should i take time off from school for my ill family member?

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‘Or go higher up with DOE and see if your old application could be reused in its entirety, given the situation-?’

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<p>well i submitted a new application, but its almost identical to the previous one. I already told them about my situation and they said they can’t secure me a spot in the summer, so I just have to re-apply and hope I get accepted again</p>

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'How soon do you have to make this decision (about where to attend) ? ’

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<p>well my classes start tomorrow. I talked about this with my family again, and they said that i could always take the classes for now, but then drop them before the deadline, so we have more time to think about my taking time off from school. I’ll likely take the classes for now, but then drop them within 2 weeks</p>

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‘I would suggest taking the ONE course near your home and being there with and for your family. I think this is one time you should perhaps put them before yourself in this decision making.’

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<p>i looked into that one course at the JC near home, and it will have conflicts if I take the winter quarter off, but then return to my university for the spring quarter, as the JC uses the semester system. Luckily, that class doesnt start until the end of the month, so I have more to think about taking it or not, but i likely won’t, as I can just wait until the spring to take that class at my university (assuming i only take 1 quarter off from school)</p>

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‘There isn’t a professor in the world who would hold it against you that you needed to help your family during your Dad’s terminal illness.’

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<p>I really hope so. They may find me annoying by now since I’ve asked them for letters of rec a few times now, and turned down offers to summer programs I got accepted into, because of my change in career goals, and because of those locations were too far from home, so I couldn’t see my dad often</p>

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‘But if you had a challenging relationship with your parent, and you have the blessing of some time before he goes, if its at all possible for you to spend time and heal things or close things before he goes if you haven’t already, I just wanted to mention it.’

‘I just feel that in this situation, where the distances are very manageable evidently, he will be just as good a son either way. If he lived 500 miles away I’d be commenting entirely differently; then I’d tell him to drop the semester. But he’s close.’

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<p>That’s why i thought coming home for 4 days a week would be enough to see my dad, as school is only an hour away from home. But judging from the responses in this thread, my dad and my mom would probably need me home more than that, so I’ll likely just take the entire quarter off, as much as i really don’t want to</p>