Possibility of transferring?!!?

DadTwoGirls
Sun, 14 May 2017 02:52:28 +0000

Regarding Allergies: Doctor’s have gotten a LOT better at dealing with this over the past 30 years or so. You should be able to get very good relief from allergies. If you have significant allergies, keep your bedroom very clean. Never open your bedroom window (if you need air conditioning get an air conditioner). Air filters help. Shower right before going to bed. There are good antihistamines, try different ones to see which works best. Also, there are very good nasal sprays that you can use, but many of them (such as nasalcrom and nasal steroids) don’t do much until you have been using them regularly for at least a week. Note that there are several nasal sterorids that do pretty much the same thing and you should only use one, but nasalcrom does something completely different and can be used and can help even if you are also using a nasal steroid. Allergy specialists should be able to help with all of this.

Where are you now? Are you in community college now? You have to understand why you are having trouble and you need to get your grades up.

You stated “kinda screwed up HS so here I am”. To me this looks like you don’t have the background to handle the courses that you are currently taking. Many classes in sciences and most classes in mathematics rely very strongly on other courses that you took in the past (such as in high school). If you did badly in the past, then you are going the intellectual equivalent of building a high rise tower on top of a mushy or unstable foundation. You have to fix the foundation first.

Also, expect college to be different than high school, even community college. You will need to keep up with the work. Do ALL of the reading on time. Keep ahead on homework. It will help if you do your homework as soon as it is assigned, so that you pick up a bit more of the material and have a slightly easier time understanding the next class. Always show up at class on time or early and always pay attention. Seek out additional help from your professors, TA’s, or whomever is available. You might need to take fewer courses at a time in order to catch up before you take a full load. Don’t be in a hurry to transfer out to UCI. Be in a hurry to find a class that you can do very well in, then find two classes, and so on.

You need to take this seriously, figure out what is wrong, and turn it around. Understand that it is likely to take a while, possibly a couple of years, to turn it around. You have to turn it around and be getting A’s and B’s, before you even think about transferring or taking a semester abroad.