<p>I just got the results of my last calculus exam, and I failed. This is the 4th time I fail this exam, and it's the second time I take this class.
So now I'm either gonna get kicked out or they're gonna put me on probation.</p>
<p>I've had trouble studying since the first semester. I always felt unmotivated, depressed, a lot of anxiety and I just couldn't study. I passed 2 classes but I failed calculus and there's another class that I'm probably going to fail.</p>
<p>I go to a therapist, I tried prozac, nothing really helped.</p>
<p>This is my first year in college, and I've been worried about math even 2 months before I started because it was hard for me in high school and I hated it.</p>
<p>I'm a very lonely person, I have 0 friends, the only people that I receive calls/texts from are my parents, I'm always alone in college.</p>
<p>What are my options?</p>
<p>I was thinking about leaving this college, working at a minimum wage job for a few months, pay off everything that my parents spent on me for college, gas, etc, then going to a career counseling thing where a person helps you choose what you want to study, and go to a different college next year in spring.</p>
<p>Should I do this? or should I do something else?</p>
<p>the problem had to be much deeper than calc…no way you’re being put on academic probation for failing just one class unless you have Cs and Ds in everything else.</p>
<p>are you parents willing to pay for a CC ? They’re definitely more valuable than most people perceive. There you can start fresh while still being at home for a bit (it kind of sounds like you had a hard time adjusting to college).</p>
<p>there’s really no benefit of working a minimum wage job. its kind of like a dead end.</p>
<p>I got bad grades in all of the courses I took in these 2 semesters, I managed to pass 2 of them but I failed calc, and in this college if you fail a class, retake it and fail it again then they’re either gonna put you on academic probation or you’re gonna get kicked out.</p>
<p>About the minimum wage job, I was thinking about working for only a few months, this way I can give my parents back what they spent on my college this year, I think it’ll at least make me feel a bit better about myself.</p>
<p>I think you should skip the job thing for right now and go straight to career counseling. Going to work a menial job will encourage you to get stuck in the status quo that you establish for yourself.
I think your parents will understand if you don’t pay them back right away.
Just figure out what you want to do with your life, see a counselor, and then let them help you take the necessary steps for achieving your goals and eventually paying your parents back.</p>
<p>Maybe get a psychological evaluation to determine if you might have a learning disability in addition to your depression? Until you address the underlying problem causing your lack of focus and motivation, you will have great difficulty moving forward. </p>
<p>If you just aren’t the book-smart type and prefer a more hands-on education, perhaps try vocational training (electrician, plumber, etc). You might find it more interesting and fulfilling, and the career prospects are decent.</p>
<p>Your school must be very inexpensive for you to make enough money to pay your parents back at a minimum wage job while only working for a few months.</p>
<p>Whether you get suspended or put on probation, you need to consider if you want to continue with college. It’s not for everyone, and if you want to pursue a career path where it’s not necessary, then there’s no reason to put yourself through this. There are perfectly acceptable and relatively well-paying jobs where you only need an associate’s degree or other vocational training.</p>
<p>Perhaps you can talk to your academic adviser for your options.</p>
<p>If you get “kicked out,” it might only be a suspension for a semester. Consider what the conditions are for your readmittal. If you return to your school later or are put on academic probation now, consider why you are doing so poorly in Calculus. Is it missing prerequisite knowledge? Does your school have a lower math class that you could take first? Did you use the resources your school has for help with math (help room, tutoring, etc)? Is this a requirement for your major or GE? Perhaps you could switch your major or take another math class to satisfy the GE requirement.</p>
<p>You can try to attend a new university, but you may be considered a transfer student. You should look into what the application process would be like, and your likelihood of being accepted. You should also try to consider why you did poorly in math, since you will likely have the same problems at this new school.</p>
<p>Personally, if you’d like to eventually return to college, I would recommend taking classes at the local community college, and perhaps seeking help for your anxiety and depression.</p>
<p>“I think you should skip the job thing for right now and go straight to career counseling. Going to work a menial job will encourage you to get stuck in the status quo that you establish for yourself.” </p>
<p>THIS! I personally didn’t use career counseling, but I was working (granted much more than minimum wage), something major came up and I had to move back home. I started going to school and haven’t looked back since. I was working in that job for a little over 5 years and if it wasn’t for something coming up, I would still be there and not going to school to better myself.</p>
<p>Worrying about 1 class and having it destroy your cumulative GPA isn’t exactly good. I feel I should ask though… if you hated and struggled with Math in High School, what made you start off with Calculus in college? Not liking Math (for the most part) comes from the difficulty of not learning something earlier that just keeps getting built upon. Failing comes from not understanding the material. The anxiety comes from not understanding the material and the fear of failing because of it. </p>
<p>Being lonely should make you want to go out and make friends, honestly. And if that comes from anxiety because of your grades, the only way that will change is to work harder at getting the grades you need to feel better about yourself. </p>
<p>As I said, a menial part-time job would do nothing for you (other than giving you the money to give something back) and is just a dead end. I’d say that if you are just on academic probation and not kicked out, take that as the kick in the butt you need to get on track.</p>
<p>Maybe its just that you need an outlet for your anxiety. Something that can keep your mind off of what’s not as important as your school. Going somewhere to hang out, meeting people, or just a hobby you can just pick up and do whenever you feel like taking a break.</p>
<p>Well I feel I typed enough here, hopefully something here will help you out.</p>
<p>Your taking your mind to a place that it was never designed to go, and that’s okay. Forget whatever your doing, find a field of study that your mind welcomes. Whatever it is will hopefully make you happy. GL</p>
<p>Agree with the counseling for not only career but self-worth!! It’s good that you’ve recognized that something has to change.</p>
<p>Additionally, finding a menial job, is not that easy, so you might get stuck in that cycle which would be no fault of your own. </p>
<p>SO. . . . . your college has help! They have counseling services, and since you’ve already paid for them, use them! What’s also good is that they know your campus and the professors and will work with them to work for you! By all means take advantage of the services!</p>
<p>i AM in the same exact situation - almost. i was nearly kicked out of my school too this year (my first year) but managed to get reinstated three days before the deadline, but the prospects of my cumulative gpa of 1.08 recovering enough to get me out of the academic probation zone seem sort of slim (i didn’t do the math to see what miracle i would have to make happen but suffice to say it would require an uncanny improvement upon this year’s disaster), and the chances absolutely hopeless if i can’t figure out how to go to class OR study. but im going to try again because i have the chance, the expenses are covered by government loans i might be able to void, and i don’t think im fit for the workforce - i think the workforce would reject me for being too weak and sullen and not even give me a second look!</p>