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thats what i plan to do. i actually have to do that because i got kicked out of two colleges for having psychotic episodes in them and disturbing the peace. so i plan to take an online class cause im scared to go in person plus its far - over at a community college. my biggest thing right now with that though is money. idk if i have enough. and being on disability you cant get certain financial aid. at least i read that.
newtus fill out a fafsa. if urr broke u will get a pell grant. i get pell grants and im in disability. it pays for classes and books and supplies and then u get a check for the money u dont spend. so u can use it for living expenses. it really is a good deal and just about anyone can get it if ur broke
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mine are going ok. we are really behind in abnormal psych bc the teacher is out a lot. we get out on may 8th and we are only on chapter 5. i didnt do 2 assignments in sociology and the essays are 90% of ur grade so im worried about my grade. but ive made 100s on all the essays except for the 2. i have class 2 days a week so its manageable.
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newtus fill out a fafsa. if urr broke u will get a pell grant. i get pell grants and im in disability. it pays for classes and books and supplies and then u get a check for the money u dont spend. so u can use it for living expenses. it really is a good deal and just about anyone can get it if ur broke
thanks ill look into that
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Do you have a accommodation plan with the disability department at you college? When I miss assignments I usually can make them up or I am given more time to do them.

My classes are going very well, I don't have any problems in them and I feel so happy that I turned my gpa around. If I do really really well I might get a 3.5 gpa then I might get into a honors society at my college in the fall.
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Fafsa is due in May so you should get that done asap and you have to apply for the school you intend to go to which should easy if it's a community college.
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i could never do well in school but i like it.
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Do you have a accommodation plan with the disability department at you college? When I miss assignments I usually can make them up or I am given more time to do them.

My classes are going very well, I don't have any problems in them and I feel so happy that I turned my gpa around. If I do really really well I might get a 3.5 gpa then I might get into a honors society at my college in the fall.
i never went to the disability office to file my disability. i think i will for fall semester. i miss assignments because i get psychotic so i think i would qualify. i filled out my fafsa already. i have to get some forms from my college to complete it. hopefully i get another pell grant for fall/spring. i dontknow what classes to take though. i hate math but i need pre reqs to work towards my degree. so farive been just taking classes that interest me. to keep myself interested and so i stay in school. ive had a tendency to drop out halfway thru a semester. ive done it a lot and wasted a lot of money. but i feel more healthy and motivated now to stay in school
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Online classes are easy because you can use your text books on a lot of assignments compared to a traditional on campus classes. What would your major be?
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i never went to the disability office to file my disability. i think i will for fall semester. i miss assignments because i get psychotic so i think i would qualify. i filled out my fafsa already. i have to get some forms from my college to complete it. hopefully i get another pell grant for fall/spring. i dontknow what classes to take though. i hate math but i need pre reqs to work towards my degree. so farive been just taking classes that interest me. to keep myself interested and so i stay in school. ive had a tendency to drop out halfway thru a semester. ive done it a lot and wasted a lot of money. but i feel more healthy and motivated now to stay in school
I have accommodations for my schizoaffective disorder for when I get psychotic so you should get accommodations easily. I used to get really psychotic in college and stop attending classes, but for the past two years I've been doing really well and only got hospitalized once so far.
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my sociology class is a hybrid course. it meets once a week and the weekly assignments are due online every tuesday. my abnormal psych class is a real class and meets twice a week. i find online classes harder but i hate real classes when they partner u up because i have social anxiety around new people which stresses me out and triggers hallucinations. i always dread when they say"find a partner" im like **** i dont want a partner.

im interested in going into psychology as a major but i dont know what id do with it. i dont have the patience and unconditional kindess to be a therapist. but im most interested in psychology so i dont know. id have to figure it out
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I have accommodations for my schizoaffective disorder for when I get psychotic so you should get accommodations easily. I used to get really psychotic in college and stop attending classes, but for the past two years I've been doing really well and only got hospitalized once so far.
i was supposed to get accomodations but they had a deadline to turn in paperwork and was required to get a letter from my psychiatrist but my psychiatrist never faxed them the letter and messed up my deadline so i no longer can get accomodations because of him.
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You could go into research if you're not interested in patient care
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i was supposed to get accomodations but they had a deadline to turn in paperwork and was required to get a letter from my psychiatrist but my psychiatrist never faxed them the letter and messed up my deadline so i no longer can get accomodations because of him.
It's still March so that should give you plenty of time to turn in the paperwork and a letter from your psychiatrist. Don't you have a new psychiatrist now though? If you have a new one they could do it for you and if not maybe your therapist can write you one if possible. My therapist wrote mine since she knows me better than my psychiatrist since I see her more often.
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You could go into research if you're not interested in patient care
thats what T said. i would like to be able to work with patients but i doubt my ability to be level headed and have patience with them. i cant imagine how i havent burned my T out yet with all my issues and voices. he is still consistently supportive and kind to me even when i rebel against him. weve been working together for over 3 years now.
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It's closed sadly and I was hesitant on applying for that one because they publish your essay. I wouldn't want employers to google my name and find out that I am on the schizophrenic spectrum. I have been applying for disability scholarships though and some I mentioned having bipolar. I applied for a ADHD one and several others, but I only told them I had bipolar because schizophrenia has the most stigma of all mental illnesses as I have learned.
I didn't see any reference to publishing your essay----since its closed for this year I found some random cached application on google and you definitely didn't give them any publication permission on the 2014-15 application. There was a separate section for awards on the reintegration page which are different than scholarships and those had published essays but that was all I could find. Maybe you could do it next year if that was your only concern.
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I felt the same way which is why I'm switching out of nursing and going into laboratory science. Too much patient care stresses me out sadly. Congrats on having such a nice therapist, I've had mine for two in a half years and we're still going strong even though I had bad days sometimes.
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I didn't see any reference to publishing your essay----since its closed for this year I found some random cached application on google and you definitely didn't give them any publication permission on the 2014-15 application. There was a separate section for awards on the reintegration page which are different than scholarships and those had published essays but that was all I could find. Maybe you could do it next year if that was your only concern.
Oh really? Well then I'll apply next year and hope that I can win. My gpa will be higher so that will look good and maybe I can get into a volunteer position for my community which will boost my chances.
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It's still March so that should give you plenty of time to turn in the paperwork and a letter from your psychiatrist. Don't you have a new psychiatrist now though? If you have a new one they could do it for you and if not maybe your therapist can write you one if possible. My therapist wrote mine since she knows me better than my psychiatrist since I see her more often.
ive been in and out of college for 5 years. i turned in the initial paperwork 3 years ago. i had 1 month to do it. and i hounded my psychiatrist about it for that whole month. he never faxed them or gave me the paperwork or nothing. the schools policy is if you go pass the deadline you cant get accomodations forever. it was the worst psychiatrist i ever had. i dropped him and got a new one after that. i begged them to allow me to resubmit an accomodation letter but when i got a new psychiatrist but they they said their policy is a forever policy.
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it was such bullsh_t. that policy.
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thats a weird policy.
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I never heard of that before and that sounds pretty ridiculous. I would ask the dean of the college about it, they might be able to help you.
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Make a tumblr then! I spend a lot of time on mine because it's a lot of fun or you could do a different hobby.
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