Walla University Student Appeal Letter

Dear Members of the Academic Standards Committee; I am writing to appeal my academic dismissal from Walla Walla University. Receiving this letter was very troubling to me, although I understand because my past two quarters have not been the best. Nevertheless, I am writing with the hope that you will give me another chance and reinstate me for the Spring 2018 semester. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to explain my circumstances. Throughout my first quarter, I admit that I was having difficulty adjusting to the new life that I had at college. I decided to move out of state because, throughout my last two years of high school I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety induced panic attacks caused by problems I was having with my friends and at home. It was a …show more content…
When I was accepted to Walla Walla University it was going to be the new beginning for me. But starting from new was harder than I expected it to be, it was a very big adjustment being surrounded by all new people and getting used to the new classes. I had to find new ways to plan my schedules and study my courses. I was doing average in most of my classes but with all the homework I had it was hard for me to get to sleep on time which led to me having trouble with making it to my 8 am class. After my first quarter I decided it would be best to not take early morning classes. I got mainly C’s in my classes which would’ve left me with a GPA above 2.0, but because of the D I got in one of my classes, my GPA was dropped to 1.9. If I had talked to more people, other