<p>I recently got my financial aid suspended and I am going to send in an appeal. I had major personal issues and just need to know if this is a good letter and if anyone thinks theres a chance to get it back. If someone could proof read or just let me know what their thoughts are, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>Dear Financial Aid Committee, </p>
<p>My name is XX and I am writing this letter in hopes that the decision to suspend my Financial Aid could be reconsidered. Although my grades were poor this past semester, my GPA does not reflect my capability and determination to succeed and reach my academic goals. My academic performance was shaken last semester due to the stress and difficulties in my personal life. For the past several years, my mom and I have had a shaky relationship because of her drug use and psychological problems. I moved in with my grandparents. This was hard on me because our relationship was perfect for the most part of my life. The issues were really bad for 3 years or so but in the past year were looking up. But she had a fall out at our family Christmas gathering. I went to my dads the day following, he lives over 400 miles from my mother, and never went back before returning to San Marcos because the event effected me so much. My grandparents took in my mother to live with them late December, because of all of her issues and drug use. For the past 5 months my mother has refused to go to rehab, misses doctor appointments, and is sure that my grandparent’s house is bugged and there are people out to get her and trying to ruin her life. This puts a lot of stress on me, because I cannot stand to see my mother like this, it disgusts me. Also, all semester I have been worried and stressed because I feel like she will take her own life, or do something stupid, and my grandparents will not force treat her. So, the spring semester of 2014, I was going home pretty much every weekend to see, take care of, and check on my mother. This took a real toll on my grades because I just wasn’t focused and I would miss classes because I would stay in my hometown a few extra days to be with my mother. </p>
<p>I enjoy the classes and professors and the friends I have made are terrific, so I very much want to stay and complete my degree here. But, because my mother has not worked for about 6 years now and has no income, and my dad will not help with my schooling at all because he just recently became a part of my life, and my grandparents are both retired, I am very dependent on financial aid. I will have only a few thousand more in my college savings after this summer semester, which would barely cover half of next fall, and I can only work so much along with going to school; Without student loans I will be financially unable to continue my studies at XX.</p>
<p>My mother, because she saw how it affected my academics and me, has agreed to start a 3-month rehab program in August after I start school in the fall. This will take all of the stress off of my personal life so that I can focus solely on my academics. When I began schooling this past spring, I did not have a sufficient plan for managing my time and balancing my classes with my other personal life responsibilities. I am aware now of the mistakes I have made and am asking for one more chance to show XX University that I can succeed academically. From the end of December of 2013- to just last week was one of the hardest, most stressful times I have had in my life, but I can rest easy knowing my mother is willing to get help for not only herself, but for me. I did pretty good fall semester of 2013 and I know I can do just as well, or even better than I did then. I intend to get tutoring help as needed and take, which I did not do last semester. I am prepared to try my hardest to succeed and make the right grades to reach my career goal in physical therapy to be a pediatric physical therapist with my own practice, and maintain the SAP standards for the rest of my academic career. </p>
<p>I have no documentation because no professional counseling was used and no medical services were either. All I have is my plea for a second chance to succeed at XX University. Please know that I am extremely focused on my future and my dedication to my education is paramount. Please allow me a second chance to prove that I can be a model student and achieve academic excellence</p>