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Please help. I am not confident about my academic suspension appeal. Please help me with my grammar, spelling, punctuation. And if there is something wrong with my letter, please address it but don't be rude about it. I am worried someone might criticize my letter and start making judgements, so please be helpful. Dear Academic Standing Committee,
My name is xxxx and I am writing this letter to appeal my academic dismissal due to failure of maintaining an adequate GPA and not performing well in classes. I was unable to get my GPA up to average due to me own personal problems and not being responsible for my classes.
When I first began xxxxxxx college, I was fresh out of high school. I did not know the college very well and did not know how the classes work nor how the semester system worked. I had a lot of self-esteem issues that prevented me from making the right choices such as choosing the wrong major and classes I was not prepared for. During the fall semester of freshman year, I wasn’t sure which classes I had to take. I really did not have a plan on what classes I wanted to take. I did good in courses like English and World History because I knew I could handle them without studying for them, but not so good in math or science due to not being prepared for them. I started taking classes over the winter session but I was not prepared with any of them also. The session was too fast for me and I did not have a study plan for either of them. I began losing focus and confidence of myself and I started doing poorly in both classes. During spring semester, I wanted to retake both the classes I did bad in, but I did not know which class to take. I did not know what to do at that point. I took classes that I really did not plan on taking and really did not put much thought into taking them. I only focused on classes I could handle such as the English and Philosophy classes, but I could not focus myself on classes like Chemistry, Calculus and Psychology. I did not plan ahead of time for any of my classes and this led to me becoming very overwhelmed and it started to drive me insane. I got off to a really bad start and I started losing confidence in myself. I only managed to do good in the humanities classes but I was not ready for the science and math courses. I ended up dropping my psychology class and failed both Chemistry I and Calculus I, and had to retake them them over the summer. Over the summer, I was not prepared. I did not have a plan for either of my classes and the semester was going really fast. I ended up only studying for Calculus instead of Chemistry and ended up getting another F. I did not take the failing grades and probation warnings seriously. I was too distracted by my own personal problems to take anything seriously.
During sophomore year, I took classes again was not prepared for. I ended up dropping Computer Science and Biology I, due to not being ready for those classes and failed Calculus II due to lacking confidence and not setting up a study plan for any of my classes. I actually started planning on which classes I was going to take over the winter and over the Spring semester. I planned on retaking Biology I and Chemistry I over the winter. During the winter session, I started to connect with some of my classmates, and they gave me some advice about my classes and what my major. They asked what I liked doing and what interested me and what interested me was the one that was going to be my major. That is when I started changing my major from Computer Science to Liberal Arts, because I knew I had interests in topics like Science and history and was not interested at all in Computer Science. Before, I did not really put much thought into taking science courses and did not have the confidence to take them. They gave me advice to only focus on the more rigorous classes and take the ones you could handle over the shorter session. In the spring, I started planning on retaking Calculus II and continue on to Chemistry II and Biology II. I also wanted to take Anthropology and History just to get them out of the way. During the Sophomore year, I started focusing more on Chemistry, Biology and math than for Anthropology and History, I ended up dropping out Anthropology and History and planned on retaking them over the summer. I managed to do good in Calculus, but not in Chemistry or Biology due to not having efficient studying time for both of them. I spend more time on Calculus than I did for the other two classes. When I planned on retaking Anthropology and history over the summer, I ended up taking Computer Science because of no more seats for the former two classes. I did not wish on taking Computer Science, but I had to in order to get my GPA higher. I was not prepared for that class. I did not put a study plan for that class. I focused more on what classes I wanted to take the next semester and I ended up doing poorly due to making the wrong decisions. After realizing my mistake, I started taking note on the classes that I really wanted to take and when to take them. This time I planned on making the right decisions.
I realized all that I was doing. I took classes I was not yet prepared to take. I did not have a plan on what classes I had to take. I had a lot of self-esteem issues that prevented me from making the right choices and I ended up choosing the wrong major and taking classes I did not think of taking and was not prepared for those classes. After getting advice from helpful students and some of my professors, I started setting up a plan for myself. To take the required and rigorous classes over the normal session and to take that classes I could handle over the shorter sessions, so I don’t end up becoming overwhelmed and losing confidence and focus. As the years went by from freshman to sophomore, I got to the know how the college works and I started knowing myself better which allowed me to gain more confidence and know which classes to take. Freshman year, I got off to a bad start. I really did not know myself better and had many personal issues that made me make the wrong decisions, I did not know how the college worked or what classes I have to take. During Sophomore year, I slowly started to know how college works. I started connecting with my classmates and professors and they gave me more confidence to know what I had to do future. For me it’s a process. I was not prepared for college, but as time went by, I started to know the college better, I started to know myself better and knew that I had to make the right decisions and to be responsible for my classes.
xxxxx
My name is xxxx and I am writing this letter to appeal my academic dismissal due to failure of maintaining an adequate GPA and not performing well in classes. I was unable to get my GPA up to average due to me own personal problems and not being responsible for my classes.
When I first began xxxxxxx college, I was fresh out of high school. I did not know the college very well and did not know how the classes work nor how the semester system worked. I had a lot of self-esteem issues that prevented me from making the right choices such as choosing the wrong major and classes I was not prepared for. During the fall semester of freshman year, I wasn’t sure which classes I had to take. I really did not have a plan on what classes I wanted to take. I did good in courses like English and World History because I knew I could handle them without studying for them, but not so good in math or science due to not being prepared for them. I started taking classes over the winter session but I was not prepared with any of them also. The session was too fast for me and I did not have a study plan for either of them. I began losing focus and confidence of myself and I started doing poorly in both classes. During spring semester, I wanted to retake both the classes I did bad in, but I did not know which class to take. I did not know what to do at that point. I took classes that I really did not plan on taking and really did not put much thought into taking them. I only focused on classes I could handle such as the English and Philosophy classes, but I could not focus myself on classes like Chemistry, Calculus and Psychology. I did not plan ahead of time for any of my classes and this led to me becoming very overwhelmed and it started to drive me insane. I got off to a really bad start and I started losing confidence in myself. I only managed to do good in the humanities classes but I was not ready for the science and math courses. I ended up dropping my psychology class and failed both Chemistry I and Calculus I, and had to retake them them over the summer. Over the summer, I was not prepared. I did not have a plan for either of my classes and the semester was going really fast. I ended up only studying for Calculus instead of Chemistry and ended up getting another F. I did not take the failing grades and probation warnings seriously. I was too distracted by my own personal problems to take anything seriously.
During sophomore year, I took classes again was not prepared for. I ended up dropping Computer Science and Biology I, due to not being ready for those classes and failed Calculus II due to lacking confidence and not setting up a study plan for any of my classes. I actually started planning on which classes I was going to take over the winter and over the Spring semester. I planned on retaking Biology I and Chemistry I over the winter. During the winter session, I started to connect with some of my classmates, and they gave me some advice about my classes and what my major. They asked what I liked doing and what interested me and what interested me was the one that was going to be my major. That is when I started changing my major from Computer Science to Liberal Arts, because I knew I had interests in topics like Science and history and was not interested at all in Computer Science. Before, I did not really put much thought into taking science courses and did not have the confidence to take them. They gave me advice to only focus on the more rigorous classes and take the ones you could handle over the shorter session. In the spring, I started planning on retaking Calculus II and continue on to Chemistry II and Biology II. I also wanted to take Anthropology and History just to get them out of the way. During the Sophomore year, I started focusing more on Chemistry, Biology and math than for Anthropology and History, I ended up dropping out Anthropology and History and planned on retaking them over the summer. I managed to do good in Calculus, but not in Chemistry or Biology due to not having efficient studying time for both of them. I spend more time on Calculus than I did for the other two classes. When I planned on retaking Anthropology and history over the summer, I ended up taking Computer Science because of no more seats for the former two classes. I did not wish on taking Computer Science, but I had to in order to get my GPA higher. I was not prepared for that class. I did not put a study plan for that class. I focused more on what classes I wanted to take the next semester and I ended up doing poorly due to making the wrong decisions. After realizing my mistake, I started taking note on the classes that I really wanted to take and when to take them. This time I planned on making the right decisions.
I realized all that I was doing. I took classes I was not yet prepared to take. I did not have a plan on what classes I had to take. I had a lot of self-esteem issues that prevented me from making the right choices and I ended up choosing the wrong major and taking classes I did not think of taking and was not prepared for those classes. After getting advice from helpful students and some of my professors, I started setting up a plan for myself. To take the required and rigorous classes over the normal session and to take that classes I could handle over the shorter sessions, so I don’t end up becoming overwhelmed and losing confidence and focus. As the years went by from freshman to sophomore, I got to the know how the college works and I started knowing myself better which allowed me to gain more confidence and know which classes to take. Freshman year, I got off to a bad start. I really did not know myself better and had many personal issues that made me make the wrong decisions, I did not know how the college worked or what classes I have to take. During Sophomore year, I slowly started to know how college works. I started connecting with my classmates and professors and they gave me more confidence to know what I had to do future. For me it’s a process. I was not prepared for college, but as time went by, I started to know the college better, I started to know myself better and knew that I had to make the right decisions and to be responsible for my classes.
xxxxx