I’ll try to keep this as short and sweet as possible, I’m 26 years old, been going to school on and off since I was 18. I am burnt from it. Went to a CC and transferred to a University. Got enough credits to graduate and my current gpa is a 2.8 but my overall gpa is a 1.97. You need a 2.0 to graduate. I had a crappy spring semester because I had to travel home because one of my parents had a heart attack and was in the hospital then had to get surgery etc… made the semester really hard and I ended up almost flunking all my courses. Brought my gpa back up as much as I could over the summer and made up for the credits but my overall is still just shy from a 2.0
I submitted a hardship appeal for my spring semester. Talked to a counselor and they said that if I could get the grades changed from F’s to W’s it would bring up my overall and I could then graduate. But it has to be done by 9/16 or else I will have to reapply for graduation and won’t get my degree until the end of the Fall Semester. Spoke to my degree auditor as well and she confirmed and said if they make a decision before that date, she could then send me my diploma.
Heres the thing - thinking I would have my degree by now, I enlisted into the military over the summertime ( something I’ve always wanted to do and be apart of ) and I leave in October. Some have suggested just taking another class to bring up my gpa but I won’t be able to this semester. And put simply, I really wanted my degree before I enlisted and this was the plan that my family was expecting, I was expecting and my recruiter thought was going to happen. We thought my summer grades would bring my grade point average up enough, This has been going on since I am 18 and I am turning 27 soon and I am honestly just done with school.
What can I do? Not looking for sarcastic answers.