<p>We had a pretty good thanksgiving until we found out my college student started being depressed this semester and spent a week in bed sleeping. We had stopped calling all thye time because we were asked to check in less this year. He got some meds, which interacted with his add meds and made him less depressed but unable to focus for another two weeks. He feels better now but his advisor suggests he takes incompletes or late drops and repeats the semester.
We suggested taking the spring off and regrouping but I guess they want him to take the incompletes right away. So that was about $20k down the drain and now it will take an extra semester or two to graduate.</p>
<p>I’m so sorry scubaguy. What happened to you is sort of my nightmare come true. Looks like Son has one semester down, seven to go. I don’t think I’ll ever stop worrying. Hugs to you.</p>
<p>A grade of “I” (Incomplete) generally means that the student has an extra period of time - often until the end of the next semester - to complete the work and earn the credit. So taking Incompletes would be the way for your son to not lose the money, the effort, or the credit from this semester.</p>
<p>I believe gadad is right. In any case, good luck to you. This must be very hard.</p>
<p>Has your son talked with his professors and explained the situation? (Not you, due to FERPA restrictions.) It’s possible that the timing of the problem might be such that his grade isn’t unduly impacted (if, say, the trouble began after midterms but before finals, for instance). I actually had a discussion with a student today who is facing similar challenges and we were surprised to learn that she owed me less work than we thought.</p>
<p>His GPA is likely to suffer, but the grade situation may not be as dire as you fear. If he has support from whatever support structure the school offers for ADD kids (or even health services for the meds), profs might be willing to work with him. An Incomplete usually needs to be completed within a certain time frame (at my school, it’s 6 weeks into the next semester), but could provide a bit of a safety net.</p>
<p>Good luck to both of you!</p>
<p>Scuba…I’m sorry to hear about your son. Is your son a freshman? We had a similar situation w/ my son, now a senior, and he was able to get extended time from some of his teachers, so he eventually got the credit for those classes. We also found he needed to be closer to home, and finding out my DS had slept for 23 hours was just the beginning of lots of changes.</p>
<p>Good luck to your and your son.</p>
<p>I guess instead of worrying about the money I should be thankful he is mentally improving after reading about the poor Harvard student. Just found out they don’t want to give him Incompletes since they gave him F’s for the missing homework and labs during the depressed three weeks and he’ll end up with all low grades. They want to retroactively drop the classes and have him retake the whole class over next semester.</p>