I was recently put on Satisfactory Academic Progress Completion for my completion rate of 58.10%. While I cannot deny that my completion rate was below the acceptance rate, it is due to a difficult time period in my life. I was conflicted about writing this appeal for the reason I told myself that I would not use what happened in the past as an excuse, but here I am a few credits short of graduating and writing this appeal to explain the situation that lead me to fall below the completion rate.
My family is very close to one another. Cousins are more like best friends or siblings. Over the past five years, my family has suffered many deaths. On January 31, 2010, my best friend/cousin (Phil) passed away from a car accident. This was very …show more content…
There were times I would have to “babysit” my grandmother. Part of my “babysitting” would be to feed, bath, and help her go to the restroom. One of the main effects of LBD is dementia. The dementia was very challenging to deal with. The last thing I ever wanted to do was to hurt my grandma’s feelings or make her feel like she was “losing” it. There would be times when she would see things that were not there or people who had passed away. This was a woman who was very strong and now reverted back to being “childlike”. Many times on the drive home from her house, I would cry just because I felt so bad for her and it was hard to see her so helpless. During this period of time and even after death, I was my grandma’s Medicaid authorized rep. I would have to take care of all her paperwork and even go to hearings. Sometimes I would have to leave work to handle matters for her or so my grandfather could go to the doctor as well. My grandfather had Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the past and still had routine checkups in Chicago to attend. At this time my aunt was diagnosis with Lupus and my father broke his foot. Although my father was not allowed to put any weight on his foot, he appreciated the extra precious time he has with his mother. My family work well as a team during this trying time. I do admit at this time I did have a hard time managing school and this is when my completion rate was affected the
My family is very close to one another. Cousins are more like best friends or siblings. Over the past five years, my family has suffered many deaths. On January 31, 2010, my best friend/cousin (Phil) passed away from a car accident. This was very …show more content…
There were times I would have to “babysit” my grandmother. Part of my “babysitting” would be to feed, bath, and help her go to the restroom. One of the main effects of LBD is dementia. The dementia was very challenging to deal with. The last thing I ever wanted to do was to hurt my grandma’s feelings or make her feel like she was “losing” it. There would be times when she would see things that were not there or people who had passed away. This was a woman who was very strong and now reverted back to being “childlike”. Many times on the drive home from her house, I would cry just because I felt so bad for her and it was hard to see her so helpless. During this period of time and even after death, I was my grandma’s Medicaid authorized rep. I would have to take care of all her paperwork and even go to hearings. Sometimes I would have to leave work to handle matters for her or so my grandfather could go to the doctor as well. My grandfather had Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the past and still had routine checkups in Chicago to attend. At this time my aunt was diagnosis with Lupus and my father broke his foot. Although my father was not allowed to put any weight on his foot, he appreciated the extra precious time he has with his mother. My family work well as a team during this trying time. I do admit at this time I did have a hard time managing school and this is when my completion rate was affected the