<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>As of right now in my life, I'm in a very very very stressful situation. I've never been this stressed in my life. I have lost appetite for food and social life. Basically very depressed. This happened when I realized I will be failing my Gen Chem and Bio classes ... This is the first semester of my college as a freshman. At first I was a Computer Sci major then switched to Bio. I want to pursue a Dental career. When I started my first semester, I went through lots of background problems in my life that really distracted me from college life. First I got into an accident then my mother left for good to another country to live with rest of my family. Then I had to move to a smaller house and move-in and get a truck etc. Between all these problems I had to miss a "few" classes. If any of you are Bio majors, you would know it requires a tremendous amount of studying and work for both classes including labs. I never invested a lot of time into both classes. Mid-semester right now I have Fs for both classes, I dropped Gen Bio with a W and I'm planning to also drop Chem with a W. As I was speaking to both to professors I have little to no chance of passing. Both professors give me encouraging words and told me that its OK to fail and it is normal for many freshman. My other 2 classes, I'm doing really well with As. My friends tell me this is no big deal and just re-take it next semester, I'm afraid if I re-take them, it will push back my other required classes and GPA ... and also on the financial part ... I'm in no good stance. My family cant afford me failing like this. We don't have strong financial backgrounds. If I wanted to re-take both classes over the summer it would cost me close to $3,000 ... This is the main reason I'm really depressed .... I'm the first person from this family to go to college and everyone has invested their money on me and I let them down ... My adviser suggested me to take my 2 A classes with Physics (Required class for Bio major) and Medicine Terminology (Required Core class for the college) next semester since they don't offer Gen Chem and Bio again until next year. I don't think its my major, as I said if I had nothing going on for me I would do just fine in this class. I never fulfilled my potential and never had the chance. </p>
<p>Whats my next move ? How is this 2Ws are going to affect my GPA ? Should switch to something else to save my GPA ? Switching to Pre-Med requires the same courses I failed. I don't know what to do. In need of desperate advice.</p>