honestly i don’t even know where to start. each semester has been a disaster for me mentally, and although i’ve survived each one, this semester everything just fell apart. if my friend hadn’t contacted me, i probably wouldn’t be here right now. i ended up being admitted to a hospital on the 30th, though I was also in the ER on the 29th. I was just discharged on the 12th after being treated for my major depressive disorder, anxiety, and apparently BPD. while there, i ended up receiving aid coordinating the going-ons of my education, and we came to the conclusion that a medical withdrawal would be the best option for this semester, given that it was a mess right from the start.
most of the time, schools are very compliant with them in allowing them to file paperwork on the student’s behalf, whether it be a medical withdrawal or the request of an incomplete, or whatever it may be. of course, my college denies them the right, so yesterday i go to try and put in the request for a medical withdrawal.
first, if you’re attempting to get a medical withdrawal appealed, do your schools ask that you withdraw from them first before your case is evaluated, which thereafter, it is ‘then’ decided whether or not you’ll be granted that pardon? or is it just mine? because let’s say they evaluate your case and decide not to grant it to you, you’re basically screwed then, right?
second, while in the hospital, i was informed that:
- there is no deadline to be concerned with, and if there is one at all, it should be next week (the end of the semester, aka, 12/22/17)
- the college (whichever representative that may mean, as i’m still looking into this) would not accept my request/allow my doctors and coordinators to process the request for me while i was indisposed.
- that it should be a clean slate, or alternatively, the medical withdrawal should appear marked as ‘MW’ on my transcript.
but lo and behold, two breakdowns later and i feel like i’m drowning. there was a deadline, and it was december 8th (while i was IN the hospital). i feel so many things right now and yet nothing all at once, but i just can’t believe they hadn’t even told my doctors that much, and also that my doctors had misinformed me (unless they were simply feeding me the information ‘they’ were given, which at this point i’m unsure of, if not just in complete doubt of). on top of that, according to the dean’s secretary, the college shouldn’t have denied my request to file the paperwork, so? does no one know what’s going on in here? like, is the secretary wrong or is this representative the one that actually screwed me.
the only reason i began to move toward recovery was the assurance that this semester wouldn’t be a thing anymore. my entire semester was covered by financial aid, so if i just withdraw, then i could lose my aid forever. if anything, i could withdraw and send out an extenuating circumstances appeal explaining the situation, in which case each semester i have to abide certain conditions (2.0 minimum gpa, no withdrawals, incompletes, etc) but will be able to keep my financial aid.
also, apparently even if it IS a medical withdrawal, it’ll appear as though it were just a regular ‘W’ on the transcript. I don’t know what to do at this point, or if there’s any way to salvage this situation. i’m supposed to speak to my college coordinator tomorrow, and i set up an appointment to see the dean on monday, but i don’t know if there’s a point in doing it anymore or if i’m just doomed. my psychiatrist is able to provide a letter/advocate for me, and in addition, i’m trying to see if the college coordinator will also advocate on my behalf, but. the way everyone is treating this, it feels as though a special exception is out of the question.
point is,
what do i do?