I am a freshman that just finished my first semester in the bay area. growing up, my dad struggled with substance abuse but my family hasn’t really done anything to help until one day he had a heart attack. Basically it was a wake-up call for him and my family and he said he will stop. But once 2017 came in, he lost his job and it reduced our income by so much that now were having trouble paying for my rent and schooling because the bay is so expensive. Because my dad lost his job, he relapsed on drugs/alcohol and is now showing signs of shock (bells palsy) and are all worried for him. My dream school has always been CSULB because of how prestigious their nursing school. I would just love to be able to be closer to home to be able to visit my dad because he is home alone and was diagnosed with severe depression in January 2017 (after losing his job) and can be suicidal at times.
Do you think i’d get accepted if I appeal my denial? CSU’s do not accept lower division transfers but i am a pre-nursing/undeclared student and my schedule has been set to transfer. I also got all A’s and 1 B last semester and graduated HS with a 3.6 GPA. I will also attach documentation such as hospitalization bill, depression and bells palsy diagnosis, and income.
Thank you so much.
Also, he had a heart attack around 10 years ago due to substance abuse.
Here’s the thing, you could ask, but it probably won’t happen.
If you were at LB, they would probably allow you to withdraw, without penalty, to deal with your family problems. I think your current school would allow you to do that.
Since you knew your father’s history, before you applied to your schools, I think LB would be concerned that you still attended a school, out of the area, despite family problems and financial concerns. You could have and still can return home, go to a less expensive community college and then transfer. In this way, you can have time to spend with your father and deal with his long term history of cardiac trouble.
Not meaning to be insensitive, but you need to look at this from their point of view. They already made a decision about you. You also made a decision that didn’t keep you close to home. Your father’s history and health is not LB’s problem. You should have known that going away from your hometown would increase your expenses and time away from home. (Even if he didn’t lose his job or was ill).
Long Beach is not obligated to make space for you because of your father. These are really his issues and not yours regarding admission to LB. LB’s business is in education. They are not obligated to provide care for him through admission for you.
CSULB is very tough to gain admittance. They look at test scores and GPA. They also don’t accept freshman transfers. If your mental state is not ready to deal with school, they could recommend that you take a break from school.
(Also, as I’ve read your post, I noticed that it is full of grammatical and spelling errors. Things like that are noticeable to admissions committees.)
So you do have a couple of viable choices:
Return home, attend the local CC to save your money, transfer later so that you can be with your father now.
Take a break from school, work full time, and save money to help out at home. Some of us had to do that for our families as well.
Sorry to hear about your Dad and family issues but I agree with @“aunt bea” that you have no grounds for an appeal. You were not accepted to CSULB and unless they made a mistake in evaluating your application, family issues cannot be used to appeal a denial. They are admitting/rejecting you based on your academic record. As stated above, you could take a leave of absence from your current school to stay with your Dad or move home and attend a community college and reapply as a Junior transfer.
I hope everything works out for you and best of luck.