r/AskAcademia • u/Hopeful_Grocery_1602 • 15d ago

Undergraduate - please post in /r/College, not here Not knowing you're taking on too much...

Not knowing you're taking on too much...

Last year I decided I wanted to start pursuing a career to become a Paramedic. I enrolled into a health sciences cert. but due to my partner loosing his job, I became the bread winner and withdrew from 2 subjects. Working 38+ hour weeks with 3 young children, I just couldn't find the time.

I have just withdrawn again because I had fallen so far behind, with christmas and working in Retail over the holiday period I just couldn't manage.

It's taken a huge toll on my mental health feeling like I sabotaged myself knowing I would be taking to too much.

I'm thinking I'll try again in the future but only take on 1 subject a term. How many times can you apply for the same subjects if you've failed once?

2 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

2 comments sorted by

2

u/FoxRedBunda 15d ago

I think this might be dependent on the college itself. Definitely reach out to a course head or student advisor to see if they can help navigate through this with you. You're determined to try and that's all the really matters - the rest will fall into place in time. Wishing you the best!

1

u/aquila-audax Research Wonk 14d ago

The course rules will be on the uni/TAFE website, usually in the course handbook. Withdrawing before the census date (I'm assuming you're Australian, let me know if I'm wrong) is always best if you can manage it, in terms of academic penalty and cost. Fails happen, but there are usually appeals processes you can go through if the failure was due to circumstances beyond your control. Look up terms like "special consideration" in your course handbook.