My name is ____ and I am an undergraduate requesting for appeal for financial aid. I was informed that it was suspended because I have not met the Satisfactory Academic Progress for the 2010-2011 school year. In the fall of 2010 my grades were not up to par i do agree and i took full responsiblity for that. Although the stress of my god mother passing away and not being able to attend the funeral took a toll on me stress is not an excuse. Although my g.p.a has not dropped beyond a 2.0 I understand that taking classes more than once and not passing them is unacceptable. i do want to point out that this spring semester of 2011 i studied harder to pass the classes i have been lacking in such as eng 102 and acc 203. might i also add that within this spring semester i had been sent to the emergency room on two occasions being diagnosed with pleurisy . this illness kept me from attending class on numerous occasions where i missed vital information even though i had valid excuses some teachers did not allow me to make up important work . I do take full responsibilty for my actions and ive already started making plans to improve my schooling by attending after hours tutoring and staying after class to communicate with my professors if i don't understand something.