Financial Aid Appeal Letter

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My name is Kalid Mahammed and I have been a student here at WSU University since fall 2012. I am writing this letter to appeal for my financial aid to be reinstated. I know that I have a grade point average of 1.65 for Fall 2014 semester and an accumulative GPA of 3.060. The required GPA for maintaining financial aid is 2.0 or above. I sincerely apologize for the lack of attention to my courses in the previous semester of 2014, and I do not blame anyone but myself, however, I would like to explain my extenuating circumstances. There were a few major issues that impacted my ability to be successful here at the university. First, the death of my family, I lost my mother, Asselef, on November 28, 2014 in a car accident back home in Ethiopia. My entire family and I quite literally fell apart, and I was unable to pull myself together enough to attend class, attend labs, study or even eat. Due to financial difficulties I wasn’t able to go back to Ethiopia to bury my beloved mom, but I went to Seattle to stay with my older brother. In that span of time …show more content…

I will, for one, cut down on the number of work hours to ensure that I get more time to devote to my academics and more time to study. I have made myself familiar with the tutoring centers on campus and will take a tutor for the classes that I find difficult. I will also meet with each of my instructors and talk with them about what they believe will make me a better in their class, go to scheduled office hours of each instructor when I am having difficulty with the class material, as scheduled. I have also spoken to my advisor at the university who has advised me about what can I do to stay ahead of the academic demands for the

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