parents out there with advice?

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<p>So I am desperately looking for some advice. My situation is sorta complicated but i'll just throw it out there because I have no clue what to really do!
I am a 20 year old...looking to transfer schools.</p>

<p>So my high school grades were really good. I had a 90 average, decent SATS, captain of my soccer team in HS, lots of community service/ extracurriculars etc.</p>

<p>When I went to college I guess I wasn't really ready for college and had a lot of issues. I became bulimic, I got really depressed and I basically failed all my classes (D's and C's). My GPA is horrible about a 1.8 or 1.7? (im embarassed...I never did badly in my life!) After my freshman year I left. I think a lot of my "issues" had to do with that school and I am completely a different person then I was. Maybe I just had to grow up. Who knows. I was in therapy. And basically have done a 360. No longer bulimic, or depressed and have no issues with school.</p>

<p>I took last year off...And this fall 2007, I enrolled in a local NYC Cuny school... I took 3 classes last semester and I am waiting to get my grades back but I probably got Either Two- A's and a B or Two B's and A.</p>

<p>I desperately want to transfer for FALL 2008. I am supposed to be a junior and am not even sure what my real grade is right now. I'm living at home and am ready to go back to get a real college experience.</p>

<p>Some schools i am thinking about applying to are:
University of Southern Florida
University of Tampa
College of Charelston</p>

<p>Do you there will be a chance of me getting into places with my horrible past? please any advice is greatly appreciated! I seriously want to get in somewhere for the fall.</p>

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<p>I'm glad you're getting your life back on track! You do not have a "horrible past," you had an illness that you have struggled to overcome. Try to figure out how many credits you actually have and what year you will be trying to transfer into- that's important. The admissions offices at those schools can answer specific questions about transfer credits. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Congrats on moving past the bulimia. The roots of B.N. are deep and it takes courage and years to keep on a forward path.</p>

<p>With that said, I am concerned that you use the word "desperate" several times, and you refer to having a horrible past. It sounds as though you haven't forgiven yourself and fully understand why you took the path you did. Are you truly ready to move to FL or SC, so far from family? Could you move into an apt or dorm in a NY school as an interim step?</p>

<p>my best</p>