Ridiculous Failure for Shame Pt.1

[Geyirib]

Sorry I haven’t responded to this yet, there is a bit of a backlog so this post is going to be a bit long.

@TS0104

@TS0104

Could you answer, in brief one sentence answers, the questions in austinmshauri’s post?

Yes:

also @austinmshauri

@austinmshauri

What’s your GPA at each college?

I don’t remember for the first one (but I believe it was mid-high 2.x by the end of it all D:) but right now its a pretty awful 2.050 I have never had such a low GPA in my life, I’m hoping I can bring that up for two reasons 1: I have an incomplete 2: I have an F on my record that should be a W. I pretty much regard anything below a 3.3 as bad but somewhat acceptable and 2.x as absolute garbage (as I think most people do).

@austinmshauri

Will they let you dorm or do they want you to commute to a local college? They made me commute this semester which I still regard as a big mistake and I think they are starting to see that. But they will let me live in a dorm this semester.

@austinmshauri

How much can they afford to pay?

My father is a doctor so quite a bit he has payed for my semester in full, though I would probably still need a loan or payment plan for a private school. When I work (summers) I pay for the loans though.

@austinmshauri

What’s your SAT score?

I currently have access to two of them:

SAT Verbal: 540 (I think this is the bad one I mentioned, not sure, I have verbal processing issues and a 2nd percentile reading rate though)
SAT Math: 620 (not the greatest but better than I expected)

@austinmshauri

Is the 3.3 GPA weighted or unweighted?

Probably unweighted? Not sure because like I said you could only get a 5.2 with a grade of A+ in AP classes, and 4.8 with a grade of an A+ in honors classes. Regardless of what class you were in its all averaged together.

@austinmshauri

What state are you in? Massachusetts

Also, now that you are not failing out, it looks as if you are specifically looking for: “applying to another Catholic School that has the same 3:2 program (which I was also accepted to before) as a freshman and transferring credits” what program is that specifically? Is this what you want to search for?

Its called 3:2 (three-two), I already know of a school that I am considering applying to that has it and I have been accepted too before. It is at a number of Holy Cross colleges, the three years is spent at one of the Holy Cross colleges you are attending and the two years is spent at Notre Dame. Both the Catholic school I was attending and the one I am considering applying to as a freshman are Holy Cross colleges.

@austinmshauri

@austinmshauri

How many colleges have you attended?

2

@austinmshauri

You can’t apply as a freshman. If you transfer to another school you’ll have to send all your transcripts.

Can you elaborate please?

@austinmshauri

It sounds like you did 1.5 years at a Catholic college and 1 at a state school. Are you considered a junior at your current college?

No, I am considered a sophomore, I don’t know why though.

@austinmshauri

Are your parents helping you pay for school?

Yes

@austinmshauri

I don’t think changing schools is the answer right now. I think you need to figure out how to succeed where you are first.

I wanted to do this semester but now, I’m thinking next year if even.

@SuperGeo5999

@SuperGeo5999

I can understand what you are going through because I have asperger’s. While i’'ve never been on academic probation or suspension I have done poorly in some classes and had to retake them. I would seriously consider going to community college and then transfering back to university. Also, look at how much financial aid you have left and make a plan.

Logistically thats a possibly viable option but I would like to avoid it, overall I have hated the college experience and I would like to get the degree I need and get out asap. Since I have taken the sophomore level courses I need for the most part I am also not sure what more community college can offer me. I also think in general its not really for me.

My loans already started to come in a year or two ago especially since I was out of school/part time for a while, so I have had to start paying, my parents have helped a lot.

@bopper

@bopper

You may want to be an Aeronautical Engineer, but that may not be possible.
You have major Computer Science Skills, so why not take advantage of that and work in an aeronautical company?

As logistically sound as this seems, I consider this a non-option. Separate from that as for the second part I personally see something like that as taking “the easy way out.” I have the temptation a lot to just get a computer science degree because I know it would be easy I can excel at it but I wouldn’t really be learning anything at the school, it would be just taking the knowledge I already have trolololing through all my classes and not growing as a person or in my knowledge, I dread the idea of being limited to working in a cubical without creating anything outside of a computer. I don’t see college as just a means to an end for a job, I see it as a means in itself as well. I have dreams I that would be very unlikely to be accomplished if I just settled for a computer science degree (partially because the “practical matter” would always tend to lead me toward just working a programming job or something like it, while that’s something I want to do its not the only thing).

@bopper

Even if you didn’t fail all your classes, you will be put on academic probation. If you do the same next year, you will be academically expelled.

Yes I am very concerned about this. Not that transferring is the solution to this problem but if I did this wouldn’t be an issue.

@bopper

You may need to look at schools that have assistance in that area…someone that will help you keep on track. It might be good to switch to Community College and get more support at home and do well in a limited number of classes. Then transfer to another school later.

My friend did that, the college could not even offer him an accredited computer science degree like they said they would to him and all the other people in the “computer science major,” he wound up transferring and is retaking his junior year at the moment. The others cant find jobs. I find that anything that is designed for special needs people unfortunately just means mediocre education for the most part and limited opportunities (unless at his college you were an English major, then they put on the ritz and didn’t let bees nests sit in the CS/STEM department building for a year). It is more than just this one example where I have experienced this or seen someone else experience this in my life.

As support from home, I’m not sure I would mind going far away for a while at this point, everyone I know is living in different states (though I am very happy that they visit and are in touch) are too busy, too lazy, or don’t care to with often because I don’t smoke pot or drink, but as for the colleges I am applying too they are for the most part reasonably close to home (30 minutes to an hour). I dont want to commute as I find when it comes to school living with my parents hurts a lot more than it helps

As I said to SuperGeo5999 I am not sure a community college is a good fit for me, and I am really not sure what they can offer me at this point so late into my education.

I hope this post answers some questions?