Just got academically dismissed from a 4 year university. Advice?

It’s telling to me that you don’t mention anything about what your major is or what you’re interested in doing. The impression I get is that you are generically “doing college” by default. What are you interested in?

What are the terms you must fulfill to return? Is there anything that precludes taking time off, rather than reflexively jumping into community college with no time to regroup?

Do you think you really want to return to this college? Is it a good fit for you? Does it offer what you now think you may want? Or is the desire to go back just a matter of wanting to avoid a sense of failure, or wanting the social aspect back and seeing the academics as just the price you have to pay for the social experience?

What’s your financial situation, and the cost of this four-year college? Is going back a reasonable investment, given that you’ve already been at it for three semesters without finding your stride?

Rather than continuing to beat your head against the same wall, perhaps look into the more practical programs at your community college. A six-month or year investment in a certificate program, in a field you would find rewarding, could get you into a skilled job. Then you could consider your options from the perspective of a contributing, self-supporting adult. Either that experience will make you realize that you actually want a college education, or it will make you realize you never wanted that in the first place. And then, you can start taking the academic CC classes if you are motivated to do so.

I took a break after two years of college, got my CNA certification, and worked for a couple of years before going back to school. What it made me realize was that my whole life of going to school and having my own growth cultivated had never given me the experience of doing things because someone else genuinely needed me to do them. Doing a job where other people needed me to show up conferred something I didn’t even know I was missing. I found out what it felt like to really contribute, and helped me to see my education as a means to that end. I highly recommend taking some time to have this kind of experience. Just be a person for a while - a person who isn’t anybody else’s project, but who is making a contribution of value, and whose responsibilities take precedence over partying, gaming, etc. This will carve out the space that didn’t exist in your life, to put your education first at school. Once that space exists for a top-priority responsibility, then you can decide what it should be.