I am writing to appeal my academic dismissal from Saba University School of Medicine. I was extremely disappointed in myself to know that I failed both IDR and Metabolism during the Spring 2016 semester. I would like to urge you to reinstate me for next semester. There were several factors that played a huge role to my current academic standing. My relationship with my boyfriend and the stress it brought along, my poor emotional health and Dr. Coffman’s teaching style were some of the biggest one out of all. I had a very difficult time last semester and my grades suffered as a result. Knowing the fact that I may not be able to further my education saddens me, but it’s my fault for letting people affect my work and studies and for not taking
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Receiving my acceptance letter from SUSOM was one of the best achievements I have ever accomplished in my life and I was extremely happy when I realized my childhood dream of becoming a doctor was going to be true one day. However, things began to change when I met my boyfriend for the first time in Anatomy lab last semester. I lost my focus, got distracted and forgot what I was on Saba for. I knew that taking IDR, Biochemistry, Genetics all at once would require a lot of time and I was mentally ready for it until I started dating my classmate. I could not ignore him for too long. Sitting next to him in class, passing notes during class distracted me and I was not able to fully pay attention in class. After failing my first Block exams for all three courses I tried walking out of the relationship but he did not take the rejection gracefully. My grades suffered because I spent my time thinking about what I had done to him. I blamed myself too for his condition. Since his letter writing did not stop and kept on going for a week in which he expressed his anger, his pain and his love towards me, I finally gave it in. I decided to …show more content…
The faith and my belief towards god gave me the inner strength to fight the battle and I started distancing myself from those people who affected my life. I distanced myself from people that created conflicts and issues again and again and that’s when I started performing well in all of my courses. I started voicing my opinion to my boyfriend, stood up for myself and I turned my weakness, my boyfriend into my strength by doing group studies with him. I asked him not to call or text while I am studying and I learned that in future if people try to affect your life you should cut ties early on and talk things out before problems and issues get bigger. I also learned how to keep my personal and academic life separate. I did recover over time and pulled up my grades but if I had learned these lessons a little earlier then I would not be in this position right now. Over time I did make some changes and there was a definite improvement in my grades but unfortunately it wasn't early enough to pass. For IDR, even though my personal stress did hamper my grades Dr. Coffman’s teaching style also played a vital role. Not just me a lot of people (~20) failed the exam for the second block. He did not pass the material on well and the lectures were very unorganized. He did not seem comfortable with the material himself as it was his first time using his own slide. But I realized that even if you end up with a not so
Receiving my acceptance letter from SUSOM was one of the best achievements I have ever accomplished in my life and I was extremely happy when I realized my childhood dream of becoming a doctor was going to be true one day. However, things began to change when I met my boyfriend for the first time in Anatomy lab last semester. I lost my focus, got distracted and forgot what I was on Saba for. I knew that taking IDR, Biochemistry, Genetics all at once would require a lot of time and I was mentally ready for it until I started dating my classmate. I could not ignore him for too long. Sitting next to him in class, passing notes during class distracted me and I was not able to fully pay attention in class. After failing my first Block exams for all three courses I tried walking out of the relationship but he did not take the rejection gracefully. My grades suffered because I spent my time thinking about what I had done to him. I blamed myself too for his condition. Since his letter writing did not stop and kept on going for a week in which he expressed his anger, his pain and his love towards me, I finally gave it in. I decided to …show more content…
The faith and my belief towards god gave me the inner strength to fight the battle and I started distancing myself from those people who affected my life. I distanced myself from people that created conflicts and issues again and again and that’s when I started performing well in all of my courses. I started voicing my opinion to my boyfriend, stood up for myself and I turned my weakness, my boyfriend into my strength by doing group studies with him. I asked him not to call or text while I am studying and I learned that in future if people try to affect your life you should cut ties early on and talk things out before problems and issues get bigger. I also learned how to keep my personal and academic life separate. I did recover over time and pulled up my grades but if I had learned these lessons a little earlier then I would not be in this position right now. Over time I did make some changes and there was a definite improvement in my grades but unfortunately it wasn't early enough to pass. For IDR, even though my personal stress did hamper my grades Dr. Coffman’s teaching style also played a vital role. Not just me a lot of people (~20) failed the exam for the second block. He did not pass the material on well and the lectures were very unorganized. He did not seem comfortable with the material himself as it was his first time using his own slide. But I realized that even if you end up with a not so