Hello I am currently enrolled at a 4 year university. This will be my third year in the fall. I did well my first year and got all of my main classes out of the way. At this time I was staying on campus. I had financial aid as well as a scholarship to pay for school and I was doing this completely on my own without the help of my parents. During the fall semester of my sophomore year I got an apartment with my friends close to campus, using the stipend I received to pay for rent. I enrolled with 5 classes, but I dropped one, leaving me with 4. Everything was going good as far as life and my classes, but around 2 months into the semester I discovered that I was pregnant. This changed everything completely. I somehow got lost in everything. My family stopped talking to me, I was ashamed to tell anyone else. I just kept thinking about how life changing things would be now, and God knows I didn’t want to have a child at this time of my life. I tried to keep up with my grades, but I just could not. I didn’t act quick enough to withdraw from my classes as the deadline was right around the corner. I tried talking to my professors,but got nowhere. I came out with one D and 3 Fs. This devastated me because I knew that I could do much better. I was now on financial aid warning, but unfortunately I lost my scholarship. I told myself that I would work EXTREMELY hard the upcoming semester to bring my GPA back up and to earn this degree, not only for myself but for my child as well. I had to take extra classes to try to earn my scholarship back, leaving me with 6 classes and 19 credit hours. I knew this was a lot, but I had to get my scholarship because I could not afford school out of pocket. Everything was fine for about a couple of weeks. After that everything went downhill. I became severely exhausted from the pregnancy causing me to miss class often. I tried to ask my doctor for help, but she refused to give me excuses for school or medication for the exhaustion. She stated it was a normal symptom of pregnancy. Though I wasn’t attending class as often as I should, I still studied my notes and passed all my tests and assignments. Things became worse as far as personal issues because I could not afford rent without my stipend, causing another burden. I fell into a deep depression because everything was hitting me at once. I stayed in, didn’t do anything or go anywhere. I know this was not the right action to take, but I was completely overwhelmed. I still tried to finish the semester being that I HAD to. My grades in my classes were good, but the attendance killed me. I missed way too many days to pass any of them resulting in 6 Fs on my transcript for the semester.
My question now is, is it too late? I messed up big time, but I know I can do better. Things are back on track in my life now. I’ve delivered my beautiful son, my family has come around, and I’m financially stable. I don’t want this mistake to hinder me from obtaining my degree. Please help