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To whom this may concern,
Ever since I was a child I wanted to be a police officer, an engineer, or doctor. I was accepted into a n engineering magnet in highscool. I excelled, but after 9th grade.. the classes became less about engineering and more about computer sciences. It was fine, though it isn't what I wanted to do, learning to code/set up a newtroks/hardware. The other magnet available was a medical one. At that point in my life I solely wanted to appease my father by engrossing myself in physics, mathematics, etc. When I graduated, I got my first job; once which I held for four years. During that time I matriculated. The company I worked for would remunerate any scholastic expenses I incurred during the time it would take me to get my B.A. The only hiccup is that I neither wanted to major in business (tech, administration), accounting, engineering, or marketing. So I focused on work. After I quit my job, I had quite a bit saved up. This was around the time I started going clubbing and partying. I had a very high resolve concerning drugs/alcohol (even smoking cigarettes). One day we were recording our LP and I drank a bottle of green apple Smirnoff . The alcohol content was approximately 7%-or-so. During that time I would sign up for classes, spend enough time in them to pass the add/drop period, then, subsequently, receiving quite a few W's, including one WF which translated to an F at the second school. When I transferred to another college I "towed the line." I was there for nursing. Close to the end of the pre-req's for nursing, I switch to biochemistry. Since I had already taken all of the humanities, psychology, and speech courses (concerning the the biochem curriculum) I was required to take. The only courses I had left were science and math (the courses I didn't have to take until I changed my major) courses. It left Alg II (whatever they call it), Phys I/II, Bio II, Gen Chem I/II, Orgo I/II, and Calc I/II. The way it pans out, I have Orgo II, Chem II, and Calc II to go.
My brother came down with MRSA It wouldn't have been an issue, except he's already immuno-compromised. One-thing-turned-to-another as one complication lead to another. Attending the school I was, then, at Was too far away from where my parents, who I helped with both of my brothers, lived. I completely dropped and, as such, I received an F for both Chem II and Calc I. It was a family emergency.
My question is, as I have taken 4 months off and the fall semester is going to begin soon, should I switch to a school that is closer to my parents or stay with the establishment I am with now? Either way I'm going to have to provide aid to my parents. I read, somewhere (probably here during the years of lurking), that schools prefer to see most, if not all, courses taken at the same institute. The only reason I can think of would be, say, if someone goes to one school and signs up for a class with a teacher they dislike... They could easily drop that course, and go to another school where the teacher may be more lenient.
What should I do? I don't want to drive 2.5 hours just to get to school. The college I would attend is approx 24 minutes away from their house.
P.S.- I procrastinate quite a bit. In fact, it took me over two weeks to actually write this and another three days to post it.
Ever since I was a child I wanted to be a police officer, an engineer, or doctor. I was accepted into a n engineering magnet in highscool. I excelled, but after 9th grade.. the classes became less about engineering and more about computer sciences. It was fine, though it isn't what I wanted to do, learning to code/set up a newtroks/hardware. The other magnet available was a medical one. At that point in my life I solely wanted to appease my father by engrossing myself in physics, mathematics, etc. When I graduated, I got my first job; once which I held for four years. During that time I matriculated. The company I worked for would remunerate any scholastic expenses I incurred during the time it would take me to get my B.A. The only hiccup is that I neither wanted to major in business (tech, administration), accounting, engineering, or marketing. So I focused on work. After I quit my job, I had quite a bit saved up. This was around the time I started going clubbing and partying. I had a very high resolve concerning drugs/alcohol (even smoking cigarettes). One day we were recording our LP and I drank a bottle of green apple Smirnoff . The alcohol content was approximately 7%-or-so. During that time I would sign up for classes, spend enough time in them to pass the add/drop period, then, subsequently, receiving quite a few W's, including one WF which translated to an F at the second school. When I transferred to another college I "towed the line." I was there for nursing. Close to the end of the pre-req's for nursing, I switch to biochemistry. Since I had already taken all of the humanities, psychology, and speech courses (concerning the the biochem curriculum) I was required to take. The only courses I had left were science and math (the courses I didn't have to take until I changed my major) courses. It left Alg II (whatever they call it), Phys I/II, Bio II, Gen Chem I/II, Orgo I/II, and Calc I/II. The way it pans out, I have Orgo II, Chem II, and Calc II to go.
My brother came down with MRSA It wouldn't have been an issue, except he's already immuno-compromised. One-thing-turned-to-another as one complication lead to another. Attending the school I was, then, at Was too far away from where my parents, who I helped with both of my brothers, lived. I completely dropped and, as such, I received an F for both Chem II and Calc I. It was a family emergency.
My question is, as I have taken 4 months off and the fall semester is going to begin soon, should I switch to a school that is closer to my parents or stay with the establishment I am with now? Either way I'm going to have to provide aid to my parents. I read, somewhere (probably here during the years of lurking), that schools prefer to see most, if not all, courses taken at the same institute. The only reason I can think of would be, say, if someone goes to one school and signs up for a class with a teacher they dislike... They could easily drop that course, and go to another school where the teacher may be more lenient.
What should I do? I don't want to drive 2.5 hours just to get to school. The college I would attend is approx 24 minutes away from their house.
P.S.- I procrastinate quite a bit. In fact, it took me over two weeks to actually write this and another three days to post it.
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