<p>Good Luck OP- My suggestion is that you start off apologizing for the lies.<br>
Just explain what happened and what your plans which I guess are getting a job and going to CC. </p>
<p>I would offer to pay them back for the money that was spent rather than using it to travel.</p>
<p>As a parent I’ve been through this twice now. It’s hard for parents to be caught unaware, but they love you and will work with you to figure out how to work through this. Both of my sons loved their school, but realized the major they chose was not the right one for them. Their school has a freshman forgiveness rule where you can retake a certain number of classes that you received a D or lower, to replace that grade on your transcript. That helped with some classes for them, but retaking physiology was not the best plan for one of them.</p>
<p>Oldest son went back and took mostly gen eds to try to bring his gpa back up and try to figure out what to do. He changed from engineering to business and is happy and successful today. It took him 2 extra quarters to graduate and he didn’t have a stellar gpa, but decent and had multiple job opportunities when he graduated.</p>
<p>When the next son came home for the summer after a dismal freshman year, he and I spent a lot of time researching different majors and found one he was interested in - construction systems management. He just finished his 3rd semester in this major - all As and Bs (yeah!) - and couldn’t be happier. While he was home for break, I told him that looking at the curriculum for this major I realized he’ll need a full extra year of school - he was so relieved that I brought it up. But he’s focused and happy and that extra year will be worth it.</p>
<p>I totally agree with jeannemar’s post:
"I admit, I was about to cry just reading your post and thinking about being the one to have this conversation with my parents or being the parent receiving this news. And as parent, I would want to hear that you have given this situation some thought regarding the issues (personal and academic) that caused it. BUT, along with other posters, I would caution you against comments like, I needed to find myself and, I might do some traveling this summer. </p>
<p>I agree that writing a letter or somehow organizing your thoughts but then speaking to your parents in person is the way to go. Starting out by saying, “It’s really hard for me to tell you this, but I’ve been having a lot of problems at school.” is much better than blurting out, “I flunked out of college, so I plan to work and then maybe do some traveling.” Good luck and take care!".</p>
<p>And greenbutton really hit the nail on the head too.</p>