Hello!
This is long, and very detailed for possibly no good reason.
So here’s my story. Graduated HS in 2014, high honors, lots of AP credits, etc. I got my AA in a little over a year out of HS. Again, high honors and was VP of the writing club. I was doing really well! I transferred to a state school. But I didn’t care for it, so I went back home and finished my one semester there online. I did well and got A’s and B’s.
Now all this time before Fall 2016, I worked mostly part time. When I started living on my own and having to work full time, that’s when things went downhill. It was a mixture of ego and just wanting to be done with my BA that possessed me to take 4 online classes while working full time. A week before finals, I lost my temp job. Of course I didn’t handle it well.
I awakened to academic probation in Spring 2017. I was determined to make things right. I got a new, more stable job. I was doing my work. I never learned my lesson, I was still going to school full time online. I dropped one course and I felt confident I would get by that semester. Then, a week before finals, I was broken up with. That took a huge toll on me. I got a B-, a C+, and a C-. I was 2 points in the course away from having a C+ in my C- course. I begged all 3 professors to have some sort of pity, but you can’t expect much from these big money institutions. After calmly explaining my issue to my C- professor she was basically like “See a therapist, bye.” Which wasn’t the most helpful thing to hear.
So then I went to at a different CC. I did well the first semester, I got a B. I was severely burnt out at this point. The next semester I got a D. Which put me on academic probation at the new CC!!! My advisor at the state school wasn’t confident about my return and made it known. I ended the Summer 2018 semester with a C, and decided I was just too burnt out to keep doing this and didn’t even want to study English anymore.
So I just quit. However, now I’ll be working at a completely different state school from the two above. They have a lot of great benefits, including opportunities to study at that school. Now, I am very happy outside of school. I have a lot of job experience for my age and I get paid well without a BA. However, I would really like to pursue a more creative field of work and a degree gives you a good boost when it comes to those pursuits. And even if that doesn’t pan out, I’d really enjoy teaching as well.
Basically, the questions are: Is my education a lost cause at this point? Do I need to start all over at a new CC just to study at the school I now work at? Will I just have to watch my colleagues take advantage of this great opportunity while I have to sit it out?
(Note: I understand the mess above is my own doing, so no harsh comments please. Everyone is a real mess sometimes and these past few years was my time to shine.)