This may be an opportunity to open a discussion with the graduate program head about your difficulties. A straightforward admission of your problems and your worries about missing class might lead to mentoring opportunities that will help you in your classes. If the graduate chair is not approachable, then a similar discussion with your professors might also provide some positive benefits.
Points that an Outside Observer Might Raise
It is not always easy to confront personality issues in a department, but one way or another, a department needs to make advisors or program coordinators available whom students feel able to talk to.
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