College Appeal Letter Essay
I am writing this appeal letter in regards to the Graduate College of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley denial to the Rehabilitation Counseling Program. I want to start off by taking full responsibility for my current GPA. I write this appeal to explain the cause and ask you to please re consider me for the Spring 2018 semester.
I began my education at UTPA in 2008 shortly after graduating from high school. In the fall 2009 semester my 10-year-old sister got diagnose with ovarian cancer. This was one of the toughest moments in our lives. My sister spend weeks at a time in the hospital due to her receiving chemotherapy. I would alleviate my parents by staying with my sister in every free moment that I had. I understand my sister’s illness should not be an excuse to for my low academic grades, but I felt the need to be there for her and my family, that I unfortunately did not make school my priority even though it should have been. Thank the Lord, my sister completed chemotherapy after five stress-fill months and went into remission. In the midst of going through this difficult time and almost losing my sister I decided to apply myself in school and try to pick up my grades. In Spring 2011 I decided to take a break from school to focused on work, and decided to start a family. My son was born September 5th 2012. The day he was born something inside changed, I knew I wanted to give him everything. I wanted him to look up me and be proud of his mother. I came to the realization that in order to be successful I need to continue my education and work on my bachelor’s degree. There were stressful days in which I thought I was not going to be able to finish my degree however, every time I looked into my sons eyes I saw the …show more content…
I know if given the opportunity I will excel and maintain a 3.0 GPA and better throughout the graduate program. Thank you for your time and
I began my education at UTPA in 2008 shortly after graduating from high school. In the fall 2009 semester my 10-year-old sister got diagnose with ovarian cancer. This was one of the toughest moments in our lives. My sister spend weeks at a time in the hospital due to her receiving chemotherapy. I would alleviate my parents by staying with my sister in every free moment that I had. I understand my sister’s illness should not be an excuse to for my low academic grades, but I felt the need to be there for her and my family, that I unfortunately did not make school my priority even though it should have been. Thank the Lord, my sister completed chemotherapy after five stress-fill months and went into remission. In the midst of going through this difficult time and almost losing my sister I decided to apply myself in school and try to pick up my grades. In Spring 2011 I decided to take a break from school to focused on work, and decided to start a family. My son was born September 5th 2012. The day he was born something inside changed, I knew I wanted to give him everything. I wanted him to look up me and be proud of his mother. I came to the realization that in order to be successful I need to continue my education and work on my bachelor’s degree. There were stressful days in which I thought I was not going to be able to finish my degree however, every time I looked into my sons eyes I saw the …show more content…
I know if given the opportunity I will excel and maintain a 3.0 GPA and better throughout the graduate program. Thank you for your time and