About 5-6 years ago, I went to a trade school to work in the IT field. I didn't even particularly want to be there but the people that I was staying with at the time told me that they were going to kick me out if I didn't go (I just finished high school at this time) plus I had a scholarship for a free year to go to this trade school. While I learned a lot about myself and some things about computers there, I currently have a problem.

I was enrolled in an academic alliance program back then that worked with the college that I am currently enrolled in that helped trade school students obtain associates degrees by allowing the trade school credit hours be combined with general education credits at the college that I'm at to complete an associates degree. I did alright back when I went to the trade school, up until I got to the last part of the program where things got hard. Because of my overwhelming anxiety issues that I was struggling with at the time, combined with all of the problems I was having at home with my mother's antics, I ended up getting an F in one of the courses.

Because I have an F on my transcript at the college that I am now attending, my GPA has gone to hell. I am about 0.2 points above the cutoff score for my financial aid that I'm dependent upon. I tried contacting the trade school to redo the course, but they said that they no longer participate in the academic program that I was attending which makes it impossible for me to retake the classes and boost my score.

If I can't find a way to do something about this, I am just going to focus on my online business instead at the expense of my education and drop out the moment I am no longer dependent on my work study job. If I can't get a high GPA, why waste my time with college? Associates degrees don't mean jack to anybody anymore and I wouldn't be able to transfer into a decent 4 year college because of my screwed up grades and get the degree that people actually care about.

The only reasons why I've been caring at this point about college is because of the job that I have, the resources that I am provided for being a student, and to have a backup plan in case my business fails for whatever reason. At this point though, if I can't find a solution to my problem, I will just remain a student just to pay the bills and focus on my dropshipping side business until I can make a stable income with it and then drop out and focus on it full time and if I fail, just get on disability and live out of a van or something until I can find something better to do with my life.