<p>Cheesebear,</p>
<p>Did you end up including that writing sample essay in your appeal package? I did, but now I’m not sure if I should have. I had already mentioned beforehand in my Supplemental Questionnaire that I had faced socioeconomic and family problems. So in my appeal letter, I wrote that I had recently been published in a compilation book of poems and I recently organized a benefit dinner to raise money for my community’s underfunded music and art programs. </p>
<p><em>crossing my fingers</em> :)</p>