SAP APPEAL PLEASE READ

-Please let me know if anything is off and how likely am I to get approved. Thank you!-

To Whom It May Concern,

During my Fall term, I failed a couple of courses. This led to my GPA falling under the satisfactory academic progress. This is the first time I openly talk about my mental health issues in a professional matter. Therefore I’ll try to be precise on my feelings and the reasoning on why it held my back from achieving the satisfactory academic progress. At the time I was going through a huge depression. My father was diagnosed with leukemia when I was about 10 years old. In 2014, he had a cell stem transplant. However, the doctors did not know if his body would full accept the transplant. With that said, my father still runs the risk of his cancer getting worse. In the fall term, my father was rushed to the hospital for an unknown reason. With fear that his cancer has gotten worse, my panic and depression grew. At the time that happened, my mother had already stress of her sister, that lives in Mexico, was suing her for the inherence that my grandfather left them. Therefore, my mother had to go to Mexico and deal with it, leaving me all alone in the house trying to help out around the house and help my father out with anything that he needed. As the term was coming to an end, the birthday of my closest friend (who recently passed away) came. I didn’t know how to handle all the problems; therefore, I fell into a great depressive state. However, I realized that I was depressed and went and talked to my doctor doctor. I am currently getting help from her, and I am looking for a therapist. I knew that my grades were suffering so I created a plan to try to raise them. Unfortunately, around the middle of winter quarter, I became a victim of sexual assault. I fell in to a small depressive state again. At the end of the winter quarter, I tried my best to pick up my grades.

Because I bounced right back and tried my best. I’m currently .1 away from meeting the satisfactory academic progress. I already created a plan with my advisor. In addition to that plan, I set more goals for myself to not fall back. I gave myself deadlines for assignments, and cleared a lot of space in my schedule dedicated only for schooling. With the situation the nation is passing by, I am trying to take all the positivity and put it towards my studies. I am using the free time I have now to critically think about all the lectures and assignments I have. In addition, I am starting to meet and contact my professors when I need to. I also am starting to use all of the benefits and resources DePaul has to offer me. I understand that what I went through was rough; however, with the help I am now receiving, I will try my best to not let it get in the way of my studies. I will attach a few documents to proof my anxiety disorder and depression, my fathers illness, and the police report from the time I fell victim to sexual assault.
Thank you so much for taking the time and reading my letter. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
(my name)

Your letter is too long. In my opinion, it needs to be shortened and you need to use paragraphs.

Your second paragraph is better than your first…which sort of rambles. And talks about multiple issues.

You say you are including documentation of your issues. If that is the case, you don’t have to go into extensive details in your letter.

The schools want to see:

Summary of the issues (not the long version, the bullet version)

What you have done already to address issues.

What you plan to continue to keep your grades up where they should be…

Also, check for grammar issues. You have some very awkward sentences in your letter.

Try to hit the points without going on, and on, and on. Remember, yours won’t be the only letter they read…so you want them to get to the end!

I agree ^. Summarize the issues in 1 - 2 sentences, concluding with the verifying documentation.

Focus on what you will be doing differently going forward, and how you will utilize your professional and academic support system.

Sounds like you’ve overcome a lot of hardship. Good luck with your appeal! I’m rooting for you!!