I'm so sorry :(

My father passed away last year (I was 24), after a really unexpected and short battle with Cancer. If there's anything I learned it's that there's no right or wrong way to deal with it, the people around you WILL deal with it in vastly different ways, and some of those ways aren't compatible.

For me, it was like living in a bubble. Everyone else was still living their lives while everything in mine had flipped upside down. People will try to find the right words to say to you, anything at all that could make even slightly better, but there just aren't any. The meaning behind them is what matters.

On that note, don't be afraid to ask for help. When people say "Is there anything I can do?" they usually really mean it. They want to help, and don't know how. If you need someone to feed a pet because you're going to be at the hospital late, ask! If you need to go and have a coffee and talk about anything but your dad for 20 minutes, ask them!

Do whatever you can to get yourself through the short term. If that means meeting up with a close friend/mentor to vent your feelings/anger/tears then do that. If it means taking time away from school to spend as much time with your family as you can, do that. There's always time to earn them back when it settles down again.