<p>Hello.</p>
<p>I am a 23 y/o student who is having a very tough time. For the sake of clarity I will tell you my long story from the beginning. (And please don't judge me as I have made very bad decisions in terms of my schooling lol)</p>
<p>I graduated high school in 2004 and enrolled in community college right after. I took a few classes (4) and only completed two and decided to withdrawal.</p>
<p>After this, I entered a "career school" (non-accredited) in 2006. I was enrolled in an Associates in Specialized Business program. About mid-way through this program I found out that this particular school was not accredited and I would have a hard time transferring these credits to a 4-year college. (This school does have enrollment agreements with two accredited colleges but they are too far from where I live and do not have a program I would be interested in.) So, I decided to leave and go back to the community college. All was well but I wound up withdrawing here too.</p>
<p>Fast foward to 2008. I re-enrolled in the career school which was happy to take me back. Unfortunately I had bad attendance and was terminated in the summer of 2008. After I paid back both the community college, and the career school, I decided to see if I could try and enroll in a traditional 4-year college. I was denied from every school I applied to. I hadn't earned enough credits at community college, and the career school credits where of no use (as far as I could understand).</p>
<p>I then tried re-enrolling to the community college but I was told that they could not "accept my financial aid due to having too many credits left to take". I was confused but what could I do? Without knowing what to do or where to go, I called the career school. They offered to take me back (again) as they now have new staff. They told me that I would be finished soon and it would be no problem, so, I re-enrolled as of 9/09. Classes were set to begin in October, which they did. From the first day I attended, they had problems with my scheduling. I was put in classes I had already received advance standing for. Apparently the classes I needed to take did not align with the schedule of the rest of the students. Their option was to put me in a class I already took (Psychology) for "attendance purposes" without me doing any work. The class was four weeks and I attended it for three. The teacher of this class told me to find out where I was going next, as this class would be ending soon. I was then approched by a former teacher who suggested that I work one on one with him to complete assignments in leiu of sitting through that class or any others that I have already taken. He said he would need to run it by the dean. </p>
<p>This monday I was to get word from the dean what the outcome would be. She brought me in her office and told me that I could not work with this teacher and that I needed to sit in class "like everyone else". I explained that showing up or doing the work is not a problem, I just don't want to be wasting my time. She said I could work one on one with another teacher to complete what I needed for my Legal Studies requirement. However, there was no teacher available for this until Thursday (today) and to come back then. Tonight I show up, ready to work and I am told by the Dean and the teacher I am to be working with that now they want me to attend school on Saturdays to complete my Legal Studies requirement. I was unhappy with this because a) I do not want to and cannot attend school on Saturdays and b) this is something that could be said to me on the phone, and not in person. I drove all the way there for no reason. After telling me I will be attending on Saturdays I was told (verbatim): "but you have to come in on Monday to see if you are really going to be coming in on Saturdays from now on. We have to make sure." What? I became increasingly irritated and explained that if my scheduling was going to be this convoluted, I should have been informed of this back in September. Also, I would have never re-enrolled if there was to be this many problems. I understand that I brought this upon myself in some ways, but I was never informed that coming back to finish my degree would cause such a hassle for everyone. What I really wanted was to find out what to do with my credits but since they offered to take me back, I figured it would be a solution to my problem and I could be finished quickly and on my way to a Bachelor's degree.</p>
<p>So the bottom line here is: I want to withdrawal. I am tired of getting the run around and also being treated poorly by the school officials. My questions are:</p>
<p>1) What happens to my financial aid? Do I owe the school?
2) Can I go somewhere else? Would I ever get into a 4 year school?
3) At the very least, is there an online degree I could get? Where do I go from here?</p>
<p>All I <em>really</em> want, is a bachelor's degree in the Social Sciences. I am afraid that I've messed myself up too much in order for this to happen. This can't be the only school on the planet. Help me please! :-(</p>