Trying to come back after a bad time

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<p>I asked this question in a different forum and was told i maybe able to get some good answers here. </p>

<p>I started living at college in 2008 and I lived in the dorm. My first semester went fine, but when the second semester came around I started having a lot of relationship problems with my ex which i was engaged to at the time. It was bad enough to where I stopped going to classes altogether and it didn’t occur to me to drop them. Needless to say I failed everything and lost my scholarships and had loans out with nothing to show for it. The next school year I tried to get back to school, this time at a community college as they would let me take classes. My relationship got worse and this time I saw that I was doing the same thing, started skipping classes and not doing the work. So I dropped those because I didn’t want to make the same mistake again. So long story short, I ended up going to counseling because I finally told people about how I was having suicidal thoughts, which is why I didn’t care about classes, nothing mattered.</p>

<p>Now i'm out of that time in my life and I want to get back to school. However I still have those failing grades messing up my record and I was wondering if anyone knows if/how the failing grades could be disputed and taken off of my record because of medical/mental reasons.</p>

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<p>You can contact the colelge where you got the poor grades & explain the situation and ask what your optinos are at this point (the sooner the better). Do you have any medical documentation about some of the treatment you received during the time period when your grades nosedived? Do you have a healthcare provider who can help document your journey and vouch that you were having these health issues and have now fully recovered?</p>

<p>Even if you are unable to get your bad grades changed or disputed, you can still move forward by doing your very best and getting great grades now and for the next few terms, getting your AA & then applying to another 4-year U (perhaps an in-state U to keep costs down).</p>