Hello all. Last semester I was put on academic suspension from my university. I have written a letter requesting reinstatement. Any thoughts about how I could improve it or pointing out spelling/grammar errors would be very helpful. Thank you for your time!
Dear Dean,
I am writing to petition for reinstatement to Alpha Bet University beginning in the spring of 2020. On May 20, 2019, I was notified that I had been put on academic suspension. Unfortunately, the news didn’t come as a total surprise, but nonetheless my world was turned upside down. I had never been in a situation similar to that before, and I had no clue where to start to fix the problem. I decided to look inwards and figure out where my life began to take a turn for the worse.
I grew up in a small town of about 15,000 residents in (my home state). School there was very undemanding, and I was able to find success without studying or putting in much effort outside the classroom. I convinced myself that once I got to ABU, I would somehow be able to follow the same path and still be able to find similar success. I haven’t been more wrong about anything in my entire life. Immediately, I got behind in classes and struggled to catch up. Eventually, I had to drop a class my first semester. To me, having to drop a class is a failure, and failure was something that I’d never experienced in academics before. It seemed like the world had been ripped out from under me and I struggled with who I was. After the first semester, I was on a continuous downhill slide all the way through spring semester of 2019. When it finally caught up to me, and I was put on academic suspension, I came unglued. I didn’t have the slightest idea how I ended up where I did, and I began to look inward. I discovered that I was lazy, unmotivated, undisciplined, and I needed to change.
I realized that if I wanted to be successful, then I needed to learn to control the fears of failure that had plagued me since that first semester. I’ve begun to see a therapist to help me sort through the mental and emotional problems that landed me on academic suspension. We’ve made a lot of progress together, and she has helped me realize that I need to take my future into my own hands if I want to meet the expectations I set for myself. Outside of improving my mental health, I’ve done a number of things to ensure prolonged success moving forward:
I continued to read textbooks in order to stay prepared for a return to classes.
I have reached out to my friends in (the honor program) to get their advice on how to
manage my time in a much better manner.
I have committed to taking better care of my myself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I am adhering to a strict sleeping schedule, and have limited social events to
weekends. I am eating a healthier diet, and I am working out regularly.
I didn’t know anything about ABU until my senior year of highschool when I was given notice that the fee for applying had been waved. I took advantage of the opportunity and sent in my application. After I was accepted, all it took was 5 minutes on campus to know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that ABU was the place for me. I know I’ve done a bad job representing the university and myself, but the problems that caused my poor performance have been solved. From my fellow students, to the faculty, I love everything about ABU. It would be an honor to get a second chance to prove to not just you and the university, but to myself that I belong and can excel at ABU. Thank you for considering this petition.
Sincerely,
Me