Help! Failed first quarter of UCSB on finaid probation already - can I continue?!

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<p>I transferred into my junior year at UCSB with a 3.6 GPA as a Physics major, and despite getting almost all A’s in my 3 classes this Fall Quarter, I’ve failed the finals (my professors made them worth 50% of my grade ugh) and I’m worried about how to proceed. I started the quarter in Good Standing academically too.</p>

<p>I’m on financial aid probation from last year - I tried Fall quarter 2013, but had to academically withdraw due to outside issues. </p>

<p>Now I know I had to get at least a 2.0, but since I’ve failed almost all the classes I don’t make that financial aid requirement. </p>

<p>Can I even continue this upcoming Winter quarter? </p>

<p>On another note, should I give up Physics and go back to Engineering or something easier to ensure I won’t have this problem again? </p>

<p>I’m a working single mom at 24 years old and I have to commute 1.5hrs in the mornings to school and 40min back without traffic. My Physics dept head said those circumstances don’t bode well for really hard majors… And now I feel so deflated, that I don’t know if I can do it. Should I change my major or if I dont, how do I stay in UCSB while I wait for these same classes to be available to retake? </p>

<p>Will I be kicked out? How do I even begin to enroll or try to enroll in different classes for Winter quarter if I’m permitted to? The Winter quarter classes were all upper division ones that required me to pass this quarter and I’m just so lost and so confused and I don’t have anybody to help me figure any of this out. </p>

<p>Thank you so much and Happy Holidays! </p>

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<p>Engineering and physics have similar level of difficulty. On the other hand, engineering could gives your more opportunity for jobs.</p>

<p>It seems that part of the problem is your commuting time. You don’t have enough time to study and to take care of your family. Can you arrange to live on campus? Do they have child care on campus?</p>

<p>Probably you should take easy classes (general ED, minor, intro to some other major,…) in Winter quarter to make sure you will not be expelled. Once your GPA is high enough you can continue to take classes required for the major. You may need 2 or 3 extra quarters to graduate. But it’s still better than dismissal.</p>

<p>Best wishes!</p>

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<p>Unfortunately I cannot afford to live on or near campus and being that my father has been the only male figure in her life so far, I don’t want to take her away from seeing him regularly. </p>

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<p>So my counselor said via email that the college won’t let me transfer to engineering because that’s going from the college of Letters and Science to college of engineering and that won’t work apparently. Also, I have to file an appeal to continue next quarter but I can only choose from a few majors… Ugh</p>