after three semesters at UCF, returning home to Miami to take courses at the local community college. I really hope the CC doesn't reject transfers due to poor GPA because then I'm completely boned. If I'm able to work hard and get an AA, will I realistically be able to re-enter the 4-year university system?</p>
<p>Sorry for writing such a huge post. I'd really appreciate some advice, because I'm really not sure what the hell I'm going to do in the future. I turned 19 a few weeks ago, so I've still got time (right?) but I'm still kinda freaking out.</p>