For the Fall semester I was taking five courses. I ended up dropping my Monday and Wednesday classes due to not being able to afford bus fare for four days of the week, after spending all my college money to repair a vehicle that will never pass emissions. I passed the classes I kept with A’s, but still fell below SAP policy because of the withdrawals.
I filed an appeal and was rewarded financial aid for Spring. Unfortunately, I was going through several disruptions in my home life. I started a new job, moved twice, changed my mind about the degree I was going for (which meant the classes I was taking were no longer relevant). So, I wasn’t keeping up my grades. I asked all of my professors to withdraw me and they did. I want to go to the university and live on campus. I’m 20, so I can still live in the dorms and focus on school.
My questions are: Do I write an appeal for the University or Community College? I took out loans at the Community College, so can I transfer them to the university to deal with them there in order to keep my achieved credits? Is there anything I’m missing and should know about before I try to do this?
Thanks.
^Any 4-year schools admit you?
Straight out of high school, I attended a private university for 1 full year. Then I got extremely sick and took a break for one semester…starting the following semester at a community college for the low prices. Currently, I haven’t been admitted to a university. So, no.
I’m not sure anyone can provide you with this information. You’ll need to talk to your school and learn what you ned to do. Seems like you’ve had some difficulty with anticipating and planing. Perhaps you have a tendency to just forge ahead without planning with the hope things will all work out somehow. That tendency seems reflected in this post too. Now could anyone know enough about you to provide any reasonable information? You need to find out what transferring to a university would entail. That would involve identifying possible schools that accept students with similar credentials to your own and figuring out your finances and what is realistic. Naturally nobody on this site can provide you with those answers because they don’t know your credentials or your financial situation.
Thanks for your input. I think talking to my school would be a positive move! However, I disagree. I think there is bond to be at least one person who has a similar situation to mine who could provide some helpful information. I am not only asking my questions for myself, I am creating a reference point for others who may have these questions.
Yes but you are not providing enough information for anyone to be able to provide you with any useful suggestions. Answers t the following questions would provide readers with enough information to provide you with some suggestions.
What were your credentials in high school like? Grades, scores, etc. You attended a school for one year? How many credits did you end up with? What were you studying? What was your GPA? Then you went to community college? For how long? What were you studying? What kind of grades were you getting? Now you are considering returning to a 4 year school? What are you interested in studying? What are your finances like? How much aid would you need? How many credits have you successfully completed now in total? What is your GPA now? What do you want to study? What are your career plans?
Sounds like you have had many distractions or difficulties. Are those now out of the way so you can pursue full time study without interruption. Every time you have to drop credits you are paying tuition without benefiting from it so it makes sense to continue only if you are fairly sure you can continue successfully. Otherwise you’ll end up with tons of loans but no degree.
Also if you didn’t have enough money for car repairs or bus fare, how are you going to pay for living on campus at a four year university?