<p>Can someone please talk to me? I don't know what to do. I attend one of the top colleges, and was asked to withdraw from my college without readmission for having a GPA lower than a 2.0. Send me a PM please.</p>
<p>Are you able to talk to your parents? I know this seems quite bad now, but I hope you can find someone you trust to help you through this. You will get through it.</p>
<p>Ditto on talking to your parents. Also, check your college’s rules and regulations, just to make sure that the school has followed the correct procedure (e.g., whether it needed to warn you; whether you can appeal; what “asking” you to leave really means).</p>
<p>My parents will hang me. They’re the absolute last people I want to talk to. They made me set extremely high goals for myself which I couldn’t begin to reach.</p>
<p>They’re asking me to withdraw, without readmission.</p>
<p>What should I do now in terms of schooling? I want to get my bachelors</p>
<p>Ashley, you say you go to a top college. Is it private or public? Did they offer you counseling before that? Is this the first time you’ve heard about this? How long has your GPA been that low?</p>
<p>I find it mildly disturbing that you can be expelled for being below average at college… 2.0 is supposed to be average. Someone has to be below average.</p>
<p>My suggestions are:
- Go speak to the counselor, if you haven’t already. Ask for a second chance if you want to stay there and think you can raise your grades.
- If you do not think you can raise your grades, and this is not due to problems that are getting beyond your control (like psychological factors that may stem from stress), ask the counselor how and whether you can transfer your coursework to a state school or a small liberal arts school if you can afford that.
- Apply to the state school as a non-traditional student. Consult closely, over e-mail and if at all possible over the phone or in person, with an admissions counselor or adviser.
- Regardless of where you go, you sound like you are under a lot of stress and you need someone who is going to help you work through ways of dealing with that.</p>
<p>You might be the kind of person that could take a year off and be happy about it and go back, but if you are having a tough time accepting this and that would make you feel worse, you don’t need to. You have a lot of options, even if right now you’re not ready to be where you are.</p>
<p>Finally–ask if they can put a limit on the re-application question. I mean, can you go to grad school there if you want to? Ask for a certain number of years. Please talk to more than one counselor at this school and wherever you apply to make sure you are represented by people who are there to help undergrads.</p>
<p>Do speak to someone in the administration. There should have at least been a warning.</p>
<p>IF you can’t stay: transfer to a state school, get your GPA up and good luck!</p>
<p>Or go abroad.</p>
<p>Attend Community College for a semester or two and earn a high GPA.
Then, go through the transfer application process and attempt to transfer into a different 4-year college. </p>
<p>This isn’t the end of the world. You’ll get to where you want to go, but you’ll have to take a different path. </p>
<p>You really don’t have any choice, but to tell your parents–the sooner, the better. Before you do, I suggest you figure out the reasons for your low gpa and create a plan to address them.
When you speak with your parents, take responsibility for your actions. Taking responsibility and explaining to them that you have a solid plan (community college and then transfer into a new 4-year college) may help to prove to them that you have learned from your mistakes.</p>
<p>Good luck to you. Talk with your parents today.</p>
<p>My school was a private school. I’ve been on academic probation for 4 semesters now. I’ve tried to bring up my grades but it wasn’t good enough.</p>
<p>I’m exploring my options now. I think I will transfer to a community college and get some credits to earn an associate’s degree, and then transfer to a bachelor’s program.</p>
<p>For how long is my SAT score valid? I took it in 2007</p>
<p>Your parents might get angry, they might be disappointed, but they will get over it. They are your parents. If you cannot tell them in person, write them a letter. Sound mature and tell them your plans for the future. If they have been physically or emotionally abusive in the past then give them a clear line: “I am now an adult, and will not tolerate X behavior towards me”.</p>
<p>An option is to get a job, and a place to live. Go to a cc part time. </p>
<p>When I was in college (state college, most commuter college) I always noted how easy the older students seemed to have it. They just knew how to study and get good grades. Then I dropped out of school. I traveled, I worked for a political organization, then when I needed money, I got a full time job. Nearly a year of that convinced me to go back to school. Just two years away, I suddenly realized I was in that same mindset as those older students. Studying was easy. Managing my time was trivial and obvious. I did three years of work in two years- got my original degree, and did a lot of work in the area I planned to get my masters. I got a great job, and then got my Masters. Although my Mom was upset when I dropped out, even she would admit that doing it was the smartest thing I did - because I also went back.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help. Can you brainstorm with me please?</p>
<p>I have around 28 credits from grades that are above a B. To get an associates degree I’ll have to get like 32 credits more. If there are 4 credits per class and I take 4 classes per semester, I can achieve an associate’s in two semesters right?</p>
<p>After that I can transfer to a bachelor’s degree program…yes? Is this a feasible time line?</p>
<p>I don’t think I can get into an associate’s degree program for this spring semester, so it’ll have to be during Fall 2011. Should I take non-degree courses or just get a job?</p>
<p>Call or visit your local community college’s admissions office. Explain your situation and they will help you figure it all out.</p>
<p>I’m sorry 
Is there another adult you can talk to?
I wish you the best & you will come out strong.</p>
<p>ashley, cc is a great option. Call them and get advice on how to proceed.</p>
<p>Had you told your parents about the academic probation? Are you planning on moving home?</p>
<p>@mmeZeeZee: a 2.0 is not average, it is the minimum required to continue and graduate at virtually all colleges.</p>
<p>Your community college probably has summer classes too. Go to their website & see what they’ve got!</p>
<p>“@mmeZeeZee: a 2.0 is not average, it is the minimum required to continue and graduate at virtually all colleges.”</p>
<p>Well that’s how old I am! They still gave out Ds and Fs when I went to state school, LOL. You had to keep a 1.something.</p>
<p>Four semesters is enough time to have tried. I think you’ll find CC has a lot of resources. You won’t need the SATs after CC, anyway.</p>
<p>I wonder if it would look better on your record if you voluntarily withdrew than if they officially kicked you out. That might be why they “asked you to withdraw.”</p>
<p>There are tons of colleges that need students and that have simple transfer processes. It sounds like a change of atmosphere and a less competitive environment would help you do better anyway. </p>
<p>I’d personally look for a non-selective in-state 4 year public college where you can finish your bachelor’s degree and not have to transfer a second time. More than one transfer can be socially disruptive, and it can be hard to make friends when everyone is commuting at a community college. </p>
<p>Look for a college that will accept as many as your past credits as possible. Those policies for transfer credit vary greatly from college to college. </p>
<p>It may work out well for you, because often the new college will not count courses at your previous college as part of the GPA of your new college. It will be like starting with a nice clean slate.</p>
<p>If you want to attend college this next semester, you will need to move fast. However, there are some colleges that will accept walk-in admissions at the last minute, particularly if the student is not yet officially in a degree program.</p>
<p>You were asked to withdraw because you didn’t meet SAP - Satisfactory academic progress. These numbers are typically set by the Fed. government, and have to do with minimum GPA to progress through school while colleges are receiving federal dollars as part of financial aid funding, etc. This is to make sure that schools weren’t just taking the funds and passing through students who really couldn’t cut it academically. It is meant to protect you from receiving fin. aid, esp. loans, for an education that really isn’t educating you satisfactorily.
If you try to get into other schools, they will need your transcripts, and will see that you were dismissed for SAP. This is unavoidable, and I think there is even a fed. data base where the fin. aid is concerned…
You may be able to do part time studies without financial aid. And once you successfully earn your bachelors, I think you then again would qualify for fin. aid for grad work, etc. </p>
<p>This isn’t the end of the world, but it will be work to figure out the next step. You need someone who can help advise you on what your options are. Can the people at your college at least help you understand things more clearly? You will also have to start paying back any loans for school you have up to this point, so your parents will need to be aware at some point if they have loans too.
Stay calm, pay attention to what people explain to you, write things down, ask questions, and know that many students do go through this. It is meant to protect you and the school.</p>
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<p>Your math sounds right, however, you will have to look at whether the classes you took will all fit into the AA requirements. Then you need to see if the remaining classes are all available.</p>
<p>Four classes a semester is a lot, especially since you were struggling. I did it (four/quarter) but that was with reasonable success at uni before that (I left because money ran out).</p>
<p>I would suggest you consider taking just 3/semester and giving yourself some space to regain confidence and really do fantastic in those courses, and to find an area you excel in for your major.</p>
<p>As for when–I’d be surprised if you couldn’t take any of the required courses for an AA transfer degree in spring. Community colleges are generally very flexible and aimed at non-traditional students as much as anything else. You should go speak to them. They will probably be very helpful.</p>
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<p>This is not true. If she continues to pursue a bachelor’s, even at community college, her loans will not be due. Again, speak to their counselor. They are used to dealing with transfers and leftover loans etc. so they ought to be able to help you set up something realistic.</p>
<p>As long as you are in school and working hard, they should be helping you. Keep working to find someone who will advocate for you on that. There is NO WAY you should be asked to re-pay loans if you are working progressively towards an AA.</p>