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What I am reading from you is that you stopped going to class…didn’t take care of yoru self medically,didn’t communicate with professors, ineffectively communicated with the dean and then failed.
What would make you successful?
Have you adressed the medical situation?
Do you know what resources your campus has?
@bopper lol i was actually going to messesge you to view my feed! so here is the story ( they are mentioned in the letter also) I communicated with all my professors ( except one. I did great in that class) before the term ended, and none of them were knowledgeable on the medical withdrawal and suggested that I should do my best ( not gonna blame them for that because I thought i was gonna do good, in which, my finals were actually higher than expected). my communication with the dean was just through his manager, asking her to let the dean know that I’d like an appointment with him. therefore, I really didnt get to reach out to him as i intended. here are the answers to the questions:
I did show significant grade change in my exams after recieving my medical treatment 30%-> 69% despite it being cumulative.
yes, i did address my medical situation.
I occasionally used the writing center for the essays for the class i did well in
UPDATE!!: the manager told me that the dean is not in the office today and will get back to me on Monday. I’m just curious, do school faculties read emails after business hours? the fact that he said he will get back to me on Monday ( this is a whole conversation with him, me and the manager over the email) does that mean that there is a possible chance that he has read the email and in a process of consideration? I FEEL LIKE DYING!!
None of us can tell you if any particular dean will read his/her email when he/she is not in the office. We also don’t know why he/she is out of the office (normal day off, family emergency etc.). There is no one answer fits all. You have to sit tight.
Given your academic probation, it is unfortunate that you did not take a medical withdrawal last semester. It is surprising that the doctors and hospital did not present it as an option.
I am fully aware of the monitored withdrawal and late withdrawal options at Pitt, thank you. You have posted multiple places on CC regarding your situation. You were not dismissed for failing one class…generally at Pitt, academic dismissal occurs when your GPA falls below a 2.0 (Deitrich) and you have been placed on probation and you have failed to improve. Are you saying you were dismissed from the university without a probationary period?
Still,when you talk to the dean:
@labegg,
“Are you saying you were dismissed from the university without a probationary period?”
No. OP is saying he/she failed to raise grades during the probationary period due to a medical condition, which he/she can document, and has a professor’s confirmation that it affected his/her ability.
A late – sometimes called retroactive – withdrawal is a legitimate thing, and OP wants to explore this possibility. If granted, it would place OP back on probation but able to take classes and redeem himself/herself academically next semester.
If the university agrees to reinstate OP for next semester, it will be made CRYSTAL CLEAR that this is his/her last chance. I’m sure OP is well aware of that as well.
Give OP a break. We all make mistakes, especially when we’re stressed lower division college students.
At Pitt, “Late Withdrawal” apparently refers to a withdrawal after the 9th week of a term.
If it is done while the course is still in session, then it wouldn’t be retroactive.
http://www.cgs.pitt.edu/student-services/registration
I don’t see any language on that page about withdrawing retroactively.
If in fact there is a policy/precedent for that at Pitt, it might help the OP to be able to cite it.
All I am saying is that the OP clearly has a history of poor academic performance (hence being placed on probation for the Fall semester) and has demonstrated twice that (s)he is having a hard time maintaining the academic standards of the university, in combination with struggles managing the medical issues. Perhaps (s)he ought to consider that taking a lighter load at a community college might be the most prudent course of action, until they have a better handle on their academics and medical condition rather than jumping into the deep end of the pool for the 3rd time.
I can absolutely understand OP wanting or/needing to preserve a path to re-enroll in the future. Eczema flairs can certainly be debilitating however, stress and cold/dry winter weather are also contributing factors to flairs. I think it might behoove OP to consider alternative options.
@tk21769 thank you for the research, but I came across the late withdrawal by another assistant dean that I 've met previously. It may be dropping the whole semester.