<p>Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for your replies! All of the advice is taken into account and I’m planning to try out an appeal to SC (My cousin, who is now graduating from SC, got in through appeal from waitlist). It couldn’t hurt, right? </p>
<p>I have already written the appellate letter, stating that my poor performance in the 10th grade was due to my transition from being simply a student, to juggling both my drawing schedule and schoolwork. I was judging the situation based on my ambitions, and let them overtake my academics. By the end of the semester, I straightened my priorities (and began an upwards trend in grades). I take full responsibility for my low GPA!</p>
<p>Hopefully it’s a valid reason.</p>
<p>Thank you again for all your help, otherwise it will be the CC path. I don’t think I can afford to pay OOS tuition for rolling admission schools.</p>