<p>Basically I’m failing at the college I go to and I don’t think I can climb my way back up. I don’t understand most of my subjects and I barely get enough sleep every night. (I go to a service academy right now)</p>
<p>I would like to transfer to some other school next semester. Are there any schools for a B student such as myself? I would like to major in computer science and do ROTC. </p>
<p>Should I do community college for one semester and then apply? Also I would like to go to a school near a city or in a city. I want to be in a vibrant area. </p>
<p>I have done that and currently my counselor stated that I should wait it out the year or the semester. In the worst possible case I could also drop out now and then go take some classes at a community college. I’m thinking about sticking with it for one semester but once I leave I’ll be on my own. My parents will not be able to help me because of their location. </p>
<p>what obligation will you have to the service academy? will you have to buy your way out of the obligation? are your grades high enough for you to transfer, usu. a grade of 2.5 is the minimum for transfer, or will have be forced into cc to bring grades up? where is the money going to come from to pay for cc or college?</p>
<p>I will have no obligation because I am currently a freshman. My biggest worry are my grades. So far I’ve failed pretty much every test and all my homework assignments have been a C or below. Money shouldn’t be an issue but I just want a normal college experience. I have no problem going to a community college but I would like to transfer asap. </p>
<p>You cannot start cc this semester anyway because so many weeks of classes have gone by at most schools. So if you cannot transfer til January, why rush out?</p>
<p>Where will you stay if you leave the academy? do the local ccs have residence halls? will you have residency in the community of the cc? will you have to move home and go to a cc there?</p>
<p>If you want to leave the academy this semester, you need to plan your moves carefully. </p>
<p>Yeah I’ll have to wait till January. And that’s a good question. I have some family but the community college is pretty far away so I’ll be on my own. I might have to take an amtrak and move in some how. I’m also looking into a cc that does have residence halls.</p>
<p>Would it be better to wait until I finish the year? I don’t have a solid plan to move out and move in on my own. However, my grades are probably going to plummet and I’m not sure how much more of the crazy lifestyle I can handle. I just want to focus on schoolwork but the other obligations are killing me. </p>
<p>I don’t know what you mean by plummet. Are you getting A- instead of A+ or are your getting a GPA with which you cannot transfer? If you’re literally not sleeping, and you see no way to get some sleep, I’d say your health is in danger and you should withdraw now. Only you can tell if it would be better to move now, at the end of the semester, or in May. Do what’s best for your education. Consider that once you transfer and graduate from your new school, the only grades that really matter are the ones you earn there. The fewer semesters you spend at the academy getting poor grades, the less the academy grades matter to anyone. </p>
<p>How are you going to pay for the transfer school? have you worked that out with your parents? would they take you home right now and allow you to live there for a year while you worked and went to a cc starting in January? Lots of stuff to figure out. Try to make good decisions.</p>
<p>Currently my GPA is at a 2.0 or below. I think I can last this semester. But you’re right, there are so many questions that I have to work out. IE transferring and leaving. Thank you so much for your help. I definitely can’t just leave right now. I’ll have to come up with some funds and a plan to move from one point to the other. This will probably include me talking to my parents (but they will be disappointed) </p>
<p>Yeah, they will be a little, but if you act now, as you’re doing in assessing your situation and talking to us, to reach out to them and explain the situation they will be more understanding than if you let it all collapse on them at Thanksgiving. I’m speaking from personal experience here. Talk to your parents. You need their help right now, and, believe me, they want to help you. Show your maturity by asking for the help now rather than when it’s too late to save anything about this semester (should it come to that). This way they can mix their disappointment with considerable pride about how maturely you handled your situation. </p>
<p>I did not attend an Academy, but I did serve in the military and I can tell you that the ‘stuff’ does get easier to handle as time passes. That said, if your mind is made up, I would think about either Community College or even taking a semester to work a job and relax after that might be possibilities. CCs usually have open admissions or close to it and you can get admitted right up until the last minute. Because of that, I’d focus on the now and not start trying to worry about Community College until you get done with this semester. I’d also not rush right into ROTC until you have had a semester or two of break from the military to look at things objectively. Good luck…breathe…and know that you are not alone in your feelings there. </p>
<p>@OHMomof2 I’m going to talk to my academic advisory this Friday so hopefully I can get placed with some tutors. They have a writing center but it’s the engineering and science courses that are killing me. </p>
<p>@Stanatedj thank you for your input. I don’t think applying to a 4 year college is a good thing at this moment and I’ll also wait on ROTC. My parents also told me to focus on right now and worry about the other things later so I just have to get my act together. I feel that I’m also wasting time thinking about what a normal college student lives like and what I could be doing.</p>
<p>If you think that you aren’t prepared for college courses, before you drop out I would consider specifically asking the college’s counseling center or tutoring center about bridge courses, which are courses that usually do not have credit but prepare you for freshman courses. Often if you are a disadvantaged student, they can be paid for, but if not, your parents would have to pay for them.</p>
<p>Most kids can be successful if they don’t expect to graduate in four years, but take a year of mostly bridge courses and then essentially start freshman year in their second year of college.</p>
<p>I feel like if you were accepted to the service academy, they felt you could handle the work. I hope your advisor can help you get some help so you can either stay all the way through or stay long enough to transfer with a good GPA. A lo of kids have a tough time the first semester of college, no matter where they are. And engineering seems to be especially tough for many. Good luck to you, and please let us know how it goes.</p>
<p>I cannot imagine how those first year academy students handle all they have to learn and put up with inside and outside the classroom. I’m sure I don’t know the half of it, but I appreciate that someone is willing to do it.</p>
<p>Thank you OHMOMO! Hopefully I can get things sorted with my academic adviser and get myself back on track. @jkeil911 I really admire the upperclassmen for surviving this place. </p>