This semester I’m taking a Film course at my state school at the 200 level. I really liked it, and it wasn’t too hard, but my HS teachers began piling on the homework and I began to neglect it.
For some context, I’ve suffered from depression and anxiety throughout high school and about a month ago my great-grandmother died, and it’s been really hitting hard since then. I feel so tired that once I get home I can barely stay awake and just collapse. My grades have dropped very slightly (basically from A+'s to A’s and A’s to A-'s), but I spend hours doing my homework because I can’t focus on anything, and I’ve been having more panic attacks. It’s not a viable excuse for not doing my schoolwork, but hopefully it’s a decent explanation.
Basically, I messed up big time. I completely forgot to do a paper for my dual enrollment class and even though I rushed to do it, I didn’t finish it and am now failing the class. My mother told me to withdraw. I could probably pass with a C, but my mom said to drop it because my college transcript is a 4.0 and it will tarnish it.
I don’t need this class to graduate high school or anything, but it’s the first class I’ve taken that I really like. I also heard that having a withdrawn on your dual enrollment transcript can affect admissions and more importantly, financial aid. I’m usually a very focused and borderline obsessive student, but it’s been so difficult third semester. I don’t know if I should keep with the class or not. I can barely keep up with my HS classes and now the actual potential to ruin my admissions/aid chances either via bad grade or withdrawal stresses me out even more. What should I do???
