<p>More than likely, I might lose my $2,500 scholarship. The semester's almost over and I highly doubt I can pull my grades up to where they need to be. I came from a highly underperforming highschool and college is really difficult. Especially since I started straight into a 4-year. Also, recently I've been failing my Spanish tests and getting 70's on my math tests. I felt so stressed out about keeping up my grades and my plan for college and I mean everything never came through. I am currently staying at home. Sometimes I wish I could start over and go to a community college first instead. I wouldn't be feeling so stressed out as a failure at a school I originally didn't want to go to since I intended it to be a backup plan. If I go to summer school, that's just more loans up my alley when I really wanted to be working to save up money since I haven't been doing so this past year and I'm broke. My main goal is to just finish college which is a big step on it's own. Some who don't even have a scholarship do so. Idk what to do. What can I do if I lose my scholarship?</p>
<p>College is a big adjustment. Hang in there. While $2,500 is a lot, it is not insurmountable. The best thing to do now is to try not to worry about that too much–focus on your grades. Most universities offer tutoring for free. If you aren’t already getting tutoring, please do look into that.</p>
<p>If you stress out too much about the money, you will be sabotaging your efforts to focus on schoolwork. Focus on that. </p>
<p>I’m not sure of your overall financial situation, but maybe you should have a talk with your parents about the impact of losing the scholarship.</p>
<p>But first: work on your grades. Take a deep breath. Take one thing at a time. You can do it.</p>
<p>I wrote to you on your other post, but here’s some concrete steps you can take:</p>
<p>1) Do some thinking on why the Spanish tests are going poorly. Do you know all the vocabulary? (Many people have to make flash cards for each word and work through the cards many times). Are the tests verbal and the sentences go by too fast? </p>
<p>2) Do the same thing on the math class. See if you can figure out exactly where the problem is. Do you miss “story” type problems? Do you get tired and not have enough time to finish the exam? Do you make mistakes in basic computations? Some of each?</p>
<p>After you’ve done some thinking, take the tests you’ve gotten back and do these two steps:
- Meet with the instructor and ask for help and advice
- Get to the campus study center and see if there is tutoring and/or testing that you can do to find out more about how your brain works and what skill sets you are missing. </p>
<p>Once you have taken these concrete steps you will feel better. Please do tell parents/instructors that you are terrified about loosing your scholarship and you do need help now to turn things around. Focus on doing the “Crime Scene Investigation” on your courses so far so you know exactly what happened and that will help you figure out what to do next. </p>
<p>Please know many, many people struggle their first year in college. For many students it is time management skills. There should be an office on campus that helps with struggling students. You may be very happy and relieved at the tools they have to help you. Good luck.</p>