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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Letter of appeal to conditional suspension

Hi everyoneEmotion: smirking this is my first time posting here. As it has come to pass, I need to submit this letter by tomorrow or else my appeal won't be review and I will be places under suspension. I must submits an outstanding letter to increase my chances of approval, but I am afraid other outcomes might ensure since English is not my native language.Emotion: tongue tied Please be as harsh as you should be, writing is not my stronghold. Thank you for your time.

~okay, here it goes~

My name is [ B L A N K ], I am an international student majoring in Accounting who has been enrolled since 2008. Last fall academic term was an extenuating and difficult semester for me, one which marked an end to a chain of events which progressively worsened ever since I started taking upper division courses. It was on the 5th of October, 2012 in which I was diagnosed with mixed anxiety-depressive disorder, and to my surprise I found myself taking antidepressants for the first time in my life. It is my wish to be considered an appeal for my conditional suspension because after speaking with my business academic advisor we both found best for me to take just two classes this next spring semester. For that to happen I would need to change my visa status because I am currently allowed to take a minimum of 12 credits hours. Now that I am under Doctor's supervision, and given that I am very close to graduation, I feel highly motivated to work conjointly towards my graduation.
It all began in fall 2011 when I first took upper level courses, little did I know that I was going through a deep depression. I failed two courses, but some of my instructors dropped my class instead, and by doing so I did not fall into suspension. Then, last spring 2012 I took some other upper division courses which I failed as well, setting me up for suspension. Moreover, I took one of those classes I failed in summer as an online class at home, which I got a grade A. At that time I was constantly changing apartments, mainly because I just could not get along with my roommates. Therefore, I was mostly left alone in my room, save the occasional time I had to leave my apartment such as to buy groceries or go to school. I seeked counseling at the Univerisity at that time, but I never wholly maintained seeing my counselor, my hopes for betterment were slim to a degree, I was too proud to seek outside help and wanted to do things my own terms. It was this past fall semester when I finally opted to rent a room all for myself, but my academic situation at the school was not getting any better either. I signed an academic success plan and contract before the enrollment, in which I stated I would be attending workshops, meeting with instructors and basically to be looking for all the help I would be needing to reach my academic success. I did little to reach for any kind of help though, my medical condition was holding me back, I desperately wanted to do things on my own, and little did I know that I needed all the help that I could get. I was afraid of being judged by my teachers, I felt terribly anxious at class and talking to my peers in class was proven difficult for me. I was definitely most depress about my academic development throughout the semester too. For example, If I would fail to get a good grade I would immediately throw my hopes away. I firmly believed I just could not do it, and though I did my best to pass two of the four classes I was taking, I only passed one. Consequently, this led me to turn in such a poor filled academic success plan. I only held myself back, but mainly because my depression would not let me be the kind of student I wanted to be. I visited some of the faculty professors during the semester, some others I did not. Now that I am aware of my condition, and since I am following treatment I see no problem why I could not make use of the school's resources to take two upper division course this spring semester.
My plan for returning begins like this. First, I am lucky enough to have my financial needs met by my family, so my financial plan is pretty much covered by me. My only concern is to make time to schedule an interview with the US customs for the new kind of visa before classes starts. My career plan on reaching my long-term goal consists in graduating in the field of my study so that later on I can plan for a master's degree in Accouting. With that in mind I plan to become a Certified Public Accountant in the US one day. I have held several part-time positions at the University, although many of them have been jobs differing from my field of study at one time I held an Accoounting Technician assistant position at Business affairs. It briefly gave me an insight of what my future career could look like. Other ways to keep developing the skills that are necessary for the jobs I will be applying for is to volunteer to accounting workshops at the school, to be part of the accounting student organization, and to attend the Job fairs for further network development. The Career Counseling Action Plan I have developed with my counselor has helped me realize the skills and talents I needed for my degree. I learned about the pre-requisites requirements to Accounting, the job outlook for the degree, and the amount of positions available for it as well as study strategies to overcome my study weaknesses. Moreover, I learned about the variety of campus resources available to students. I will make use of the Learning Enrichment Center to improve my study habits and strategies. I will make part of the Graduation Project at the Student Success Center to increase my chances of graduation as well.

My academic plan consist on using a different approach in which I carry out my conduct in order to be more academically successful whereas using the same kind of comportment that was being detrimental to my academic success, for that I will need to change my behavior in and outside the classroom effectively. The Academic Success plan I developed with my business advisor helped me address some major important issues for my academic development which I will mention shortly. After finding out about my medical condition, and sharing it with my advisor an assessment from my part and on the level of difficulty was made for the classes I was going to take. Therefore, time management came to mind. It is of the utmost importance for me to manage my time, more importantly now that I must make use of it effectively in order to take on the challenging classes I have ahead. Regular attendance is a very important area where I found it difficult to follow last semester, I will make sure to follow thoroughly with it because attendance is closely interrelated to a good academic performance. Other areas where I learned I needed to develop are my study skills. That said, I will make use of campus resources and services such as library study rooms, the Student success center, and the Academic advising center as were aforementioned. In addition, visits to the faculty, and to the advisors is a top priority I have to keep on check since this is where I will find the advice needed for my career development success. Finally, by following the instructions of the Student Success Center, which I already have an action plan on, I will make sure to use the campus resources, such as accounting tutors, services from the academic advising center and the like. I will most definitely change my behavior to be more academically successful, I learned a lot about my academic plan just talking about it with my business academic advisor. I will make use of the learning enrichment services, and I will not take light of the Student health services, for I will make use of them to assist me as therapy counseling on-the-side for my treatment.
I would personally like to request this opportunity to be reassign back to school, to be allowed to take just two classes. This is a big chance for me to grow even further. A whole new chapter was open into my life ever since I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I found myself desperate, and in need of an outside help. I willingly and humbly accepted it, and amidst the depression I found myself a girlfriend and a change in my persona as a firm believer in the Christian faith. That has too helped me tackle a lot of what I am going through. I would also like to add that in the near future I would like to serve in the US military, God willing I will get married by the end of this year, closer to graduation than ever. I would like to give thanks to the committee for listening to my petition, God bless and I wish you all a very fruitful year. Thank you.
  
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