Financial Aid Appeal Essay

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To whom it may concern:

The purpose of this letter is to appeal the suspension of my financial aid. Due to a numerous amount of personal problems I was having at the time I failed to meet the needed academic criteria. With the up most sincerity I’m both ashamed and embarrassed of where my current G.P.A. stands and I blame myself for allowing this to happen. I would like to request the reinstatement for financial aid this upcoming semester. Being a single mother of two children I need all the help and resources I can get. Before digging myself into a bigger hole I took the necessary time off of school to evaluate, address, and manage everything that was taking up unnecessary time in my life or holding me back. I’m determined to get myself back into school to repair the damage I have
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Being that it was my first time choosing to enroll in to two online courses, I was sure I could handle the heavy load. Initially being warned by counselors not to make the mistake of enrolling both and English and math class, I felt I had the need to prove something to them. Dealing with all the personal problems I was faced with, my complete focus was not in school, it was in handling my burdens the best way I could. I realize now I obviously bit off way more than I could chew, and as a result my grades ended up taking a toll.

Initiating the first step into what would be my life long career I had very little support at home. I was a young adolescent struggling with being a student and mommy to a soon to be one year old at the time. I invested in my first apartment while struggling to balance school, work, and home. A couple of weeks in my husband lost his job, and I had to pick up the pieces with an additional job. The little time I did have was being used on my daughter, my life was at its most chaotic during this

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