GGlocus

I don't really want to drag this so I'm going to make this brief.

Last fall, I basically chilled in my frat house and didn't go to class the whole semester.. The worst decision of my life. I was dismissed from UIUC due to delinquency, but I was notified that I can reapply in a year.

Flash forward a year, last month I've been in touch with the academic director for my major (Civil Engineering), although I've tried to prove myself, I was basically denied entrance for Spring 2013.

I don't think AP credit/internships were calculated into this but,

My GPA break down is 2.19 (103 total, 47 credit hours)

3.22 GPA during freshmen year (103 total, 32 credits)
0.00 GPA during my sophomore year ( 0 total , 15 credits)

I was counting to get re-accepted into UIUC, since that failed, I think only option is transferring to another university. But the problem is even for less well known colleges such as UIC, NIU, there is a requirement of 60 credit hrs and 2.5 recommended GPA.

Is transferring to a CC is my only option or are there better alternatives?

I'm assuming if I were to transfer to CC who offer AES they only teach the first and 2nd year of engineering. The problem is I have already taken and passed 2nd year level engineering courses during my Freshmen year at UIUC such as Dynamics, Electric Circuit, C++ applications, etc... So if I do transfer do I take the same classes, will they count for my other credit hour or do I have to take other courses?

I don't really know what to do, any advice will be appreciated.

annikasorrensen

People flunk out and rehabilitate their college GPAs all the time. CC is a great place to do this, even if it means taking some classes that are tangental to your actual major. Usually one full year of good grades in CC courses, close to your major when possible, is enough to bring up the GPA as well as show potential 4-year colleges that you are back on track performance-wise.

The actual questions of how a particular college "counts" or "calculates" your combined GPA is something that you need to search college by college because each will be slightly different.

I would say that generically speaking CC is your best route--the only other alternatives tend to be things like a 3rd or 4th tier college with low admissions requirements and at that point, CC just seems more practical.

No, your college career isn't over--but now you need to read all the fine print and find a few alternative routes back to a good 4-year college. I know several students who blew it then attended CC and then got back to a 4-year college. Sometimes it was back to the original one, but often it was a different one. If you want a 4-year degree, it is absolutely possible but now you have to work the details diligently and create a path with what is now available to you.