Im a currently a freshman in college and have just received a letter stating my suspension from said college. They said I could write a letter to appeal the suspension. Im not going to dive into my life story on here but needless to say, bad things happened and my grades suffered. I just spent the day looking up how to write an appeal letter and have just finished the actual letter. I want to know what will happen and what I should do if something does happen. Its obvious if they accept my appeal, Im definitely going to haul ass and work till my brain dies. This first semester sucked but by sucking, it also gave me a bit of experience and now I know what i have to do and what it takes to do better. But what if they deny it? What do I do then? Since Ive only had one semester of college and it was horrible, how will applying to another college work? They wont be able to see how good a student I am, all they will see is my horrible track record. Someone please help so I dont fall back into depression
The letter informing you of your academic suspension should explain what it means, and there should be further information about it in your student handbook or catalog. If you still have further questions, you should be able to talk to someone from the office of academic affairs - an advisor, a dean, etc. - who can answer those for you at your specific college.
Generally speaking, academic suspension means that you are not allowed to attend the college for a specific period of time - usually a semester or a full year. You’re ineligible to register for classes or get financial aid. Typically this happens because your performance is so poor that the college thinks you need a break to figure out how to succeed later on in college.
Usually, you cannot apply to transfer to another college. In order to transfer to most colleges, you need to be a student in good standing at your original college, but if you are on academic suspension you won’t be in good standing. However, you often can take classes as a transient or non-degree student. Each individual college has their own guidelines for who can study, so you’d have to check out the schools in which you were interested.
Usually what students do is take the period of suspension to solve whatever problems contributed to them being suspended. Deal with medical problems, family issues, financial problems, or whatever else it might be; learn better study skills; etc. Often students may take classes at a local college or whatnot in the interim, although I’d check carefully and make sure those credits would be accepted if you do. You could also work or volunteer or pursue other interests during the time off.
Then, after the period of suspension is over, you can apply for reinstatement at your college.