- Dec 19, 2003
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Question was basically in the topic description but I guess I'll entertain you all with a little backstory. Basically, I dunno, things just arn't working out here. I came in (out of state, top 5 university for the major) thinking I was hot ******, and came out a much, much more humbled person. My grades have been suffering & I'm doing pretty poorly even now (midway through finals week). Its based on a lot of things but thats an emo-ridden path I'm not going to subject you all to. Bottom line its my fault though and I'll accept responsibility for it. Heck as it is right now, I'm not even sure I can make it off probation (yeah, I took the hardest classes I could find when I got put on probation, I told you I was a prideful piece of poo), which at my university will get you dropped, I think.
Regardless, I was pretty much thinking about going back home, attending community college in my area (Northern Virginia, its one of the better community colleges) for a year or two, and then transfering out to Virginia Tech, hopefully (closer to home, good network of friends I can fall back on... a lot of what happened this year was because I honestly felt like I had nowhere to turn sometimes when I needed help- I know this is not the case (TA's) but sometimes you just need peers you can turn to). I'm not willing to believe that one year of mistakes determines the rest of your life. I'm actually not too stressed at this point, I think community college would be good for me. It lets me stay at home, classes are cheap, NoVA has pretty good ties with Virginia Tech, I could get a job, heck, could even learn how to cook in my free time (always wanted to do that, can't really do it in a university 700 miles away in the middle of the cornfields). Maybe the money I save will even in some way make up for how much I'm wasting coming out here (current college).
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Er, that was a tad long wasn't it. Anyways, my question now is- if I go ahead and attend community college in my area, do I have to transfer the credits over from my current university? Reading over my grade situation above, it really would be easier just to start over as a freshman (yeah yeah 5 years of college, whatever, college is fun) than try to salvage whats left of my GPA after this year. It seems rather cheesy though (um, keep redoing freshman year?), so I don't know. I understand grades/probation/drop status will still show on my transcript but I could probably explain it away based on circumstances when I apply to Virginia Tech a year or two down the road, assuming I do really well at NoVA. So...
1) Can I simply not transfer credit to community college?
2) Am I deluding myself and I'm just screwed & my life is over? If so, I guess i'll go grab the orange peeler and sing along to Simple Plan. And then step in front of a bus.
3) Thanks for reading
Cliffs:
1. Read the topic summary
2. lol college
3. http://emoorangesmovie.ytmnd.com/
Edit: Staying at home (community college) would also let me take care of my two younger sisters, drive them places (both parents work, and both sisters do a LOT of extracurriculars), keep an eye on potential boyfriends (youngest is about to enter high school), etc.
Also, no, I don't intend to stay in my current major. I'm thinking more along the lines of Business (finance?) major, and engineering & english minors.
Regardless, I was pretty much thinking about going back home, attending community college in my area (Northern Virginia, its one of the better community colleges) for a year or two, and then transfering out to Virginia Tech, hopefully (closer to home, good network of friends I can fall back on... a lot of what happened this year was because I honestly felt like I had nowhere to turn sometimes when I needed help- I know this is not the case (TA's) but sometimes you just need peers you can turn to). I'm not willing to believe that one year of mistakes determines the rest of your life. I'm actually not too stressed at this point, I think community college would be good for me. It lets me stay at home, classes are cheap, NoVA has pretty good ties with Virginia Tech, I could get a job, heck, could even learn how to cook in my free time (always wanted to do that, can't really do it in a university 700 miles away in the middle of the cornfields). Maybe the money I save will even in some way make up for how much I'm wasting coming out here (current college).
...
Er, that was a tad long wasn't it. Anyways, my question now is- if I go ahead and attend community college in my area, do I have to transfer the credits over from my current university? Reading over my grade situation above, it really would be easier just to start over as a freshman (yeah yeah 5 years of college, whatever, college is fun) than try to salvage whats left of my GPA after this year. It seems rather cheesy though (um, keep redoing freshman year?), so I don't know. I understand grades/probation/drop status will still show on my transcript but I could probably explain it away based on circumstances when I apply to Virginia Tech a year or two down the road, assuming I do really well at NoVA. So...
1) Can I simply not transfer credit to community college?
2) Am I deluding myself and I'm just screwed & my life is over? If so, I guess i'll go grab the orange peeler and sing along to Simple Plan. And then step in front of a bus.
3) Thanks for reading
Cliffs:
1. Read the topic summary
2. lol college
3. http://emoorangesmovie.ytmnd.com/
Edit: Staying at home (community college) would also let me take care of my two younger sisters, drive them places (both parents work, and both sisters do a LOT of extracurriculars), keep an eye on potential boyfriends (youngest is about to enter high school), etc.
Also, no, I don't intend to stay in my current major. I'm thinking more along the lines of Business (finance?) major, and engineering & english minors.
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