<p>i'm an international student, and i'm on an academic suspension from school.
i need to send the letter of appeal by monday, and was wondering if anyone is willing to read my letter of appeal and give me feedback/advice.
i'm in desperate and urgent need of help. i feel like this is end of the world and want to commit suicide.
please help and any advice will be appreciated. i will send it via private message. </p>
<p>thanks so much in advance.</p>
<p>Sure, why don’t you PM me?</p>
<p>Just calm down dude. Its not the end of the world. You’ll be fine. I actually am going through a similar experience right now. Just keep your head up. I can read it too if you’d like</p>
<p>Being on academic suspension isn’t a reason to commit suicide. It’s a reason to get your life together and to learn how to focus on the things that are most important in your life.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people – including people whom I know who were at Ivies and other top schools – who were suspended from college, but then returned to that college or another and graduated and had successful lives.</p>
<p>As for your letter, what will be important is taking responsibility for what happened and offering proof that you now have the wisdom and ability to be successful at your studies. Proof – such as a specific plan – not empty promises or begging for another chance – are what’s important. </p>
<p>If your appeal is turned down, basically what that would mean would be that the college would believe that you need more chance to mature before being able to handle your college studies. That’s true of many students. I used to teach college, and had many who after taking forced time off due to grade problems returned and excelled in college and afterward.</p>
<p>Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Don’t take that route.</p>
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<p>Truth! Don’t think that way. There is NOTHING you can do that cannot be fixed or abridged in some way, even though it may take some time. even if it feels awful right now, it will get better. Perhaps talking to someone will help?</p>
<p>I’d be happy to read your letter. PM me if you’d like!</p>
<p>Grades mean nothing. When you are at the end of your life and reflecting on everything you did, you are not going to recall your college GPA. Grades are a bad reason to kill yourself. They really mean nothing. Just think about how much is out there, and how little grades matter in that perspective. I was on disciplinary probation for a year, and I will say the terms were never enforced. I was able to participate in everything I wanted to participate in, and I will say most college administrations are either too big or too incompetent to check in on every student. Even if it happens, all it means is you have more motivation to do well academically. Don’t put undue pressure on yourself. Grades only matter because you think they do. You give everything in your life its meaning. A bunch of numbers don’t matter. People on here tend to be very into academics and care a ton about them, but it really isn’t that big of a deal.
Not going well for a couple of semester is not going to ruin your life. No offense, but grow up a little bit and put things in perspective. People get really shortsighted in college and don’t take the time to look around and realize what is important. Grades really aren’t. Most employers don’t ask for a college GPA, and grad schools take into consideration improvement across semesters. You can always take time off and go to a different school. A couple of my friends had some grade issues and took a semester or two off to revamp.</p>
<p>Please don’t kill yourself over grades. Although they are important, they are not everything. I will gladly help correct your essay. Feel free to pm me.</p>
<p>If you really do feel like you might or will commit suicide, please seek professional/crisis help immediately (like a crisis hotline or in a very immediate situation, 911). Like others have said, academic suspension, while indeed rough and scary, can be handled effectively, and this is only a temporary setback, regardless of the outcome of your appeal.</p>
<p>Did anyone get the PM from desperatestudent? I hope he/she is ok.</p>
<p>Sure, PM me.</p>
<p>I assume you will have a hearing with your schools supreme court?</p>
<p>Academic suspension isn’t the end of the world. Figure out what’s wrong with your study habits (go see someone at your school’s academic success center or whatever it’s called at your school) and fix them! Focus more on your study habits than the grades themselves and the grades will come when you learn what the best way is for you to study.</p>
<p>But if you do feel like committing suicide, please call the Samaritans or someone who can help you!</p>
<p>There is nothing in the world that matters more than you. Your grades are such a small part of your current life, and years from now you will look back on this as only a temporary setback. You have the rest of your college career to gradually increase your grades and you could be graduating in a few short years with a terrific GPA. </p>
<p>When you write that letter think about all of the things you now wish you would have done differently, and than when you start over, make sure you keep up with those things. This sort of thing happens pretty often and the wonderful thing about life is that you always have chances to do things over. The only thing that we can’t repeat is death. This is just a small setback so do what you need to do to learn from it. I would say that if you could do that than on a major level you learned alot this year…this year could be the year that makes you the most successful. Hang in there and remember that life will have many ups and downs…this seems very big right now but it won’t seem that way later.</p>
<p>desparatestudent, no matter what happens with your school, you are worth much more than your grades or education. I know you feel panicked, but suicide isn’t the answer. This may be one of life’s little detours, but you will get through it and I promise you, you will be happy again. So hang in there! And please do talk to someone at the counseling center if you’re feeling suicidal.</p>