So yeah, I have been a straight A student my whole life. I started college last year and failed 3 classes in 1st semester and 2 in 2nd semester. I KNOW!
I went to a counselor and she referred me to a psychiatrist. After a series of tests, I got my diagnosis, and it shocked the hell out of me because I had no idea I was so different than the rest of the world!
It also made a lot of sense to me and my family.
You wanna know what I got?
I was diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
Iām sorry if some of the things I said offended anybody. I didnāt mean it.
Iām still learning about what to say and not say about people on the autism spectrum
The good news is that Iām getting help this year! So hereās to finishing college
Ah it can be very disheartening to fail after doing so well. Make sure you get in touch with disability support/ student services at your college to make adjustments that you might need. Goodluck!
I donāt have autism. Uni for me has been up and down. I was achieving top results, but my mental health was at an all-time low in the first two years. But I got the support that I needed, and it has been an extremely rewarding experience overall. I work at my uni now, and am starting my postgrad later this year.
Thank you so much! I will be getting help from the disability support on campus this coming year.
Iām sorry for what you went through but yaaay Iām so happy for you now that you finished college and planning your post-grad degree!
Iām sorry you were failing, but I hope it gets better! And Iām glad youāre getting help! I hope it gets easier for you!!
I never finished high school, though I had a 3.5 GPA but I know I would drown if I ever went back to school and did college. My sister went to college though, but she only did two years to get her associates degree. She was a straight A student and was struggling herself. She hated it and decided not to continue college. She was lucky though because her work paid for it all lol. But she at least got to graduate which she never got to do with high school because she did her last year online.
College is just too hard for everyone, but way harder for those who struggle with disorders or learning disabilities.
It was actually way before COVID lol. Back in 2012. We both did online (her for her senior year, me for my freshman year) because we were in the process of moving from town to town. We were going to go to a public school, but they acted like they didnāt care about your education. There were lots of pregnant teens (which tells me they either donāt have sex-ed or a very bad sex-ed course, or the teens are too wild which would make sense with our online school since the majority of students that went to the online school as we met quite a few were parents, had parents who had substance abuse, they had substance abuse, or they were were in and out of juvie) the counselor made us wait for two hours and then said to come back the next day to āget us situated,ā my mom fought with them in the office about that. Then my sister asked about graduating because she didnāt have enough credits (required for the state) and they told her she wouldnāt be eligible to graduate at all and she then asked if she could take extra credit courses or assignments and he was like, āYou have to talk to your teachers about that. They may allow you to, but itās not always possible.ā He also mentioned that she could take college courses, but they wouldnāt count toward her credits and we would have to pay the few thousand dollars for her to take them.
Ugh. It was horrible. So, we left the high school not enrolled and the next day, there was a few people at the grocery store promoting a local online school service and we checked it out and decided to do it. It wasnāt all that great, especially since the people (both the students and teachers) were creepy and weird, and they didnāt run like normal online schools (the teachers encouraged cheating, too lol) but it got us through the year. And they allowed her to graduate, too. So that was a plus. My sister eventually moved out that year to move in with her boyfriend (her husband now lol) across the country (she initially went to go to his prom, but ended up staying and finishing her senior online while he finished junior at his high school). While the online school did have an in-person graduation, she wouldnāt have wanted to go because she didnāt really like it all, so it wouldnāt have mattered either way. I guess.
And then it wasnāt until 2019 when she graduated college for her two year degree. So, just before COVID, thank god.
We all are. I cried so hard when I saw her walk down the aisle in her cap and gown, and then again when she walked the stage. Iām so proud of her!
Iām actually the oppositeādid pretty poorly in high school but tried harder and did better in college. but I only got a general education associate degree so far. going to start on my bachelorās in fall best of luck to all in your studies!