<p>I don't really know where else to ask, this place seems appropriate.</p>
<p>I should be graduating this spring, being that I started college in 2008. I started at an amazing, elite private school in upstate NY but had a terrible experience and was extremely unhappy, so moved back to FL. I started over at a community college. Things were going well the first year but then I moved in with a boyfriend who became emotionally abusive. I focused all my energy on him instead of my studies. My grades started to slip, I didn't go to class and totally screwed up a 3.8 GPA. </p>
<p>Now that we've broken up I'm in my third year at a CC retaking classes. All my friends are graduating from the state university and I'm not even there yet. I won't be there til next fall. I'm going to be 22 when I finally am able to transfer, and all my friends will have graduated.</p>
<p>I'm not a dumb person by any means. But I feel like I threw away a golden opportunity and like my life won't start off like it could have.</p>
<p>You haven’t wasted any opportunities. You’ve learned something from your bad experiences, and you’re back on track. It may not feel like it, but you are still very young and still have time to accomplish fine things.</p>
<p>I believe that you can totally recover and work your way up back to being where you used to be.Good Luck!!!</p>
<p>It is not too late to recover. You are still young. Pretend like you got sick for a year. Not your fault.</p>
<p>Simply do better from now on. A lot of life is luck. You can still wind up doing better than your friends in the long run.</p>
<p>You can still go to a decent graduate school, and then do well there.</p>
<p>you will be just fine. you’re only 22. you have the world at your feet.</p>
<p>i’m rooting for you <3</p>
<p>The important part is getting back up! WE BELIEVE IN YOU!</p>
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<p>You hear all this goodbyebluesky? You’re good. Keep your head up and don’t look back!</p>
<p>I STARTED my college at the age of 22 and worked hard to finish my 4 years degree in 3 years. I have survived so far at 60, debt free, and DD is in college.</p>
<p>In my younger life, I basically ****ed up everything and ended up in Military.</p>
<p>thanks everyone for all your responses. it helps a lot.</p>
<p>Life is not a bed of roses. Cliched i know. But the point is : Don’t give up hope.</p>
<p>You are on track. Down the road, you won’t even know where these so called “wasted years” went. Learn from your mistakes and move on. You are going to be fine.</p>
<p>Did the same thing got a 2.5 at cc one semester because of hard times with a long relationship that ended. I decided after that semester I wanted to be a doctor so I got my ish straightened out and am kickin ss. You’ll recover from everything gpa anything don’t worry just try.</p>