HI,
I had something similar happen to me. Long story short, I was sick for a long time during my first year as a graduate student. I wasn't advised to take a medical withdrawal during the time of my illness. When I tried to do that after receiving my third (very unexpected and undeserved) C, my request was rejected and I was dismissed. I was very depressed for a few months- with all of my good friends, continuing in the program and some of my professors saying that this shouldn't have happened. I decided to keep trying to get back into another program. In the last 2 years, I took the praxis and passed it, worked as a special education aide at an elementary school, worked as an ABA therapist, volunteered at an Autism research center, shadowed and assisted an SLP in early intervention for over a year, retook 2 UNDERGRAD classes that i made Bs in the first time.....So far I've been rejected from 10 schools last year and 4/6 this year. I'm also at a loss of what to do. If anyone has advice for you, us, I'd love to hear it!