I have been in college 4 WAY longer than is usual & need about 1 yr left to graduate. I have been struggling academically mostly because of my illness--have dropped numerous classes, gotten many incompletes--& my financial aid has just terminated. I need to file an appeal to request an extension of financial aid, & will get documentation from clinicians, but wonder if it is wise to take some time off (1 yr?) & work on my health & academic weaknesses (extreme perfectionism, procrastination, difficulty writing) & then return. Some warn that I won't go back, that I'm so close to done, & that it'll be harder to return when my community of friends will be gone. (My isolation problems have not helped.) I KNOW I will finish, though. Should I just push thru this last yr+, w/2 classes a term & not work anymore, & finally graduate? Or take time off & return renewed? How do I know 4 sure if I'm ready to return? I really want 2 end school w/better grades, & be ready 4 grad schl. Am unfocused now.
2006-06-25
11:48:53
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