I admit, I had a very challenging time last semester, and as a result my grades suffered. I don’t mean to make excuses for my poor performance in school but I would like to explain my circumstance. During my second semester of college I treated my classes like I did in high school thinking I could coast by and pass my classes, but when I noticed how poorly I was doing in class everything was already headed downhill. I started the second
Dear Financial Aid Administration Office Staffs, I am writing regarding a holds in my financial aid record, due to unsatisfied disbursement (SAP form incomplete). I have not completed it because I am applying for a private loan which is in progress, waiting for Manhattan College certification. Meanwhile, I need to drop two of my courses.
In life, there are always failures of everything. As college students, we are experiencing endless stress, anxiety and fear failure. I remembered back in my sophomore year, I enroll in this accounting 201 class for my major’s requirement. The first week of class is simple, but after the third and fourth week, it gets harder and harder. There are many business concepts and words that are new to me. It is really hard to catch up in the class, sadly I have failed the first exam. I feel so blue. After that, I go to the professor’s office in purpose to ask him for advises of how to improve in the class. Then he advises me to drop the class because his materials in the class are straightforward and there is nothing he can do to help. It breaks my heart, after hearing him says that.
I didn't have an idea of the financial aid requirements entailed till it was too late. Freshmen and sophomore year were a year of trials and tribulations. Completing approximately 12 out of 38 credits mostly due to the fact I was moving my schedule around to fit my schedule and
students called it, I still didn't live up to my full potential. I didn't really want to be there at all in typical
In the Fall quarter of 2014 at pierce I was still being introduced to this style of learning and the school setting of Pierce College which was a pretty big turnaround for me seeing as my only previous schooling had been public high school. Along with my unfamiliarness with my academic surroundings I was also beginning my first job and had weekly meetings with a counselor.Needless to say, i put too much on my own plate and wasn't able to keep up with it as much as i had hoped to. I had been visiting a counselor to get help on some issues i had been facing with an Anxiety disorder along with issues in my home life ,which had been keeping me from focusing on many tasks. The anxiety was a major issue for me during fall and winter quarter but has since then improved and taken a back seat and is much less of an issue now. I know that none of these are an excuse for my poor grades but it was a heavy influence on how i handled
I have found that in all of my semesters here at FGCU this by far has been the toughest for me to complete. There has been lots of hard work put into all 4 of my courses, two jobs, and my level 1internship this semester and I’ve still found myself falling behind in EDF 4470 Classroom Assessment. After a few late and incomplete assignments, I still felt as though I had a chance to regain focus in this course. Unfortunately for me, however, things began to get worst and I became so far behind that there was no possible way that I would be able to complete each missing assignment and pass this course. Once I realized that I wouldn’t be able to withdrawal from this course because I had missed the deadline, without hesitation I spoke with my course
I failed English 1303, and I am so disappointed. I began college with a positive attitude. I knew I struggled with focusing in high school, so I had an idea that college would be a whole new level of struggle stories. I know I put this on myself by hanging out with my friends so often, as well as being super unfocused. Along with these circumstances, my attitude was no help. Throughout the entire semester I felt lazy and unfocused. I didn’t even have to check my grade because I had already given up on the class. Instead of managing my time wisely I let all the deadlines slip right past me. Now I have to deal with taking English 1303 during the summer just to catch up to my class. I know this summer I will stay super focused because the feeling
At the start of the semester I was unprepared for the level of work that I would be facing at this new school. I am used to being able to balance my full-time job, family obligations and my school assignments with relative ease however, all that has changed. I have spent many sleepless nights revising essays and reading selections for this class. It is fair to say that I have given everything that I have in order to prove to myself and everyone else that I do in fact belong here and that I can survive the pit falls of this institution. I have spent many sleepless nights slumped over my laptop checking for comma splices and subject-verb disagreement and I have the bags under my eyes to prove it. I hope that I do not need to explain further my rationale, but that it was visible all semester in my haggard face and the fact that most of my assignments were all relatively
Ms. McIntyre sorry to bother, but I’m so stressed out about school. I don’t understand what I did wrong this semester. I was on the SAP appeal and I had to pass all my classes and do study hours each week. I did everything I was supposed and work very hard. To receive an email at 2a.m. saying that I failed my SAP Appeal and will not be eligible for finical aid, so that means I have to do another appeal. With me doing excellent this semester I thought that I wouldn’t have to do another appeal. First it was one of my classes I was afraid I was going to fail but I passed, then being told that I won’t receive any finical aid after spring semester 2016, but we talked about so know I’m okay and ready to finish so I can graduate and then get another
• All students must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) in order to retain aid eligibility as directed by the U.S. Department of Education. SAP is monitored at the end of each applicable term. Students who have lost their eligibility for certain types of financial aid have the option to submit an appeal to have their aid reinstated. To appeal the loss of financial aid, students are required to first submit a written appeal. All financial aid appeals will be reviewed by committee. Throughout the Fall Semester, I served on the FA committee at the Carroll Campus. As a members of the Appeals Committee, I reviewed the entire academic and appeal history, not just the most recent semester. Additionally, I reviewed supporting documentation
I hadn't taken my counselor's heed of organizing more in ODL than I had in public school or my parent's hesitation over the fact that I had so many credits (17), without knowing how difficult ODL would be. Instead, I had brushed them off, believing myself to be smarter and more organized, but I was wrong. I thought and thought I could get good grades, but I wasn't actually doing things that would get good grades such as writing in my planner, not procrastinating, and balancing my time better. In short, I was spending more time believing in myself than actually putting in the time and focusing on my school work. It was a disaster and by the time midterms came around, I was completely stressed. My grades were okay, but nothing like I wanted them to be. I was also tired of producing terrible work in a frantic, rushed manner from procrastinating so
I can remember missing 8:05 classes because I stayed out too late the night before. In high school the teacher would constantly remind the students when certain assignments were due, but this was not the case in college. I learned that the hard way my first semester. Sometimes I forgot to turn in an assignment because I didn’t properly read my syllabus and my professor never mentioned it. These were all new problems that could have easily let escalate without taking the proper actions. For the most part I was doing fairly well but a few of my grades began to plummet. I was losing the confidence in myself and started to wonder if going to college had been the best decision. The time had come for me to grow up and become an adult even I didn’t feel the time was right. I immediately began attending tutoring sessions, working with peers and also keeping a daily to-do list. These factors were the eventually led to drastic improvement and success. After my first semester I learned how better manage my time, take advantage of campus resources and also how to organize myself better. These struggles also taught me that sometimes I try and rush through things instead of taking my time. I realized that one of my strong points is being able to really do well when my back is against the wall. Although I was unhappy while facing obstacles I am happy I experienced them. I believe this experience was the reason for my
My grandpa is one of the wisest men in my mother’s side of the family. He has told me from a young age that I can be anything I want, except ungrateful. This saying has become the second value most important to me. Living with this saying in mind and exercising it has opened many doors for me. I have learned to embrace and appreciate every obstacle. Last year I was enrolled in a statistical methods course. I had thought that I grasped the material and was ready for the first exam. After taking the first exam I earned a 50 out of 100 possible points. My heart
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