<p>I'm currently a first semester at a prestigious school on the east coast and have been here for about a month. Being here has taken an extreme toll on my mental health and i am suffering from depression and anxiety. I'm not sure I can stay here and perform academically.</p>
<p>I'm considering medically withdrawing for my depression and taking the semester off to get my mental health back on track. I'm originally from Wisconsin and all I can think of is to go home and get better. I originally didn't want to go to school this far away, and this experience has proved it. My transcript would show W's but no grades because I am only in my 5th week of class. </p>
<p>I was accepted to UW-Madison as an incoming freshman last spring and would love to go to school there because not only is it close to home so i have the support I need but it was where I wanted to go in the first place. If I were to withdraw because of my health issues, could I apply to Wisconsin for an upcoming term as a freshman and start over?</p>
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<p>Wisconsin considers you to be a transfer applicant if you have attended another college or university after graduating from high school. You must complete at least 24 semester credits before being admissible as a transfer student (however, you need 30 semester credits for each class level, since 120 semester credits are needed for graduation).</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Applicants - Office of Admissions and Recruitment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison](<a href=“http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/transfer.php]Transfer”>http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/transfer.php)</p>
<p>If you do not wish to do so at your current school, you may want to enroll in a community college and take 30 or 60 credits of courses that work toward the requirements of your intended major before applying as a transfer. See the transfer credit listings:</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Applicants: Credit - Office of Admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison](<a href=“http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/transfer/credit.php]Transfer”>http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/transfer/credit.php)</p>
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<p>You may also want to see the transfer agreements listed here:</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Applicants: Agreements - Office of Admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison](<a href=“http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/transfer/agreements.php]Transfer”>http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/transfer/agreements.php)</p>
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<p>You also should contact the U WI admissions office and ask if your original application cam be reactivated. Sometimes that is possible.</p>
<p>But please do not stay where you are if you are miserable just to avoid having to take classes at a CC. Go home. Get help for your depression. Then decide what your next step should be.</p>
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<p>Your first and foremost duty is to yourself. Go home, get better, pick up the pieces later. While there, check with UW and your current school (or have your parents do so) and see what you have to do and what your options are.</p>
<p>FWIW, this is not an unknown condition. Although not common, it’s more common than you think and it does happen to a lot of kids. The colleges are aware of it, and would rather have you be well than wind up as a statistic. And odds are, it was going to happen no matter where you went to school, even if you originally stayed at UW. It was just a trick that your brain was determined to play on you at this time. Get treatment and get well. Good luck.</p>
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<p>I just feel like I’m completely trapped. I’m not a college drop out, I’m dying to learn and go to school. I have a complete plan of what I want to do in my 4 years. But this place is causing my mental state to deteriorate every single day, and it doesn’t help how far away from home I am. I want to attend UW-Madison so bad but I feel like there is no way for me to get there if I withdraw unless they allow me to apply as a freshman. But then I feel like if I stay here I’m going to get terrible grades and I won’t be able to transfer, and that wouldn’t even be until sophomore year. </p>
<p>I’ve always had such a plan for my entire life and this has just thrown me for a curveball. I feel like I have no options at all. What college will want me with a bunch of W’s on my transcript?</p>
<p>Get yourself to Mental Health Services immediately. They will make sure everything is fine. Go! Now! Call the emergency number if you have to.</p>
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<p>This happens to a lot of kids. </p>
<p>Get a psychiatrist to write a letter and withdraw. Not in that order. </p>
<p>Nothing is more important than that you get home and take care of yourself. Big state Us know this happens. </p>
<p>You can contact UW admissions when you feel balanced again</p>
<p>Good luck to you!!!</p>
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<p>Thank you for all the kind responses. It’s just frightening to pack up and go home without a plan because I’m so used to having one and now everything is off track. </p>
<p>I’m hoping I can speak with someone at Wisconsin who can help me because all I want to do is go to school, and being closer to home would be the answer to my problems.</p>
<p>Another question:</p>
<p>I was informed by UW that I could apply as a new freshman. However, my parents are extremely concerned with the financial situation. I am planning to work when I get home and pay off the money that my parents owe BC. But my parents believe that if I go to school at UW in the spring they will be paying out of pocket and they can’t afford that. Is this true? Can new loans be awarded? I am very confused as to how this all works.</p>
<p>You need to ask UW’s financial aid office.</p>
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<p>Your situation is not uncommon, from what I’ve learned the last two years. My son had to take a medical withdrawal due to mental illness. It was hard on him, but he knew he needed help. Just remember that life is not a race! Losing a year or more at your age seems catastrophic, but it’s not.</p>
<p>Wherever you DO enroll, make sure to register with the office of students with disabilities. My son is enrolled at our small local university, and the disabilities office has been fantastic. Besides letting him take tests with extended time at the office, they have made phone calls for him whenever he has difficulty with a class (for example, an online class wasn’t showing up properly on the computer, so an employee made quite a few phone calls to figure out the problem). And EVERY one of his profs have told him they have dealt with many students going through physical or mental illnesses.</p>
<p>Hang in there! Things WILL improve. Make sure you get a doctor and counselor you are comfortable with. That makes a huge difference.</p>
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