I’m at a pretty bad situation here. I have brought myself to probation. Not academic probation, but probation because I have dropped too many classes and am under the satisfactory completion rate. I had an inexperienced counselor/school therapist that sort of made me believe that if I withdrew due to depression that I would receive incompletes or no W’s. I recieved all W’s in 4 classes and that put me on probation. What makes it so much worse is that I wasn’t failing any classes during that term (2 B’s and 2 C’s) and I know i probably could have done well, however I knew that if I stayed in class I was going to lose my mind. I just wasn’t stable at all. Anyways, I got re-approved since over the summer I got an A in my class and was doing better mentally. This term however, I was an idiot in taking one of the hardest math classes allowed at my schoold. I should have waited until I was further ahead and out of probation. I currently have 2 A’s and a B with my math class at a 69% not including midterm or final. I don’t think I did bad on my midterm but I don’t know. If the worst case scenario happens and I fail my class would I have a chance of being approved again for aid? I have well above a 2.0 in my GPA so I’m not too worried about that. I also have the option of making the class pass/no pass so I was wondering if a D would be sufficient enough for me to keep my aid by either grade or by pass/no pass. This course is irrelevant since I am no longer pursuing a major for that class. What are my chances/best bet? (I’m being overly paranoid I know…)
You need to meet with a financial aid officer at your school to ask these questions. This is the only way to know for sure.
Then you need to head to an academic advisor to put together a realistic academic plan. You don’t want to get into the same situation in the future - you need assistance in developing a realistic schedule of classes to help you be successful.
Best wishes!