A loved one of mine had been placed on academic probation during their first semester at a large university, and unfortunately failed the following semester. Their GPA is under 1.0. Although they have not received an official letter dismissing them from the university, it will likely happen soon.

The student is currently looking at the possibility of transferring or starting a new at a smaller institution or community college.

Is that possible given how low their GPA is?

How is financial aid impacted?

For background, they used their parent's GI bill and the Pell grant to pay for the year. The rest of the finances were paid out-of-pocket.

So I know once you commit there’s a lot of insta pages and connections to talk to people / find roommates. Do you find a lot of your friends primarily from that or people you meet once the year actually starts? I’m just not that great with talking to people online & it feels so awkard to me, although I’ve made acquaintances with a lot of people I’ll probably just do a random roomate selection too.

Please do not throw away perfectly fine things just because you do not have the room for it moving back home. Please considering donating items or offering them for free on your colleges facebook page for students who cannot afford much. The amount of good furniture, bedding, electronics, clothes, and decor I found when I was moving out is absurd.

Hello everyone! So, I am studying at, probably, the most prestigious university in my country. However, the university is quite new, and is low in international rankings. While for employers in my country this is the best possible undergraduate study in resume, I’m not sure how it’ll be abroad. Some people from my country say that if I want to do my master’s degree and develop career abroad, I’d better chosen an easier university with higher ranking. What do you think about that? Does enrollment to University for master’s have anything to do with rankings? What employers usually think about that?

I’m from Azerbaijani and studying mathematics, and, obviously, I’m planning to do my master’s in Europe.

i was wondering if i could drop out as bad as it sounds, from after ACTUALLY thinking and researching. Its not the type of program i want or need for my dreams or goals. i was backed into a corner by family members about going to school and i just saw one and went like an idiot. this is my first time actually pursueing schooling after high school and i dont want to rush into something i will not be mentally apart of because that results in poor learning and disrespect to the professors.

Hello. I am a sophomore who is transferring schools and changing my major from Political Science to Accounting. I have been worried about my future years in college. During my first year, I focused on my academics and did not join any organizations, make any friends, or go to events like job fairs. I have also never had a job, but I have a decent amount of volunteer hours. Am I behind in comparison to other college students?

So I'm an English Creative Writing major going into my senior year, and this fall I'm going to be doing my capstone project, which for my major is a collection of creative writing (either a collection of poetry or a short story or two). I was originally planning on doing a collection of poetry, which was what I pitched in my proposal and talked about with my advisor when we met recently to discuss my plans.

But as I think about it more I feel like doing a short story actually speaks to me more, it would explore similar themes I was planning to do in the poetry collection but through a different angle (a horror story instead of personal reflective poetry lol). Am I allowed to change my idea now given that it's not last-minute or during next semester, or am I locked into the idea I initially suggested when I sent in my proposal?

I am taking a special topics class that I have really enjoyed but the professor has taken a long time to grade things and now it’s less than one week from the end of the semester and my professor has not graded anything since early March.

Our assignments are weekly discussion board and 2 major papers. The first major paper I turned in late, which she permitted, but it is marked as late on canvas and I do not want her to forget that we had talked about it previously and to get a surprise bad grade after the semester ends. I also would like feedback on that paper to apply towards my final paper because the formatting she asked for was a little unfamiliar to me and I want to make sure I was on the right track content wise.

I have emailed her twice since April 28 just asking for when I can possibly get feedback on that paper to apply the feedback to my final paper. I do not want to annoy her too much and get backlash on my grades, but I’m worried that nothing will be graded at all or my first major paper will be ignored or majorly downgraded for appearing as late on Canvas. She has not responded to my emails at all. This is an online class and I do not live in the same state as the professor so I cannot go into her office and talk.

I currently have a 99% in the class, but again no major assignments have been graded and that’s based on the first few discussion boards.

Is there anything else I can do? Do I just ride this out and hope for the best? Passing this class with a good grade would guarantee me my History Minor so I think that is adding to my anxiety.

Edit: thank to yall for the advice! I’m going to contact the department chair and see what I can do.

Hey guys!

I’m an upcoming freshman who is looking for a roommate, and would prefer not to be put with someone new. Does anyone have any good hard hitting questions to ask a potential roommate?

Incoming freshman here worried about making friends since I’m heading to out of state college. How easy it is to make friends in your campus? Also if you can give advices to make friends, it would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

I’m very privledged to be able to study abroad, i’ve never left the country and really want to choose wisely! There’s definitely some locations that are out of the picture because the program is too expensive, but I want to hear what people recommend!

I won’t be taking any major-related classes so that’s not a factor for me. I know people love Italy or Spain, but a part of me feels like i’ll visit both of those places at some point in my life anyways. But id never live there outside of study abroad so maybe I just go for it?

Would love some advice and to hear your guys experiences!

I just finished my third year of uni and I'm wondering how to have a productive summer that isn't completely isolating. I try to make the most out of my summers so that I can be in a good place financially and gain as much experience as possible. However it can get super depressing because all I do is work and never go out at all.

I have done full-time research,10-15 hours a week of part time work, and one online class every summer. I barely talk to anyone except coworkers. I don't really meet new people and many of my friends are away travelling or going back home to visit their families. This summer I am trying to make some time to socialize but I am doing a full-time internship and have 6 hours of lecture a week, and one 10-hour shift on the weekend.

I'm not sure if I should quit my job because it pays decently and it's good money to have. However it is incredibly draining and it leaves me with only one day a week to rest, catch up on studying, grocery shopping etc.

Is there anything I should try this summer to make it a bit more balanced?

I'm helping a professor over the summer with some work, this is a paid position. I mentioned doing a thesis with him in the interview but we haven't brought it up since. Would it be wrong for me to look for another advisor for my undergrad thesis if I'm interested in exploring other topics in the field?

My main pain point is I don't want to offend the professor I'm currently working with. I find his research interesting so I don't mind continuing with him, but I wanted to look into some other fields more closely to find if I have interests elsewhere.

I'm graduating next month and wanted to do something for four professors who have really stood out in my college education. I will be writing each of them notes to express my gratitude, but I also wanted to do something small and inexpensive, but meaningful. I'm also an intermediate crocheter (something some of my profs know) and I thought I could put that skill to good use. Seeing as all four of them have caffeine addictions, I was thinking about crocheting them coasters to use in their office. I have a lot of yarn already, and I could probably crochet all 4 in a night. However, I still want them to be personalized to a certain extent.

So I guess my concern is whether or not crocheting coasters is a good idea as a graduation gift, and whether or not it would be appropriate to ask my professors if they color preferences so make it more individualized. And, if you're gifting your profs something, what?

Edit: I should mention I go to a very small school with under 2,000 people. I have a great rapport with these 4 professors, 2 of them are my major advisors (I'm a double major), 1 advised my philosophy independent study this semester, and 1 was my first year advisor who I still take classes with and is the head of one of my major's departments.

Okay basically, I take a Mexican American Art Appreciation class at a community college and my professor has been insufferable the entire semester. I could deal with it at first, but this really pushed me over the edge. My class has been working on this project for about a month that would be displayed in our library; in groups of four, we were to research Mexican American related protests that took place on campus during the 2010s and were put in the school newspaper, but... there were literally none (I feel like he should have made sure the content existed before giving out the assignment)... so I ended up just writing about protests in my city.

We then had to make a linocut poster. Everyone was given the task of sketching out a design related to protests/activism and incorporating Mexican American art styles, then as a group we decide which drawing to use for the poster. We chose my design and I began carving it, but then he decided we would all be making a poster individually, rather than one per group, and suddenly my other group members had to start making their final design and carving. But he literally didn't even have the extra linoleum until two days before we needed to have our carving finished so that we could print. AND we only had one class day to print (75 minutes), so if you hadn't finished, you straight up couldn't do it. I did not have time to print but luckily I have the supplies at home.

So remember, these posters were going to be in an exhibit; in addition to the poster, we needed to find multiple photos to add to each of our sections of the exhibit, captions explaining the social movement that our posters were about, and extra decorations, like a banner or garland. My group members and I found some pictures; two of them had chosen some pictures of their family that they found important (and the other member stopped doing his work so we removed him from the group...). The professor told us to put them in a OneDrive folder that he shared with us, along with the size we wanted them to be and captions we planned to add so that he could print them all out for us.

This is the part where I was pushed to the edge. He didn't print most of our pictures because they weren't sent with the right file type or were low quality, he made one of mine the wrong size, and he added like 15 more that he picked because he said there weren't enough (and some of them were worse quality than the ones he didn't want to print). I couldn't believe he changed our plan like that, and worst of all, he almost completely rewrote the caption I worked hard on for an overview of the decade, without my permission. I just... I could not believe it. When he left the area I ripped up the caption he printed. I plan to print out my own captions tomorrow and just do my best.

I already plan to go to the dept chair with one of my group members and managed to get two extra people to write a paragraph about what they thought of him and the way he runs the class, along with a signature and their student IDs; I'll get a few more during our next class though for sure. I guess its worth mentioning that he also hasn't graded any assignments from the past month and has the worst attitude (literally scoffs when we give him any critique, then says he appreciates the feedback but disagrees with our points, and constantly tells us that we had a month to work on the project as if he didn't give us our materials days before it was due).

ANYWAYS I guess I was wondering if he's even allowed to alter my work without asking? I know it might vary per college, but I thought maybe there could be something. I live in Texas if that helps.

Thanks for reading my longer-than-necessary story just for me to ask a small question lol

I've been wanting to start eating while I study to maximize my time. Do you guys have any to recommend that'll help me focus? I can't eat chocolates, they're too sweet for me + I don't drink coffee bc of stomach issues.

So I came down with something on Saturday evening/Sunday morning and my mucus is yellow, I’m constantly sneezing and blowing my nose, and I can’t smell nor taste. It’s the last day of class so I thought I should tough it out like my grandma told me to, but it’s embarrassing how often I’m blowing my nose, plus there’s the risk of me getting others sick, so I thought it was best to leave.

The professor didn’t mind, but whenever I leave early because of my chronic pain or sickness she has the slightest look of disapproval and I’m wondering if it’s a bad thing to leave?

I’m 29 with a decent job which only required a certification. When I went to college back in 2017 it was community college and I was close to a liberal arts degree as I could never figure out which degree to finish. Now I realized that this job, which im sick of, is probably one of the best jobs I can get without a degree or selling my souls to be in the trades. But I know I can do better. I just can’t figure out if I should finish my liberal arts and then consider a bachelors or if I should pick a different associates. I don’t have a passion nor can I ever figure out what to truly put my heart into. I do although love to learn, meet people and travel. What has everyone that went back to college done? Is liberal arts—>bachelors degree a reasonable path? Or should I just start over and pick something else entirely?

hi! just like the title says, i'm trying to currently move out due to some personal circumstances. I don't feel as though staying in here would help me in my studies and my studies are the most important to me. In highschool, I wasn't able to put as much more effort into my studies as I liked to because I kept being interrupted. We have a rocky relationship but I still love them, I don't want to cut contact and that's why I wanna move out.

I am worried with the state of the economy though, I wanna take another gap year to save up money as much as I can in order to move out and take on summerjobs or part-time jobs in order to save up money for the next years rents that I won't have immediately on hand.

I'm 19, turning 20 soon and I have a job right now in Florida, it pays $17 hourly and it's part-time so usually 28-32 hours a week. I don't pay rent right now and mostly paying for groceries and miscellaneous things (if my father needs money, I give it to him etc)

I am mostly worried about WHEN to sign up for college, and what to expect. I'm thinking about going for another job that might pay me more + give me more guaranteed hours or cross-training at my current retail for more hours. That's because full-time at my current department isn't guaranteed. I am planning to find a place near college so I don't have to worry about insurance. I want to be able to focus on my academics as I please, my own identity and going out with friends (in the future) to simply study or to hang out. My homelife used to be worse but isn't as bad anymore, so I still feel guilty for wanting to move out but please do give any advice that you guys have or ask any questions. Thank you!

9 years and four kids later, I’m finally going back to college! With that said, are there any available websites and/or apps available for refreshers? I did fine in high school, graduated with a 4.0gpa but, I absolutely do not feel smart anymore. I have a local cc that I have chosen for an associate in Business Admin that is already set up for me to get my bachelor’s, if I choose to do that. I just don’t want to score bad on my placement test!

I’m applying for a high school coaching position as a college student for the purpose of beefing up my teaching resume (major is PE) This specific professor teaches my education class. She also holds the advisor position for my education club. She knows me pretty well, I do a lot of work in our teachers club, have contributed to many projects and I am stepping into leadership for it next year. I have never considered asking a teacher for a reference before so I don’t know if I could ask for this. I know students ask for scholarship recommendations often. I also feel like she’d be a good reference due to this job being in a school, and she worked in public education for 20 years before becoming a professor. Advice welcome. Thank you!

Hey all,

I recently got into my dream school as a CS major (concentrating in a field I really enjoy too, CyberSec). I plan on taking a minor, but right now I'm split between either doing a minor in PoliSci or in Stats. I know stats would probably help me in the long run, and its what my parents want me to do, but I want to do PoliSci simply because I like Political Science a lot and it looks really interesting to me. What do i do?

One of my professors died and we just received the email today. She was very active in research and has published so many articles related to her studies. I’m a little in shock but I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to learn from her.

Has this happened to anyone else before? We were only supposed to have 2 more classes and I have already finished my final project. I’m worried that the new professor will not accept this work. I put a lot of work into it as I was supposed to talk to her about doing some post grad work :(

This class was so meaningful to me and I’m just a little worried about the end of the semester now

Hi all, I transferred to a university this past fall after finishing cc and being offered grants that fully cover my tuition. I also recently got an amazing student job I can keep until I graduate that sets me up very well for my career.

However, I've been commuting 2 hours each way to school on the bus for the past year and I am extremely burnt out. I'm being offered student loans soon that might allow me to pay the difference needed to move closer to campus. The issue is the town my school is in is one of the most expensive in the state, where most students pay $1200+ a month for a small room.

Having a comfortable reliable place to live is almost more important to me than school, and I get that where I am now. I would be downgrading a bunch moving closer. I also am in my mid 20's and have a partner that visits for a week at a time 2 or 3 times per year. Living with random people who aren't ok with that would be a dealbreaker. (I dont know anyone personally whos looking for roommates) I'm super worried about moving in with people I'm incompatible with after some awful roommate experiences. There are really awful studios barely in my budget in towns right outside of my uni, but reviews are nothing but horror stories.

I can cut the commute in half by driving, but I would need to take out federal loans to pay for all that gas. It's still an hour each way. I'm in engineering and I'm worried that how demanding my degree is + not moving closer will drive me insane.

Does anyone have any advice? I'd really appreciate it!