Letter for Readmission Review?

HPuck35
Sun, 17 May 2020 22:40:59 +0000

Most of the time I read these posts with re-admission letters and smile, almost laughing sometimes at how lame they are. Grandma died and it really affected me for the next year!!! Stuff happens, get over it is what I want to say.

HOWEVER, your letter sounds sincere to me. It addressed the problems you faced in college. And MOST IMPORTANT to me is that you take responsiblility for your lack of success and you have addressed the issues that caused you to fail.

Your letter isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t need to be. I could edit it but then it would be my words and not yours. To me it is more important that it be your words that the college sees. The best part of your letter is where you state that you believe that you are now in a position to be successful. Your letter seems to support that conclusion to me. I’d submit it as is.

A few words of advice:

College should be job #1. So, even though you worked during your time away, be carefull about over committing yourself during the school year. I’d even suggest that you do not work for at least the first semester to get you started on the right track.

Retake the physics. Even though you could get credit for it, it is a subject that other parts of engineering (which I read into your letter that you are pursuing at some extent) build on. Not having a good foundation isn’t the way to build on.

I worked with several excellent engineers who failed their first time in college but went back and were successful. Keep up the good work and good luck to you.