i want an explanation letter- career in danger please help

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Hi friends,I have completed my Bachelor of technology  in Information Technology, i have applied for my masters in one of the top university in Australia.But the problem is, I got a history of arrears of 21 in my B.Tech(I.T) course.Now this australian university had come down to me and had asked for a explanation letter for so much of failures in my college. depending on my explanation only my career would be decided, plz help me in this regard.. plz plz urgent, i have to submit the letter by tomorrow. plz help

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I'm sorry, but I don't know why you have these arrears and failures. Only you know that.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

i have arrears because, i have failed in my college subjects for 21 times, and so i got a history of 22 arrears, these australian universities are very particular about the history of arrears and so i was asked to give a explanation letter on my behalf, why i got so many arrears...

Clive · Answer

Hi.
OK, so what's your explanation?

Clive

Rajaelumalai · Answer

Hi clive,
I have created a leter, could you help me in correcting any mistakes in the letter... it would be great if you do that...
and here is the letter

Chennai

Respected sir/madam,

The Purpose of this letter is to show why I have so many failures in my Under Graduate course, Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology.

One of the main reason I would like to put it here in this letter is, that I never studied computer science in my life time till I joined my college, until then I was studying biology till my year 12. I was always aspired to become a Doctor but situations changed and then I shifted my mind to Information Technology.

Since that was the first time I started learning basics of computer, programming languages and also the fact that I cannot forget my biological aspiration made me to struggle a lot to study during my first three semesters. I was not able to perform well in my regular cycle tests and Model exams which are the main contributors for my Internal marks (out of hundred 30 marks for Internals) which in deed resulted in 10 arrears till my third semester, because of low internals, I was unable to clear those papers in my second attempt also, which resulted in another 6 failures in my academic history, On the whole I got 16 arrears till my third semester.

The teacher who handled one of the subject in my third semester, also handled another subject in my fourth semester named Visual Programming, due to my past performance and the impression that teacher held over me was not so good. Which in turn resulted in a bad internal marks for the subject Visual Programming, and that was the toughest paper in my Engineering course above on that I didn’t use a proper reference books for that subject which resulted in a fail grade , due to my low internals I was not able to clear it in my second attempt too. This in turn contributed another 2 fail grades to my academic profile.

I would like to bring it to your notice that I am a student who should have got just a four arrears which I received in last four semesters, if I had taken computer science in school days and without an ambition of becoming a doctor, I would not have received those 18 fail grades till my fourth semester which is inclusive of the number of attempts taken.

From my fourth semester I started focusing on my studies and become an Information Technology aspirant. I became so involved in the studies which had bought this interest in me to pursue my Masters in the same field. After working on two projects as a part of my curriculum, the thirst for Information Technology grew more.

After completing my course with full of interest and enthusiasm, I found that my school studies were tougher than my college studies. Usually the education cycle in India is like a person who gets 60% percentage in his year 12 will definitely maintain above 75% in his college period, in India school people have a lot to study. And am being a student who has got 85% in my school days should have received an at least 85% in my college studies, which unfortunately I was unable to get because of the reasons I have mentioned above.

I will guarantee now that I will not have any reasons like above to give in future, if you offer me an admit in your University and I also assure that I will get A + or 90+ marks in my Post Graduate course if you provide me an opportunity to prove myself in my aspired Field Information technology. Because I am indulged a lot in Information Technology now and I am so confident that I will be a successful IT professional in my career.

Please encourage me to achieve my goal, since I was already dejected with my old ambition, I would not be able to take up another failure. I hope to achieve my goal in RMIT University. I am requesting you to help me in achieving my goal.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely

Raja

Rajaelumalai · Answer

friends I had applied to a masters degree course in an australian university since i have a lot of failures in my under graduate course, the university people had asked for a explanation letter for my failures in under graduate, upon verifying my explanation letter only, they will offer me admission so pls help.
below is the letter i have written pls give suggestion

<EDITED by mod: Text of the letter deleted because it's already contained in the previous post -- the two threads you created have been merged here. Please don't post the same content twice. Thanks.>

Clive · Answer

Hi Raja,

If you want to study in Australia, I assume that you want to got to a English-speaking unversity.

If you don't mind me expressing my opinion, it seems to me that the best thing is to show them your actual level of English. So, my advice is just to send your letter the way it is, and hope that your explanation is satisfactory.

Best wishes, Clive

Rajaelumalai · Answer

hey thanks for replying clive, but i feel the sentence formation and al is not perfect in my letter and i don t know 2 correct them also.. all i want 2 do is to put my situation in a positive way in that letter. thats all i wanna do and am sure they will not agree if i send this letter, it has to be extremely good atleast in letter part when its not good in academic part...
pls help me in giving suggestions for that .. it will be greatfull if u dopls help me...

Clive · Answer

Hi,

All I can do is correct the English.

Dear Sir of Madam,

The purpose of this letter is to explain why I had so many failures in my Undergraduate course, for Bachelor of Technology (in Information Technology).

One of the main reasons is that I never studied computer science in my life until I entered my college. Until then, I had studied biology. I always aspired to become a doctor, but circumstances changed and then I shifted my mind to Information Technology.

Since that was the first time I started learning the basics of computers and rogramming languages, and also because I could not forget my earlier aspirations, I had to struggle a lot during my first three semesters. I was not able to perform well in my regular cycle tests and model exams, which were the main contributors for my Internal marks (out of hundred 30 marks for Internals). Indeed, this resulted in 10 arrears until my third semester. Because of low internals, I was unable to pass those papers in my second attempt either, which resulted in another 6 failures in my academic history. Overal, I had 16 arrears up to my third semester.

The teacher who handled one of the subject s in my third semester also handled another subject in my fourth semester, Visual Programming. Due to my past performance, the impression that teacher had of me was not good. In turn, this resulted in a bad internal mark for the subject of Visual Programming, and that was the toughest paper in my Engineering course. I didn’t use a proper reference book for that subject, which resulted in a failing grade. Due to my low internals, I was not able to clear it in my second attemptm either. This in turn contributed another 2 failing grades to my academic profile.

I would like to bring it to your notice that I am a student who should have got just four arrears, which I received in the last four semesters, if I had taken computer science in my school days. Without myambition of becoming a doctor, I would not have received those 18 failing grades up to my fourth semester, which is inclusive of the number of attempts taken.

From my fourth semester, I started focusing on my studies and became an Information Technology aspirant. I became so involved in the studies that I gained bought this interest to pursue my Master's in the same field. After working on two projects as a part of my curriculum, the thirst for Information Technology grew more.

After completing my course full of interest and enthusiasm, I found that my school studies were tougher than my college studies. Usually the education cycle in India is that a person who gets 60% percentage in his year 12 will definitely maintain above 75% in his college period. In India's schools, people have a lot to study. And being a student who got 85% in my school days, I should have received at least 85% in my college studies, which unfortunately I was unable to get because of the reasons I have mentioned above.

I will guarantee now that I will not have any reasons like the above to give in future, if you offer me admittance to your University. II also assure you that I will get A + or 90+ marks in my postgraduate courses if you provide me an opportunity to prove myself in my field of Information technology, because I am involved a lot in Information Technology now and I am so confident that I will be a successful IT professional in my career.

Please encourage me to achieve my goal, since I have already been dejected about my old ambition and I would not be able to take another failure. I hope to achieve my goal in RMIT University. I am requesting you to help me in achieving my goal.

Thanking you.

Yours sincerely

Raja

Good luck.

Clive

Madhulk · Answer

Respected sir/madam,

The Purpose of this letter is to show why I have so many failures in my undergraduate course, Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology.

One of the main reasons I would like to put ~~it here~~ in this letter is, that I have never studied computer science in my life ~~time~~ till I ~~joined~~ attended my college. Before that I was studying biology till my year 12. (maybe you mean 12th grade?) I was always aspired to become a Doctor but situations changed and then I shifted my mind to Information Technology.

Since that was the first time I started learning ~~basics of computer~~ computer basics, programming languages and also the fact that I cannot forget my biological aspiration made me to struggle a lot to study during my first three semesters. I was not able to perform well in my regular cycle of tests and Model exams which are the main contributors for my Internal marks (out of hundred 30 marks for Internals) which indeed resulted in 10 arrears till my third semester. Because of low internals I was unable to clear those papers in my second attempt too, which resulted in another 6 failures in my academic history. On the whole I got 16 arrears till my third semester.

The teacher who handled one of the subjects in my third semester, also handled another subject in my fourth semester named Visual Programming, due to my past performance and the impression that the teacher held over me was not so good. Which in turn resulted in a bad internal mark for the ~~subject~~ Visual Programming subject. That was the toughest paper in my Engineering course, resulted in a fail grade. Due to my low internals I was not able to clear it in my second attempt too. This in turn contributed another 2 more fail grades to my academic profile.

I would like to bring it to your notice that I am a student who should have got just a four arrears which are received in my last four semesters. If I had taken computer science in my school days and without an ambition of becoming a doctor, I would not have received those 18 fail grades till my fourth semester, which is inclusive of the number of attempts taken.

From my fourth semester I started focusing on my studies and became an Information Technology aspirant. I became so involved in the studies which had bought this interest in me to pursue my Masters in the same field. After working on two projects as a part of my curriculum, the thirst for Information Technology grew more.

After completing my course ~~with~~ full of interest and enthusiasm, I found that my school studies were tougher than my college studies. Usually the education cycle in India is like a person who gets 60% ~~percentage~~ per cent in his year 12 will definitely maintain above 75% in his college period. In India ~~school people~~ pupils have a lot to study. And I am ~~being~~ a student who has got 85% in my his school days and should have received an at least 85% in my college studies, which unfortunately I was unable to get because of the reasons I have mentioned above.

I will guarantee now that I will not have any reasons like the ones above to give in future, if you offer me an admit in to your University. ~~and~~ I can also assure you that I will get A + or 90+ marks in my Post Graduate course if you provide me an opportunity to prove myself in my aspired Field Information technology. Because I am indulged a lot in Information Technology now and I am so confident that I will be a successful IT professional in my career.

Please encourage me to achieve my goal, since I was already dejected with my old ambition, I would not be able to take up another failure. I hope to achieve my goal in *** University. I am requesting you to help me in achieving my goal. Thank you!

Sincerely yours, Raja

I'm not a grammar expert and this is all I can do.

Anonymous · Answer

thanks a lot clive,i sent this letter with some little corrections. hopefully i should get the admission.

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