u/Eastern_Patience_890

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Need some advice

So I’m kind of in a terrible predicament. I’m a senior in college but my mental health have been taking a toll on me for years plus in 2024 (a year before I was suppose to graduate I was suppose to graduate in 2025) I got sexually assaulted and harassed while I was staying on campus and my mental health worsen even more. Mind you I also don’t have the emotional support from my parents because they are very close-mind hardcore Christians who don’t believe in mental health and that mental illnesses is actually a thing. I took a break for like a year but was still taking online classes with my university and was a transient student at my old community college and took some in person classes there as well. I start seeing a psychiatrist and a therapist. It was a trial and error , and still is, trying to find the right medication for me so my mental health would be rocky and sometimes I had to withdraw from classes and my completion rate was low so I have a failing SAP and can’t use my financial aid right now and having to pay out a pocket. I did appeals it work a few times but when I had some mental health crises I had to withdraw from classes and the next time I have to do an appeal they would decline it saying I would need a “new extenuating circumstance” which is odd to me because it is like saying that my current and ongoing issue isn’t enough. Also for the record, my GPA is still really good I have 3.91 GPA and I’m in Honors College. My goal is to get into medical school I want to become an anesthesiologist . I was worried about how many withdraws I have thinking that it would be difficult for me to get in because of how many I have but my advisor told me that is still okay as long as I keep my GPA good. But going back to the main reason, so as of now I tried to do an Appeal for Spring 2026 because I did a full term withdraw in Fall 2025 because I had a severe mental crisis. I appealed I had so many documentations and medical records but they still declined it saying I need to have a “new extenuating circumstances again” so I had to pay out of pocket again. I took only one class in spring because that all I could manage because I am now on new medication and was seeing a new therapist. But I did pass the class with an A. Now a few weeks ago I did an appeal for Summer 2026 and they denied me again I thought this time even though I did one class. I didn’t withdraw and passed the class and they told me that again I “need a new extenuating circumstance” and then even told me that I won’t be able to get anymore appeal approve as undergraduate unless I have another extenuating circumstance or significant progress. It was pissing me off badly because of the lack of empathy like I would understand if like I wasn’t trying to find resources or wasn’t doing anything to try to better my circumstances because I kept seeing my psychiatrist, taking my meds,going to therapy, got disability accommodations to help me everything I could do to get better, and you still denied me and said I new to be going through something else to get the appeal approved. Also when it coming down to mental health it like it’s an trial and error trying to find the right medication that will work for me I been going through this for 2 years now trying to find what works best for me. It’s not my fault that I couldn’t get back better by the next upcoming semester that is still ongoing thing, like they don’t think that I also wish I could get back better because I wouldn’t have to be dealing with what I’m going through right now. And to make it worse I have no support not from my parents I don’t have any friends so I’m trying to figure everything out on my own without having to go to my parents because they just make me feel like I’m a failure and not to mention trying to find a way to pay out of pocket without telling my parents is a big stressor because I don’t want to take a break and have to go back home because my mental health is going to get even more worse being around my parents again. I don’t have a job because right now I can’t manage working and taking classes at the same time. So I was trying to see do anyone have any advices on what I could do to be able to pay my tuition or where I could look into or any organizations that could help me or my situation? Also could someone tell me is this even fair or if they ever heard anything about students needing “new extenuating circumstances” if they still going through an ongoing and unresolved circumstance. Remember I can’t use financial aid so no federal aid.

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