<prompt> Human: Throwaway, for obvious reasons. I go to medical school in Canada.In first and second years, I was incredibly depressed. My mom found out my dad was fucking prostitutes. He refused to move out of the family home and, as the breadwinner, financially entrapped my mom into living in the house with him while he refinished the kitchen, put in hardwood flooring to try and increase the houses sale value. So for a year and a half, they lived together in a nightmarish dynamic.This had a devastating impact on my mental health. I missed some classes and deadlines. The Dean was aware of a bit of my situation, but I still racked up professionalism reports and had to write letters to the board of examiners.I am in 3rd year now and doing much better, mentally. My parents sold the house and my mom lives by herself now. I havent spoken to my father in over a year.However, I managed to miss another deadline in clerkship, and got one last professionalism report.The day that Christmas break started, I received a letter from the Board of Examiners saying I need to meet with the Board of Assessors to determine whether or not I be dismissed from the program.I am freaking out.My lease expires at the end of this month, and I need to sign for a new lease for the new year. Should I even do this if I may be kicked out?If I get kicked out, am I stuck with this debt? What is my best approach to paying this off? Do I declare bankruptcy? Do I suck it up and find a minimum-wage job, slaving away at this until its paid off? Will people hire me if they see a three year gap in emplyoment, where I was in med school until I got kicked out? Should I just kill myself?Please, I need some guidance. I am so lost.  <response>: Since you still need to meet with them in an official capacity I would just politely and professionally explain what happened in your life in a cliff notes version. Dont get emotional, just tell them what happened and apologize for the lack of performance but youll be performing better now. That seems to be what the meeting is for: to find out whats happening with you. If they wanted to kick you out, they would have just kicked you out which they didnt, so theres that. Keep soldiering on. Youve gone this far, you cant quit now. 