<p>Our daughter (college freshman) was in her first semester in a very competitive, very prestigious program. She started off the school year doing very well academically and then started to struggle at mid-term. She had back surgery last summer and while we thought she was doing well physically it turns out she was in severe pain. Of course she didn’t admit this to us until it was too late. She started missing classes and ended up flunking two required courses and was dismissed from her program and placed on academic probation. She’s currently in physical therapy and will most likely be scheduled for more surgery to correct her back problem (stellar student in high school and now plagued with injuries she sustained in sports). She’s applied for a medical leave from the school and she’s petitioned to be re-admitted to her program in the fall. We’ve got all kinds of medical documentation to support her case. Of course her first priority is to get her health back but she is devastated about her college career in flames. She’s enrolled in a local community college to re-take the courses she failed to better prepare her for a fresh start and to re-gain her confidence. My heart is breaking for her but I want to prepare her for the worst. What do you think her chances are of being re-admitted?</p>
<p>Obviously, I can only speak from my own experience, but when I’ve served on petition committees at my university, if it looks like the student has a good chance to succeed if given another chance, we’ll usually give it to them. A documented medical problem that is no longer an issue is a pretty easy case.</p>