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I firmly believe that there is not enough advice out there for struggling students from those of us who made it through college and stumbled along the way. For non-traditional students: those who are older, have kids, work one or two or three jobs, pay tuition out of pocket working full-time, take care of sick or elderly family members, can’t go to school full-time, are first in their family to attend school, or any other students that aren’t 18, living on campus and surviving entirely on student loans, it’s much more difficult to prioritize school. That’s not to say those students don’t deal with their fair share of stress, personal, medical, or family issues, and have their own obstacles, but those that have to lead entirely separate lives have to (unfortunately) have a different set of priorities when attending school. This can be devastating, especially  if the fields that you are trying to go into are competitive, such as law, medicine, nursing, or rocket science (not sure about this one), and school has had to take the back-burner so far. Students who have been able to devote every waking second to academics (without worrying about finding the time to study, paying for next semester, etc.) are going to look more competitive on paper, and the reality is, these are the types of students that are applying to those competitive schools. The good news: it is possible to get through school despite any obstacle and achieve your dreams. The bad news: it takes a lot of work and, most importantly, balance.

“A time for everything: A time to relax and a time to be busy, a time to frolic and a time to labor, a time to receive and a time to give, a time to begin and a time to finish”. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie