<p>Hi, i am going into my 2nd year at ucsb, got a cumulative gap of 1.95 for my first year, and have been placed on academic probation. I still have not received my financial aid award letter, or email saying its been suspended, and the payment is due next month already. Also, if i am placed on financial aid suspension, will all my aid, including refunds for housing and such be given back to me by winter quarter if i bring up my gpa? Anyone have experience with financial aid suspension appeals? Any advice is helpful. Thanks ! </p>
<p>The website explains it pretty well. You should contact the financial aid department if you feel you should have gotten a letter on suspension.</p>
<p><a href=“Eligibility - UCSB Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships”>http://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/Eligibility.aspx</a></p>
<p>please anyone, help</p>
<p>Could you get help from financial aid counselor at school to review and make sure you include all helpful supporting documentation?</p>
<p>Thank you Hippobirdy, Thats a good idea I’m going to look into that. I feel as if i have everyt document that can help my case provided so i am not sure what else i could use . And as far as my letter, any opinions?</p>
<p>I really do like your letter. It was mature, forthright, and had a responsible plan for getting back on track with your application. I would comb over it for grammar and spelling just in case (I didn’t see anything wrong but I am basically illiterate so don’t trust me!) </p>
<p>DmitriR thanks a lot i appreciate the insight. I will definitely reread it plenty of times to make sure it has no grammatical errors of any kind. So, would you say it is ready to be submitted, in your opinion? is it too long?</p>
<p>I would wait on more feedback. I am just some guy on the Internet, I could be missing something huge. </p>
<p>Alright yea thats fair enough, appreciate your help really do</p>
<p>My updated appeal letter is this : </p>
<p>Dear Financial Aid Appeals Committee, </p>
<pre><code>My name is xxxxxxx and I am writing to ask you to reconsider your office’s decision to suspend my financial aid for this current 2014-2015 school year. My financial aid was suspended due to my 1.95 cumulative GPA and I am aware that this was the cause of my suspension.
My first year at UCSB was a real struggle. As I was leaving to attend UCSB, the summer before the school year began, my parents were planning to separate. This caused me to go through a lot emotionally and psychologically during the fall and winter quarters and could not focus on my studies. Then came spring quarter, and my parents finally separated for good. This occurred during spring break before I was to begin my spring quarter. This news led to me being even more emotionally unstable and far less focused in school. The separation of my parents affected me tremendously for I worried non-stop of my mother, of our financial situation, and of how I would ever accept that the separation was reality.
I kept all these thoughts and emotions bottled up inside of me and this led to me ultimately lacking the clear, healthy state of mind and soul I needed to have a successful first year, and particularly Spring quarter. However, regardless of these emotions and thoughts I had, I certainly could have made more of an effort to seek help. I should have worked harder to put all those issues aside and make my studies and my ambitions priority. I should have made attending therapy sessions with the school’s psychological services mandatory, as well as had clear communication with my Professors and TA’s concerning my situation. I take responsibility for not having taken the appropriate measures to ensure I had a successful first year, regardless of my issues, and that this lack of awareness led to my GPA suffering tremendously.
This past summer I have done a great deal of reassessing my goals and plans for this current school year to ensure I may get my GPA up and be in compliance with the Satisfactory Academic Progress, as well as to ensure I never fall into any complications like I did last year. I have healed a lot this summer and believe I am in the right state of mind and soul now. I understand that school and my studies will be my top priority and base for my focus and I really want to prove that I can be a very successful student here at UCSB. For these reasons I have come up with an extensive academic and personal plan for this school year. My plan is as follows:
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<p>• Remain focused on studies and maintain healthy relationship with my mother
• Have every day planned out in advance in order to manage time and to completely erase procrastination from affecting my schoolwork and daily activities
• Attending every lecture and section for each of my classes and being an active listener and learner throughout them by actively taking notes and having the confidence to ask my professors, TA’s, or fellow classmates questions
• Enroll in CLAS for my economics and math classes to ensure I understand every single concept and to use this resource to help me strive to achieve the highest grades possible on all examinations or assignments
• Attend office hours as often as necessary for any class I am having trouble in in order to have the direct attention I need to discuss my concerns with my professors and TAs to feel confident that I am understanding the material correctly
• I met with a clinical psychologist over the summer and I will make sure I make appointments for the school’s psychological services such as therapy throughout the school year to remain healthy emotionally and psychologically
• I have already met with an academic advisor prior to the beginning of the school year to discuss what I need to do to get back on track and I will continue to make appointments as often as necessary to discuss my goals</p>
<p>I would be very honored to continue my studies here at UCSB and I understand that federal student aid is a high privilege that should never be taken for granted. I have taken full responsibility of my actions and have learned, matured from them. I will follow my plan precisely and know that with this plan I will be back on track soon and maintain on the right track to become a successful student. Thank you very much for your valuable time and consideration. </p>
<p>Sincerely,
XXXXXXXXXX</p>
<p>I have also attached some documents pertaining to my appeal such as:
• Letter from clinical psychologist
• Divorce papers my parents filed
• Letter from the academic advisor I met with</p>
<p>The letter in post 9 looks fine to me. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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<p>Overall, I think the letter is very good. It gets to the point and explains the changes you intend to make. I would edit the sentence above (I’d cut everything after “GPA” because it’s redundant), but other than that I think you did a great job. Good luck. Let us know what happens. </p>
<p>thumper1 thanks for the feedback! Definitely a boost if confidence </p>
<p>austinmshauri that’s a very good tip I had been thinking about cutting it as well. Thanks I feel confident about my letter, staying positive
I’ll let y’all know how it ends up, really appreciate your opinions !</p>