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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good advice, OP. As a college prof, I knew freshman year could be tough on a kid but until I was a parent with a kid in freshman year I never completely understood how hard it can be for some kids.

[/quote]Pp again. I want to add that it's useful to take advantage of the expertise on your kid's campus.  My kid diagnosed her problem (correctly) on her own and wanted to take a medical leave but I was a bit reluctant - I thought, can't you just eke out some Cs and Ds and not waste a semester's tuition and then recover over the summer? Then I realized that of course there would be counselors on her campus who had seen this before. We went to meet with one and he was very reassuring about her taking medical leave.  In fact, they wanted her to take two semesters off which she did and it turned out to be the best thing to do.  She's back in school with a lot more support and the tools she needs to handle the hard parts.  That medical leave turned out to be essential in putting her in a good place later.[/quote]

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