Back to school at age 27, after flunking out during 1st attempt?

[KingGheedora]

How far did he get in school? I got kicked from my undergrad and was able to get back in to finish my degree. It wasn't an easy process. I had to go talk to the dean of engineering in order to get reinstated.

After having worked, school is going to be a lot easier.

I think he got 3-4 semesters in. Did you have to go to a CC first before getting back in? He spoke to the advisers from the dean's office at his old school and that's what they said he had to do.

Care to elaborate on school being easier after having worked? I personally have thought about going back for a MS but always think i might be too lazy now after not having studied or done homework for like 7 years.

 

[DT4K]

Community college would definitely be a wise option if the re-admittance thing doesn't work out.

Someone commented on him needing to get a 4.0 to get his overall GPA up to 3.0. But his overall GPA probably won't matter. As long as he can talk to a real human that has some input into the admission decision, they will likely ignore what happened years ago and focus on what he has done lately.

So if he goes to a CC for a year or two and gets solid grades to prove he's not the same student he was before, he'll have an opportunity to get admitted to a good school. Getting an Associates degree first might also be a good idea because some schools will waive the general education requirements if you already have a 2 year degree.

 

[jaedaliu]

I think he got 3-4 semesters in. Did you have to go to a CC first before getting back in? He spoke to the advisers from the dean's office at his old school and that's what they said he had to do.

Care to elaborate on school being easier after having worked? I personally have thought about going back for a MS but always think i might be too lazy now after not having studied or done homework for like 7 years.

I was a special case. I was only a few classes short, and they required that I take 2 classes at the university that I was working at (and getting decent grades (I got 2 As)) before I could be readmitted.

I've found school to be easier because the level of responsibility and maturity go up when you're actually working. Even if the weather's bad, and you don't feel like working, you go to work. Project deadlines are so much more important when you work (and the projects are more complicated.) So much so that school homework and projects are cake.

Meeting times are a perfect example: A 4 o'clock meeting for school work might have everyone showing up some time between 4:05 and 4:15. You do that at work and there are a lot of frowns.

I'm not saying school will be cake, but time management and motivation to finish homework and projects on time will be much easier this time around.

 

[Siddhartha]

Apply to schools and not mentioned the year he funked out on the applications.

 

[gaidensensei]

I don't think this is a good thing- it's like lying on your application. If the school finds out they could kick you out.

Of course. Not everyone is a honest dogooder these days. There are bound to be people like that and they wouldn't be telling anyone except if they were dumb.

 

[Turin39789]

I think he got 3-4 semesters in. Did you have to go to a CC first before getting back in? He spoke to the advisers from the dean's office at his old school and that's what they said he had to do.

Care to elaborate on school being easier after having worked? I personally have thought about going back for a MS but always think i might be too lazy now after not having studied or done homework for like 7 years.

Probably depends on the school, when I went back I had to write an essay explaining why I fucked up and why it will be different now. Talked to the advisor, got readmitted on probation, had to maintain a certain gpa for a semester or two and after that it was all good.

I was already 2 years in when I stopped, so I kept my credits but they also had an academic bankruptcy option that you can use only once. Basically if you flunk out and wait a few years you can go back and wipe out all of your previous classes. It resets your GPA, but also all of your credits.

My original school gpa by semester went 3.1, 2.0, 1.5, 1.3 and then I was done.

I came back while working 50 hours and when to school part time for a few years, 4.0 every semester. I managed to work some flexibility into my work schedule, while still working 45 hours and started to go full time. The crunch took a bite into my grades, my last year I took 12 hours one semester with a 3.7 and then 19 hours and got a 3.5.
Final GPA was a 2.9.

As a working adult paying for it myself the second time and just alltogether having my shit a bit more together than the first time - it was a lot easier. I did every assignment - made a difference! I also went to the majority of my classes(skipped a week+ for my honeymoon though). You treat it a bit more like a job, a lot more fun than a normal job but you still treat it like work.

 

[Via]

Additional bonus:

If you have any charisma at all 27 is actually a good age to go back to school girl-wise.

Whether they know it or not - most college girls are looking for a future husband as well as their degree, and being a little more "mature" can actually make you quite a bit more attractive to them mate-wise.

As long as you're not too old. I would say, depending on how youthful you look and your physical condition, your early thirties is the cutoff. Undergrad girls seem to start to shy away when they hear that "3" in front of your age.

So if you're in your late twenties - don't delay.

 

[jaedaliu]

Additional bonus:

If you have any charisma at all 27 is actually a good age to go back to school girl-wise.

Whether they know it or not - most college girls are looking for a future husband as well as their degree, and being a little more "mature" can actually make you quite a bit more attractive to them mate-wise.

As long as you're not too old. I would say, depending on how youthful you look and your physical condition, your early thirties is the cutoff. Undergrad girls seem to start to shy away when they hear that "3" in front of your age.

So if you're in your late twenties - don't delay.

Hrm, dunno. Watch out for those 18 year-old freshman. One was flirting with me until she found out how old i was (27), then said "that's creepy"

 

[xCxStylex]

Yes and no, you're talkign about general community college transfers.


I'm in the same situation as the OP's cousin. My UCSD GPA is sub 2.0 which basically bars me from entering any UC, even a shitty one.

They do have an "adult re-entry" program at CSUs for 27++. I've looked into it halfheartedly, so your cousin could google for such programs in his state.

Yeah, here in California most of the UCs (including UCI and UCD) offer guaranteed admission for transfer students if you complete certain requirements. Requirements like minimum GPA (like 3.0 I think) and units completed, specific classes completed, and major transfer requirements completed.

 

[FreshCrabLegs]

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[gaidensensei]

I knew a couple of game addicts who dropped out of UCR soph-junior year, they got readmit by going to local community college for a few semesters to bring their grades back up. It was different for my college, I don't think it had the same policy, even though it's another UC.

OP needs to just simplify it for us and state which institution it is, that way we can quit the beating the dead horse.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Now that he knows what he's going to be getting into, and that he's probably going back on his own terms, not because other people want him to go, he'll probably kick ass at it. He may be able to get into a state school directly, but it would probably be easier for him to go to a jr college for a year or two first ...