I have been stressing out about mine and I am curious if I still have a strong chance of being readmitted. My email has no extenuating reasons (relative died, illness, etc.), but I take responsibility for my grades and explain the reasons why i know I screwed (time management, priorities messed up). I also outline a number of steps that I plan to take if I am readmitted. Any thoughts?
These are handled on a case by case basis. So it’s really not possible to answer your question.
Are there some key things to include in my appeal that often favored by academic committees
If it’s your first dismissal, they want to see how things will be different next semester. If you didn’t focus, if you worked too many hours at an outside job, if you had health issues, if you didn’t attend class or didn’t do adequately on assessments, they want to see your plan to improve performance and cope with whatever struggles you had. They don’t want to see you blaming external circumstances; they want you to take responsibility and make necessary changes. I’ve been on review committees, and frankly, the illness/relatives died etc. excuses don’t really fly as much as you might think. Life happens, and if you were in a job, you’d be expected to perform over a 3-4 month period even if you got the flu or grandma died. A parent dying or a major chronic illness is a different matter, but even then, the student needs to demonstrate a plan to cope, or there is no point in being in school.
If it’s a second dismissal, the best letter in the world is unlikely to make any difference. Colleges have their rules about academic eligibility and generally stick by them.
And please focus the bulk of the letter on the specific action steps being taken to ensure it never happens again, not a tedious explanation of why it happened.
Keep your letter succinct and to the point. Remember, yours isn’t the only letter the school will be reading. You want to hit the important points about what you are doing and will continue to do to remedy this situation, but don’t ramble on and on.
If it is your second dismissal how do you right an appeal to make it successful?
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I’m sorry I’m new to this site. I didn’t mean to do anything rude.
My experience is that if your appeal is reviewed by the faculty members, it helps to have one of your professors who knows your situation quite well to write you a supporting letter to the review committee. A support letter from a peer professor often carries some weight.
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