<p>This is going to be a long post. Sorry to whoever decides to read it and attempt to give me some help.</p>
<p>I managed to get into a first-tier public school in fall 2010. I was on the pre-medical track with a major in English. I did fine the first six weeks. I made decent grades in all of my classes. I never missed a class except for once or twice due to being sick. Everything changed after I decided to start playing World of Warcraft. </p>
<p>I had quit the game before, because I didn’t manage my time effectively and it was starting to cut into my relationships with people. I played quite often. From the time I woke up until it was late at night, I played WoW. I felt comfortable playing the game, because it relieved me of the stress of being face to face with people (I know, pre-med was a bad choice). After I blew up on a friend for not wanting to help with a raid, I finally realized that I was allowing something stupid to ruin my friendship. I stopped and returned to console gaming. For whatever reason, it’s easy for me to just put a console game down and go do whatever I need to do without worrying about missing out.</p>
<p>I did fine, up until the point I decided to log into the game for a few hours. What could it hurt? I spent more than just a few hours on the game and I ignored my biology homework. I woke up late the next day and had to rush to get my bio work done. I didn’t learn from this incident. I thought I could just manage it better, but that didn’t happen either. I would get bored with my homework or studying and just log into the game. </p>
<p>From there, my grades started to fall in all of my classes except for English. I didn’t spend enough time studying and I failed a few quizzes. I turned into a mediocre student, which was something I, at one point, promised myself I wouldn’t turn into. It got worse when a friend of mine (at the time) moved in with my family. She was supposedly having trouble at home. Rather than helping out with the household chores, she ignored them. She was a constant downer and after spending a few weeks around someone who refused to be optimistic about anything, I just felt like crap.</p>
<p>Then two weeks before finals I found out that my great-grandmother was dying. She lives 600 miles away from me and by the time I get to her hospital, she doesn’t recognize me, because of all the pain medication in her system. I don’t know how many people on here have seen a loved one in excruciating pain, but it’s something that you never forget. She was moved to hospice and I was with her until her final breath. That was the last straw for me. I didn’t have the motivation to take my finals. I didn’t want to do anything. Two of my instructors said that they would give me an incomplete and I could finish the courses at another school.</p>
<p>I moved back to my home state and now I’m living with my fiance. He is going to be leaving for boot camp in a few months. While he’s away, I would like to finish those credits or at least attempt to at a community college. If these credits don’t transfer, am I basically out of luck? Is that it for me? Or is there some way I can retake the equivalents of those classes to raise my GPA? I don’t know what to expect. I want to go back to school. I’m in a better situation now. I’m more serious about doing something with my life and I would like to be back in school.</p>