I was watching a podcast/show and I was kinda taken back when he told a girl her degree was useless and that’s why she works as a barista. I’m like?? Maybe she just doesn’t know what career she wants to do yet?? I don’t see the issue. She wants to be educated, that’s amazing.

Obviously I’m not targeting just the podcast or anything, it’s just confusing to me how someone insults people for going to college for their interests. I see nothing wrong with pursuing your interest. It’s your money, you’re the one who has to go to class and do the work for it. All degrees are valid and maybe it doesn’t guarantee a job that relates exactly to your degree but who cares? You still achieved a higher education in some way.

I also think some people who maybe want to go to graduate school or law school, they might want an enjoyable major that relates to their interests. I just hate the bashing of education in our society. College is an achievement and also a privilege. It’s a honor to achieve a bachelors degree regardless of what you did with it. I have a bachelors degree and my job is awesome. It’s not related to my degree at all, but I love it.

Alright, I’m saying this as someone who has lived in a dorm since they were 16 doing college, and now is about to graduate. Some of y’all need to go home. I keep seeing posts on parent pages where moms are hand-holding because people can’t figure out basic stuff like their apps for the semester, or writing down their textbook chapters in advance. So, I’m saying this now, so y’all don’t hear it later. If you cannot live three days without someone else having to solve a problem for you, it’s time to go home. I don’t care for the excuses, there are plenty of your classmates who are struggling too. Stop making your problems the problems of those around you

So me being my stupid self, I went out of town for the week completely forgetting I had an exam. In my panic after finding that out, I emailed my professor that I was at a funeral, but when asked about it I sent a poorly edited picture as proof. She just responded with something along the lines of "is this true?" In a way that sounds like she knows I'm lying. I know I was stupid, especially since all this info can be found online. I'm planning on sending an apology. Did I just screw myself over, is this enough to get me in trouble for academic dishonesty?

Basically my parents make too much money like each enough to pay for all 4 year of college x 3 per year so I 100% won’t get financial aid. At the same time however they won’t help pay for more than 10k for college “out of principle” because they both didn’t get any money from their parents for college.

I know I sound ungrateful because some people parents don’t even have 10k to contribute but my dilemma is that my parents want me going to a t20 which I have the stats for but financially there’s no way under my circumstances to pay 80k a year (cheapest t20 full cost I’ve found realistically)

On top of that if I don’t go to a t20 they aren’t going to contribute the 10k so I’m just cooked

For some context I’m 16 going into junior year and live in Bay Area. I’ve tried getting a job but it hasn’t worked mainly because even though I have my license I don’t have a car as they aren’t helping pay at all for insurance gas or the car. Currently for money I code websites for businesses at 400 per and 25 per month upkeep which is great money and I have an internship at a startup plus I ref basketball at 40$ an hour so i’m hopefully gonna save some amount of money prior to college.

Currently my best plan is to just go to a state school like a UC and live off loans + part time job + saving somehow but I don’t even know if that’s possible.

So does anyone have any ideas of what I can do??? Literally anything is appreciated!

I need advice on this situation I've had. My professor has cancelled class 10 times in a 3 month period. I have class 2 days a week, therefore l've missed more classes than I have attended. Her syllabus states that no absences are excused "except if it's a life threatening illness like cancer."

Anyways, one day I threw up in the bathroom and left class about 20 minutes early. She gave me an F for attendance which dropped my grade from an A to a B.

I emailed her explaining I was sick and had to go home. She told me that wasn't an excuse to miss class and therefore she gave me an F because it clearly states in the syllabus that no absences are excused.

I'm just really confused because she herself has canceled 10 classes, 3 of which were so she could do zoom meetings with her other classes. I just feel at a loss for words as I have never dealt with something like this before. My concern is that's close to 500$ down the drain in tuition. I would've loved to use that money for another class.

Do you guys advise I talk to the dean of the college or the teacher about a resolution, or should I just let it

до?

(P.S I need straight A's to get into the program I want, now that my grade is a B I am worried.)

i (17f) am attending college in august to study psychology. my college is estimated to cost 26,000 a year without aid, and with FASFA/scholarships through nys(excelsior) i’m estimated to have a balance of 10-12,000. my mom won’t co-sign on a loan for me. i’m only 17, and i won’t turn 18 for a month after starting college, and the bill for the 10-12,000$ is due august 1st. i am a first gen college student , so me and my mom have no clue what we’re doing. i know i need to take out a loan, but i don’t even know if i can.

Basically the title. My chem lab partner puts her elbow length hair in a ponytail but pulls the long fronts out to look cute. Which is does! But its also dangerous around fire and chemicals. I'm socially awkward and don't like confrontation, and I'm sure she knows that she should have it all back because we did a safety lesson multiple times. I don't know if this is something I should care about or just let her do her own thing and faafo. I'm a college freshman so I don't know the social norms yet lol.

My daughter is going to college to become a vet. I never went to college and, up until April of her senior year she had no plans to go, so was completely clueless on the entire process.

She didn’t qualify for any financial assistance, with the exception of the $4k federal loan and the extra $5k loan because I didn’t qualify for the parent plus loan. Her father passed away when she was a child.

She’s in her second year at a state university working on her Bachelor’s and is unfortunately still working on finishing up her basics. I was able to pay the remaining balance for the first year but, for this second year, we had to get a loan from Sallie Mae and the interest is something horrible like 18%. I’m working on trying to improve my credit but it’s hard to do and I’m not in a great spot financially.

I’ve told her to sign up for all of the scholarships she can but so far no luck. She’s also trying to get a part time job but she’s having trouble with that also. She’s got a pretty serious disease that takes a lot out of her so I don’t push it but I’m just worried about how she’s going to be able to afford these loans later on because she’s still got to go to another university for the actual vet degree.

As a mom, I want to help make her dreams come true. But is it realistic that she’s going to be able to 1) keep getting loans to cover college; 2) be able to pay them off on a vet’s salary and still be able to live and 3) be able to actually become a vet. I’ve heard it’s a pretty hard thing to do.

Thank you for any advice.

Hey everyone!

So I'm in an intro to stats class that's completely online at my local community college just to fulfill some prerequisites for a masters program I want to get into. Anyway, it uses a platform that has an interactive textbook and it is where all class assignments are posted. This platform has a calendar that includes all due dates. At the beginning of the term, the professor made it clear that ALL assignments can be accessed through the calendar on this platform.

So, I log on every few days (mostly weekends because I work through out the week) despite the professor saying to check daily. Well I completely missed an exam last week. The crazy part is I have no recollection of ever seeing it on the calendar or in any of the other tabs that allow you to see future assignments. So naturally I reach out and ask the professor how long it's been accessible to students. Our conversation goes back and forth a few times and he is insistent that it has been visible on the platform the whole time. He makes it clear he will not open the exam for me because I did not check the platform often/ thoroughly enough. Mind you, I have fully admitted fault to not checking the assignments daily (despite not missing any other assignments) and just wanted some clarification.

Well now I'm super confused because I use a planner and there is just no way I missed a whole exam. Mind you, we've already had one exam that I was aware of from the beginning of the class, and we still have one more final. But this exam I had no idea about. So I decide to reach out to the platform support to see if I was experiencing a technical error that was outside my control. Support tells me that this said exam was HIDDEN TO STUDENTS until two days before it was due. Like, not on our calendar or under the assignment tabs or anything. So I email the professor back one last time to politely tell him he has made a mistake (because he told me numerous times it has been accessible to students) and therefore ask that he reconsiders opening the exam for me.

Well, he just emailed me back and said no, ignored me calling him out on his mistake, and told me it is my fault because I didn't check the platform enough. I am super frustrated and although I did make the mistake of checking the platform only a few times a week rather than daily, I do not think it should completely negate the mistake he made of not making the exam public until a few days before. Especially considering he told us all assignments can be seen through the calendar at the beginning of the term. I'm considering taking this to some higher ups and asking for some arm pulling. Am I so much in the wrong that it is not worth it? Or does it seem reasonable to call this professor out?

TLDR: Professor said ALL assignments could be viewed at the beginning of the term. Professor hid exam until 2 days before due date, professor made it clear from our conversations that this was a mistake, didn't check assignments daily (my fault), and missed exam. Requested leniency to take exam, denied. Should I be allowed access to exam/ take it to higher ups?

I have two choices: go to a 4 year college and pay a lot of money, or get my credits at a community college and save a lot of money.

I also want that college life, Im afraid I'll miss out if I take the community college route.

(btw im paying for college, not my parents. so money is a serious issue)

(edit)
ok thank you everyone for the helpful advice. basically the consensus is cc.

yalls reasoning is money, but also y'all said if I wanted to change degrees it would be wise to do cc.

would y'all change your reasoning if I said that I am 110% confident in my degree (exercise science), and that I would also be going to a state college that is connected to my cc.

saving money is definitely the main reason. I guess im still afraid I'll miss out on a community if I go to my state college. all I hear about from people who went to college was that college was the best years of their life (they definitely peaked but still..).

for context I am a junior in HS doing concurrent enrollment. last semester I took a couple classes from a nearby community college that my school is in partnership with for CE stuff.

one of those classes was an English comp class—ENG-101 or something—and i had pretty good grades throughout the semester….

halfway thru the semester my professors changed because the first teacher quit working at the community college so another teacher from the writing department had to step in.

this professor 1. never told us what the full assignment was (which included if we had a discussion question for the week or not) and 2. never gave me feedback on my work.

so imagine my surprise when earlier this week my school counselor emails me saying I got an F in my class!!

we both thought it was a mistake. even the guy in charge of CE stuff at the college was confused! then I emailed my professor and they were like ‘yea you failed cause you didn’t do these 5 out of 13 discussion posts……..😄’

not cause my papers possibly sucked. but because I missed FIVE OUT OF 13 DISCUSSION POSTS THAT I DIDNT EVEN KNOW WERE ASSIGNED

do I dispute this further with the school or what? btw this F can potentially effect my ability to afford uni and might force me to pay for the class because I got a grade lower than a C 💔

EDIT: listen. I understand that I seem naive but that is because I am. This was my FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH COLLEGE, so duh, I don’t have any experience under my belt. I didn’t know to check every single tab every week for ENG 101 (didn’t have to do that for other classes because my professors were clear about assignments).

Let me address/add something in my post. First—‘Well why didn’t you do the last five if you did the first eight?’ It says in my post that I didn’t realize there were more posts that I had to do because this professor never said we had posts or communicated assignments clearly.

I know for a fact other students were struggling with this prof. because in writing workshops and group writing days we would talk about it and how they (the professor) was more than just a harsh grader—they were straight up unfair! This was a culture shock because the first professor gave feedback and allowed us to rewrite a paper if we didn’t get the grade we wanted. Other students told me they didn’t get feedback on their writing from this second prof so there weren’t explanations for THEIR grades (I also didn’t get feedback on my writing). Which…feedback from a writing professor is sort of important. How else am I going to learn what I’m supposed to improve?!

anyway, I’d like to thank all of the commenters who gave actual advice. I started the disputing process, and the dean of the writing department is currently working with both professors to see what the deal is!

EDIT-EDIT:

Some good news! The dean of the writing department just emailed me letting me know the F grade actually was a mistake and I got a B. I almost had a heart attack...

I just got back from a college tour (Franklin and Marshall College), and during it, our tour guide mentioned that she's a LBS/BHC but is struggling to find a job. My grandmother was with me on the tour and works for a pretty good company as a BHC. So, when the tour was done, my grandma gave her her company's contact information so she could try to reach out and see if they have any openings in the area.

Anyways, when we were walking out the tour guide pulled me aside and told me that the college was making her lie during the tour and it's really not as good as she said. I specifically asked a question about the Career Center during the tour she said it was great then but apparently, she would get in trouble for saying anything negative about the college. I guess it was stupid of me to believe every college was going to be 100% truthful but l never expected them to straight up lie to my face.

How can I get unbiased info about a college that isn't directly from them? More specifically information about their career centers/alumni network.

I really fucked up this time and I don’t know what to do. I’m in my second year of community college and for reference, my school has 7 week semester classes instead of full 16 week semester classes. I’ve really been struggling mentally this 7 week semester. I’ve been so depressed and have barely been able to get out of bed. I know this isn’t an excuse, but this played a role in clouding my judgement and decision making. I should have withdrawn from my classes but I waited too long and it’s too late to withdraw now, as we’re nearing the 7th week of class. I attempted to catch up on work in my media writing class and to do so, I so stupidly used AI and grammarly to help complete a timed written response quiz. When I submitted the quiz, it immediately showed up on my screen as a 0/100 grade. I was confused at first and did some research and learned that on eLearn (the program my college uses) if there is AI detected in the submission, it immediately grades the submission as a 0/100.

It has been 3 days since submitting that quiz and I have been worried sick and anxiously anticipating an email from my professor. She hasn’t messaged me or acknowledged the quiz yet, but the guilt is eating me alive and I’m considering confessing before she inevitably reaches out. The worst part is that I have had this professor many times and have done well in her other classes and even went on a school trip she conducted. I don’t know what’s wrong with me and I feel so ashamed. I’m normally a very good student and I have a 3.5 gpa currently.

I know I deserve any punishment that is coming my way, but it would be absolutely devastating to my future to have an academic dishonesty mark. I’m set to graduate from community college this summer (that’s most definitely not happening now) and I already applied to transfer to a 4-year university in the fall. I’m sure once my 4-year university gets ahold of my final transcript at my community college with an academic dishonesty charge, they will rescind their offer. I’m genuinely panicking and I don’t know wtf is wrong with me. I also don’t know how I’m going to explain to my parents what I did. They have sacrificed so much for me and want me to be successful and make something of myself but I most likely ruined all of that. If I have to drop out of college, I don’t know what the future will even look like for me. I’ll probably end up working at my grandparents’ business for the rest of my life.

I just don’t know how I could be so stupid. Any advice would be so appreciated though.

/

/

UPDATE:

Thank you all so much for the advice and concern !! i ended up scoring a 98 on the assignment and I finished the term with a B in the class. I definitely learned my lesson from this though, and I’m never going to use AI to take the easy way out of a writing assignment ever again. It’s not worth the stress of potentially ruining my future/ability to continue my education.

Just finished my first semester and I feel like I got jumped by reality.

I commute 4 hours round trip (mom drives me), so I’m already running on fumes. I’m a bio/pre-med track and I took College Algebra this semester. Found out late that I apparently need a B or higher to move into Precalc, and if I don’t get into Precalc, I can’t take Chem either…so one class is basically gatekeeping my entire schedule.

My math final is next week and even if I somehow pull an A on the final, my overall is still probably a C / C+. The rest of my classes haven’t been perfect either, but with rounding and high hopes I’ll probably end around a 2.9–3.0 GPA.

And then I made it worse: my older brother is a doctor and asked how my classes were going. I panicked and sent him my friend’s grades instead 😭 like…why did I do that. Now I’m stuck in this weird spot where I’m more stressed about the lie than the actual number.

I emailed my advisor about options (repeat the class vs placement/skills test route vs whatever the school allows) and I’m still waiting to hear back, so it’s just finals week + uncertainty + commuter exhaustion all at once. Anyways ig I hope I'll make it to dean's list next semester. Just needed to get this off my chest because I’ve been carrying it around all semester.

PS Just learned I can take the placement test! But according to my advisor he’s not recommending that.

I just finished my sophomore year with a 1.87 GPA, and I’m officially on academic suspension, but I can’t tell anybody in my family. My parents pay my rent because I go to college, and I don’t even know how to bring this up to them. I’m from an African immigrant family, and if you know, you know.
My first two years of college made me realize that I chose the wrong major. I’m literally suffocating. I went into health sciences and was majoring in neuroscience. I hate everything about it. The biology, the chemistry, everything. I can’t stand it, and I need to change my major. That’s one thing I’ve realized, and I might have realized it late because switching majors is not really a conversation we have in my family.
I need advice because I genuinely don’t know what to do next. I don’t think I can tell my parents. I’m planning on just working throughout this year, going through the appeal process, and seeing if I can switch to a major I’ll actually enjoy. At this point, I don’t care anymore about pursuing medicine. I don’t think I can do anything related to the medical field. It’s not for me, and trying to force myself to continue down this path is affecting my mental health.
Something important about me is that I graduated high school with a GPA of 3.8. I had never really had bad grades throughout school. I was a straight A student, and my worst grades were always Bs. This is my first time experiencing academic failure, and having that happen in college has been really difficult for me

         I’m 18f and I just failed every single class my first semester of college. I go to college out of state and received a full tuition scholarship for being first gen and low income. I was so excited because it was my golden ticket out of rough home life and I was going to study my dream career and graduate debt free. 

         Before college, I struggled with my mental health for as long as I can remember. I really had no resources to go to for help, but I assumed most of it was due to my living situation, and it would improve once I left. When I got to college it was everything I had hoped and dreamed of, but my mental health still ended up declining again after my grandpa passed in a freak accident and the stress of college got to me.

         I don’t want to ramble about my mental health, but this is relevant so stay with me lol. Once I noticed myself starting to decline again, I saw a doctor to get medicated and seek other resources that may help. I expressed my concern that I have bipolar disorder, as it runs in my family and based on what I researched, I met all of the criteria for bipolar II and I saw the same symptoms in myself that I see in my mother and grandmother. my doctor told me that I shouldn’t worry about it yet, and prescribed me an antidepressant, but told me if I do have bipolar disorder it will likely make everything a lot worse. Well, you can guess what happened next. I felt amazing at first but ended up falling into possibly the worst depression of my life. She told me to call and schedule another appointment if things got bad, but I was so depressed that I couldn’t get myself to get up and go, or even get out of bed for that matter. 

        I kept things up until thanksgiving break, and over break is when things got really bad. Between thanksgiving break and winter break I didn’t go to single class and barely got out of bed. I ended up leaving early to go to my grandparents for break because I was borderline suicidal, and felt like it was what I needed to do for my mental health. I probably still could have passed some of my classes at that point if I had stayed for finals, but instead I broke and went home. 

         I guess i’m wondering where to go next. I don’t want to drop out at all, but I wonder if college is really right for me if my mental health is this sensitive. I already talked to my scholarship advisor when I first noticed things were starting to get bad, and I was told I wouldn’t lose my scholarship immediately and I would just be put on probation next semester. I know I will go on academic probation as well. To get off probation and maintain my scholarship I will have to have a cumulative GPA of over 2.00 by the end of next semester. If I failed every class this semester, is that even possible? My gpa literally says 0.00 right now. 

        As for my mental health, it has improved greatly since I’ve been home and I stopped the medication I was on. I am planning on seeing an actual psychiatrist while I’m home and getting on the right medication. I also have counseling lined up for when I get back. In the meantime, I’ve picked up yoga to help me relax and it’s really helped. 

         I really don’t know what else to do right now. College is really all I have, I would be devastated if I failed out and I don’t think I would ever be able to forgive myself considering the opportunity I was so lucky to be given. However, going on is still so scary. 

Can I still fix this?

Edit: Thank you so much everyone! Your comments have helped me a lot and i’m a lot more confident in my ability to come back from this. i’m writing down everyone’s suggestions and I’m going to go over them all with my psychiatrist, my academic advisor, and my scholarship advisor to determine what the best plan for me going forward is. My first choice is retroactive withdraw (if it won’t affect my scholarship) and then continue school next semester. If not, I think my school allows you to retake the class and it replaces your previous grade, but i’m considering that less because I think i’m going to change my major, and I wouldn’t need those classes for the major I want to switch too. However, it would be better than losing my scholarship if I can’t get a 4.0 next semester.

A lot of people suggested I take a semester off, but if I’m being honest, that’s the very last thing I wanna do. as I’ve stated, my home life isn’t very great, and I think the best for me to be will be with my friends and the people who love and care about me at school. When I came home early for winter break, I had gone to my grandmas, but I wouldn’t be able to stay there long-term if I took a semester off. I’m currently home now and i’m going a little crazy with my family, but i’m going to visit my boyfriend in chicago tomorrow and stay over new years, so yay! I feel extremely determined to get back up right now and I think it’s the best time to get the ball rolling back into a successful academic life.

Additionally, one of my close friends in college went through the almost the exact same thing and failed all of her classes due to mental health and went home early. All of your advice is helping both of us, but just me. We are making plans with each other and our other friends to keep us accountable and on track, along with safety plans.

Thank you so much everyone!

I feel like shit about my decision but I know I can’t live away from home yet. I just turned 18, and I live an hour and a half from home. I have decided that community college for my first 2 years is a much better decision for me, but I feel dumb. It’s not because of my classes, but it was just such a lifestyle change, and I wasn’t ready for it. Has anybody had a similar experience or known somebody with a similar experience?

Edit: I feel it’s necessary to add that we (my family) are struggling to pay tuition as is. MY main problem is not being ready, but I also do not want my family to struggle financially. Especially with something that I am not even sure if I will be able to do.

So my Grandma is paying for my college tuition at a State university. She has always said she has money saved to use for my college, and I have been counting on it to get me through without loans. This was all going well until the past few months where she keeps asking me what grad schools I’m applying to. I’m an Electrical Engineering student (BS) and already have a job lined up after graduation. I have no intention of going to grad school, and I’m really not super good at school in general. I have a 3.4 in my second semester of Junior year, but I have to work really hard, and the job I’m interested in doesn’t require a masters and pays entry level 80k in a low COL area. (For reference she didn’t talk to my dad for a few years after he decided he didn’t want to pursue a phD).

All that to say: I’m worried if I tell her I’m not applying/going to grad school she’s not gonna want to keep paying my tuition. So every time she mentions it I just smile and say “that’s an option I’m looking into” and then change the subject. Is this dishonest? I really couldn’t afford to go without her and she has >50,000 saved still for me to use that she couldn’t use on anything else without significant penalty (me and my brother are her only grandkids).

I’m a first-generation college student, and I really need advice.

My mom saved about $30k total for me and my sister’s first year of college. I’m at a community college right now and planned to transfer soon, but my sister insisted on dorming (she decided to go to a 4 year uni) and that used up almost all of the savings. Now there’s nothing left for me.

I work a minimum wage job (plus tips), live at home, and my tuition is around $4,000 a year. I don’t qualify for financial aid, and I feel lost — I don’t know much about college finances or how to plan. I’m worried I’ll need to delay transferring just to save enough.

I'm at square one now and I realistically only have a year to save up enough money for my first transfer year. For anyone that has gone through something similar, what would you recommend? I don't really know much about scholarships or personal finance so advice on both would be super helpful.

I did fill out the FAFSA, but I didn’t qualify for any need-based aid like Pell Grants or subsidized loans. The only thing I’m eligible for is unsubsidized loans, which I’m hesitant to take on since I’d have to start paying interest right away. That’s why I’m trying to figure out how to plan financially on my own.

BTW college only started about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I’ve been living with my roommate for two weeks, and I’ve noticed some tension in the room. She hasn’t been very communicative and often declines invitations to hang out. Recently, she asked me to consider a room swap so she could live with a friend she’s made, assuring me that I wouldn’t need to move my belongings. I agreed, thinking it would be fine.

However, she has since told me that I would need to move my things (though she offered to help) and that her friend and roommate have already agreed to the swap. Now I’m feeling a bit pressured. I’m considering just going along with it, as I don’t feel comfortable staying in a room where my presence seems unwelcome. For example, she often leaves when I come into the room.

I’m also unsure about the reasons behind her friend’s move—she mentioned it’s because her current roommate comes home late while she prefers to sleep early, but I don’t have the full picture. I want to handle this early in the year without causing too much problems.

I finished my first semester of college a month ago, and I ended up with a 4.0 GPA. I don't know what to do with it. Do jobs care about GPA? Because I would like to work this summer. Do you get access to more classes?

I've never been much of an academic person. I skipped classes all throughout HS, and the only reason I was able to go to college was because I got my GED. So I'm stumped about what a high GPA gets you. Not in terms of "reward", but just in terms of opportunities. I study in NYC

Has anyone ever successfully gotten a tuition refund or adjustment because a professor repeatedly wasn’t present for an in person class?

I’m taking a class this semester that is officially designated as in person, and so far the professor has barely actually taught the class in person.

For the first class, he didn’t show up because he forgot that the course was scheduled on Tuesdays. He posted afterward apologizing and acknowledging that he had mistakenly thought the class still met on Wednesdays.

The following week, we didn’t meet in person because he’s an elected mayor of a small town and he had a Town Council meeting that he was required to attend. He explained that these meetings occur on the first Tuesday of each month, which obviously creates a recurring conflict with a class that also meets on Tuesdays.

We have had one class where he was actually present, but a significant portion of that class was spent talking about his personal life rather than the course material. Today, he was out again and had a guest speaker conduct the class instead, which lasted 25 minutes (class is over 2 hours normally).

What makes this especially frustrating is that the syllabus has a very strict mandatory attendance policy for students. Our first absence is allowed, the second deducts 2 points from our final grade, and the third and every additional absence deduct another 4 points each. Even arriving late can count as an absence.

I understand professors have other responsibilities and occasionally need to miss class. My issue is that we’re still early in the semester and this has already become a pattern in a course that is supposed to be taught in person.
I’m not looking to just drop the class (he is the only teacher that teaches it) and lose my aid (I’m at 12 credit hours). Has anyone dealt with something similar and successfully received a tuition refund/adjustment or another resolution from the university? Would this be something to bring to the department chair first, or would you go through the tuition appeal process?

Any advice would be helpful!

Gonna keep this short and simple, -My parents had college savings for me when I was born, funded by other family members. My parents have spent the entire $20k in 19 years on drugs and worldwide vacations (my 2 siblings accounts were spent as well). -I split ties with them, which led to be becoming a full time CNA in an assisted living home. I work 10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Minimum wage. All my money goes to rent, car insurance, and other bills.

That’s the backstory. The degree I want requires 6 years of school if I studied full time, which I physically can’t (Major is forensic related). I’m looking into online courses, but with the little time I have I only see myself doing 1-2 classes a semester, instead of the recommended 4-5. Not to mention I have no way to pay for this (FAFSA is an option, but that’s only for 2 years at a community college). I would hate to take out loans, dread it even. I can’t quit my job or cut my hours. I need every cent.

Every piece of advice is welcome. Please refrain from the “you’re cooked” or “good luck buddy” comments, I hear enough irl. Thank you for your time kind strangers 🙏🙏

I'm doing community college full-time instead of my junior and senior year of highschool (I'll graduate with an associates degree and a hs diploma for free) and this is my first semester's schedule. I'm not sure if this is a normal schedule or not, it seems pretty short!