Not Doing So Good In College....?

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imma freshman, i sat out a year because of hurricane katrina, and now my grades or terrible, it hard for me to even get up and got o class cause i live so far from campus and its a long walk to the bus stop and the bus takes and hour or two to come, my mom doesn't understand and just thinks i'm lazy, my friends too, but i'm not. anyway i woul stay on campus but 1. i can't afford it, i already have $2,000 in loans i arather not have anymore, my questions is if they do tell me i can't come back next semester, can i enroll at community college and pull my grades up? even wit the loan? will the school tell me my grades are too low? will i be able to still get my grant from FAFSA too? or do you think the school i go now will let me come back, i'm really don't wanna go to summer school cause i ould use the summer and work to get a car, but i will if i have to, i don't wanna disappoint my mom but i don't think she understand how hard it is for me.

neniaf · Accepted Answer

May I suggest that you are exhibiting classic symptoms of clinical depression?  This wouldn't be surprising if your college career got derailed and you had to live through Katrina.  You sound overwhelmed, and the fact that you can't get up to go to class sounds very typical of someone who is depressed, rather than lazy.  You might want to go to your Student Health or Psychological Services office and tell them about all of this.  You might be able to use either a counselor to talk to or medication to pull you through in the short run.

As far as the financial aid issues and trying to pull your grades up, generally if you take classes elsewhere and then transfer them back to your original college, the units will count, but not the grades.  Talk to your counselor about how to get the grades up without costing you a fortune.  If you go elsewhere, you might get a grant from FAFSA, but if the school is cheaper, they give you less because your perceived need is less.

Anonymous · Answer

You should really take out more loans.  2000 dollars in loans is such a very low amount, the average college student has at least 40,000 in loans, if not more.  If you live on campus, college will be a heck of a lot easier, and you'll be able to get your grades up.  Wouldn't you rather have a degree and a means of paying off a larger loan than no degree and no good way to pay off the 2,000 dollars?  If you're not lazy like you said, you should have no problem accepting the fact that in order to get a college education, you have to put in some work after to get your financials back in the black.  

Good luck with school!  Don't give up!!

eri · Answer

2,000 in loans is nothing.  My sister and I have 100K between us, and that's not too much compared to others.  Take out another loan and live on campus.  It will make things much easier.

Not Doing So Good In College....?

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