<p>I failed three classes and got "dismissed". I was studying computer science. It was because I took a job last semester and got caught up with work and neglected my classes. And as some may know, computer science grad school can get pretty intensive. I got overwhelmed you could say.</p>
<p>I've been pretty depressed for the past few months. Does anyone have any advice for a guy down on his luck?</p>
<p>I mean, is this the end of my college career, as I know it? Is there anyway I could get a college acceptance committee to give me a second chance?</p>
<p>You have a job, I would concentrate on that.</p>
<p>It seems you already made the decision to concentrate on your job instead of school anyway.</p>
<p>Do you really need a Masters or PhD?</p>
<p>Also, I wouldn’t say you were “down on your luck”. Your position is a result of your own actions for which you were completely in control of. You chose not to do the work required for your grad school classes. You chose to work a job that would interfere with your schooling.</p>
<p>I would reserve the “down on your luck” classifications for those that had no control of their own situations.</p>
<p>Just work hard at your job. Jobs are more valuable than college degrees in the current economic climate.</p>
<p>You can likely petition for readmission at some point in the future, or apply elsewhere. To have any chance of being readmitted, you likely need to wait at least a year, perhaps longer, before making that petition. You’ll need to explain how things will be different in your second attempt - take fewer classes or work fewer hours, for example.</p>
<p>Thanks OminousRun and polarscribe for the kind words. You’re right, I’d rather work right now than take graduate courses. I want to go back to graduate school eventually when I have a better plan. Just now, I have to deal with a ****ed up transcript.</p>
<p>You got a job in this recession years, why are you “down on his luck”? :D</p>
<p>And the job seems pretty important to you too (why else do you got “caught up”)</p>
<p>Continue the job since it interest u more, later u can go get your master no problem with all the work experience you have :)</p>