Conflicted student with a confusing transcript + limited college options

balochi
Tue, 17 May 2016 14:42:42 +0000

I agree that you should look beyond the local college…look for ones that meet your financial need. Then you just need to get there and get picked up at the end of the semester.

It’d be a burden for me to go to this college (it’s a 1.5 hr commute my siblings have to make) so I’m very much considering community college.

It’s worth noting that I believe I have a learning disability of some sort, maybe ADHD/inattention. I have a lot of trouble focusing and it impairs me. I’m always the last to finish my tests and exams. I remember on my Civics & Economics final, I had trouble focusing and I had to randomly bubble a little less than half of the exam because I didn’t have any time left. The curve saved me, but there’s not always a curve, and too often I find the teacher taking the test away from me because I take too long. As aforementioned, I have been studying for the ACT but I am no way prepared for the actual thing. I never timed myself, and the English and reading passages took longer than they should have. I really enjoy reading, a lot, but it is a very slow process for me. I buy/rent books I am very interested in, but it’ll take me as long as a month to read a 200 page book. I bring some to school and back, but even then I can only read 3-4 pages without stopping. I really enjoy writing as well, but it is a long process for me, and group projects are hard for me. I’ve tried hard to not let this impede me, and I’ve been trying to show improvement each semester (which I have). I usually average around 85-92s for my honors classes. Last year, on top of this I had depression and one of my classes I didn’t turn in any work, three months into the class I was forcefully dropped and replaced with study hall. I have a 0% average, and I have a WF on my transcript. I want to make up for this and I can only do so by staying in school longer. There’s a note on my record that my doctor advised the drop and there’s a note from my principal. I got on SSRIs, I’ve been fine since then and I’m no longer dependent on them. I couldn’t focus on the assignments at all, and I never paid attention. My mom says that these drugs for ADHD are hard to get, and even if I do have it, they’re not for children and she doesn’t want me to be dependant on them. I’ve heard ADHD symptoms subside as you get older.