<p>I am really worried about my final grades for the second semester. I ended up dropping a few grades, and My final grades turned out to me A, -A, B+,B+, and a C. The C came in general chemistry. I am a first year, so I don't have more than 2 semesters of college work. But, throughout my entire education, that was my FIRST C.</p>
<p>I am trying to talk to my professor about why I got the C, as I did above 80 % on all exams, 80 % on my homework, and 85 % on my lab. The only thing I don't know about is the final, but I did fairly well i think. </p>
<p>Anyways, the big reasons as to why I didn't do so well this semester was because of having to work about 8 extra hours each week. About half way through the semester (around spring break) I started having some family troubles and it was looking more and more like my parents wanted to me to go study at my home country for college (financial reasons). It kinda got me really depressed because I had worked so hard throughout my high school (4.2 gpa) and college (3.8) education that it would kinda all be wasted here. I guess it was just them worrying because that is all in the past now and we are very optimistic about our future finances. Working those extra 8 hours helped a lot but not with my studies. I lost a good amount of valuable time that I could have used to study. The 8 hours brought my total working hours to about 25 a week. I am in the middle of finishing up a letter to UVa explaining my situation. Is there anything else I should do to help my cause, I don't want to get rescinded when I'm so close.</p>