<p>My daughter started college and was academically suspended after the Fall Semester 2007 for GPA of .9. She admits to being caught up in the social freedom scene having never been allowed to be independent at home. There was no electricity during last summer's registration at the college and she subsequently was placed in courses by advisors without any input. When I saw her schedule, I was horrified that she had the hardest Chemistry and Biology with labs and 3 other classes to boot. I begged her to switch some of the classes around but she would not listen stating that the college knew more than me. Apparently she went to lots of parties the first 2 months, then buckled down and went to tutoring 4 days a week but never could recover. Needless to say, she failed the 2 Sciences, had already withdrawn from the Calculus and was stuck with passing Gym and orientation. She came home after the fall semester and started at the local Community College. She had done dual enrollment classes there in highschool and took 15 credit hours this past semester and has a cumalative GPA of 3.6 with the dual enrollment and past semester courses total. That is with a total of 33 credits there. She has learned new study skills and has refocused. She has cried a lot too. I feel that she is ready to go back to a 4 year college and she understands what she has to do not to be back her with us. My other daughter is a freshman at the University of Virginia and is doing well but it makes it twice as hard on the daughter who has not been as academically successful. Even though my heart has broken for her at times, I am glad that she has experienced this because she needed to get her head on straight. I told her that in this life you get out of it what you put into it Will she be able to get into an easy admission 4 year college with her history. She wrote her transfer essay about her academic suspension and accepted full responsibility and spoke about how she has grown and learned from her mistakes. Is she doomed to stay at the community college?</p>
<p>I highly doubt that she is 'doomed to stay at the community college'. Sure, maybe some of the 4 year colleges she applies to may be wary of accepting her due to her past behavior but she is not doomed to stay at a community college. As long as she can show that she has learned from her mistake and is determined to get started on the right path, colleges should be very impressed with that. Maybe an initiative she should consider is starting a program for students who get caught up in the partying scene and want to get started on the right foot at the top 4 year college of her choice. People can learn from their mistakes and one of the best things someone can do is help others that may end up making the same mistake.</p>
<p>bump......someone please respond with any knowledge that they may have about this subject. thanks</p>
<p>nkmc...that is a great idea. thanks.</p>