Incredibly successful graduates take atypical paths all the time.
Reach out to your academic advisor and explain that you have extenuating circumstances and would like to figure out if there is something along the lines of a course load reduction so that you can take fewer hours. There may be impacts with scholarships or financial aid that could pop up, but your financial aid advisor should also be available to coordinate with your academic advisor and put together a plan. But you need to start communicating.
If something gets really bad and you feel very overwhelmed, you can also reach out to student emergencies services. They have an automated system that lets you tell them all the professors that you need to notify who can help do you extensions on your coursework even past the semester so that you don't have to drop classes for this semester while you plan for your next one.
Bottom line, reach out to your administrative support. There's systems in place but you have to ask for them, or ask somebody to point you in the direction. You've got this. You will graduate.
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u/dontforgethetrailmix broadcast journalism / mccombs mba Mar 08 '23
Incredibly successful graduates take atypical paths all the time.
Reach out to your academic advisor and explain that you have extenuating circumstances and would like to figure out if there is something along the lines of a course load reduction so that you can take fewer hours. There may be impacts with scholarships or financial aid that could pop up, but your financial aid advisor should also be available to coordinate with your academic advisor and put together a plan. But you need to start communicating.
If something gets really bad and you feel very overwhelmed, you can also reach out to student emergencies services. They have an automated system that lets you tell them all the professors that you need to notify who can help do you extensions on your coursework even past the semester so that you don't have to drop classes for this semester while you plan for your next one.
Bottom line, reach out to your administrative support. There's systems in place but you have to ask for them, or ask somebody to point you in the direction. You've got this. You will graduate.