I'd received financial aid for 2 years before, but now, my school considers me ineligible for fin aid because I didn't fulfill the satisfactory academic progress policy. I was taking 12 units instead of the mandatory 16 units. I'm currently writing a letter of appeal, detailing why.
I had transferred into my current school with a 3.7 GPA. During my first year, I was involved in an extremely detrimental relationship with someone who was emotionally abusive and resulted in me having to deal with an abortion by myself. Consequently, I lost my focus in school, withdrew from 2 classes, recieved bad grades and my GPA dropped drastically within one year. Since then, I've removed him from my life and I've been working hard to regain my former GPA, earning A's & B's.
The experience was an extremely personal and painful one for me and I feel that I should include it in my letter of appeal, but I'm not sure how to or if it's appropriate. Please help!
2006-06-15 07:56:04 · 2 answers · asked by Michelle 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
It's absolutely appropriate to tell them everything you told us here. If you don't mind sharing this information with the Appeals Committee, then you should -- these are exactly the things that we look for.
As I'm sure you can imagine, a lot of students don't make Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) simply out of laziness. So, provide them with any information that you can to show them that your situation is different. Tell them your story. Let them know why you took a smaller-than-average credit-load (or got a low GPA) and assure them that you are now working hard to the increase the quality of your work.
Best of luck!
2006-06-15 08:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by FinAidGrrl 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ditto with FinAidGrrl. There should be other help yu can get also.
I don't know which one you have. Maybe email FinAid Grrl and ask.
2006-06-15 10:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by pj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋