Seeking advice and assistance on a very important letter please.

Hello all,

Fantastic site, with excellent resources. I have a fairly unique situation and could really use your help... (this might be pretty long, i apologize in advance)

I "graduated" from my college in Pennsylvania (Undergrad) with a degree in Finance in 2005. I participated in graduation ceremonies, shook hands with both the Dean of my department as well as the Dean of the University, wore cap and gown, etc. I was thrilled as I had a job lined up and waiting for me in Chicago before I graduated. So I take off with my family to Chicago and start working. About 4 months after I got to Chicago I realized I had not received my diploma yet. So I called and spoke with someone in the office who told me I had not fulfilled all the requirements and a course was missing. I was flabbergasted, however after much give and take, they said to just come take the course and we'll issue your diploma, well I wasn't about to leave a brand new job to come back for one class. So I said when I have the time I'll deal with it.

Well, a few years have passed and I'm now interested in going for my MBA, of course my undergrad school still says i didn't graduate, so I am now in Pennsylvania taking the missing course in an accelerated summer session. Now that the course is done I'm trying to see if they'll date my diploma 2005 since that is essentially when I graduated (minus this one course). Of course, they are refusing. Normally this would not be a problem except most MBA programs require at least 2 years post undergrad employment, which will push back any chance of grad school till 2013 at the earliest.

It seems the school of business is sympathetic to this issue, and while they will not backdate my diploma the Assistant Dean has told me to draft a letter explaining the situation, (that I finished my degree in finance in 2005 but a liberal studies science class, has dated my diploma 2011) and they would re-do it on school letter head, sign it, and give me copies to attach with any MBA applications.

So my question to you kind people after reading through all that is, can you please help me draft a good solid professional letter, that would be as if the school wrote it? They said they would "polish" up whatever I send, but i would really like it to be good enough that they don't have to do that. I'm really at a loss as how to begin.

I thank you all in advance for any replies, and apologize for the length of this post.