Gpa Reflection

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I am respectfully writing a request of waiver of Rule G(1) of the student handbook, requiring students to maintain a 2.0 GPA to remain enrolled. During the Fall 2016 semester I failed one course, causing me not to earn the 2.0 GPA required to remain a student at Florida Coastal School of Law. Though I had a bumpy start at Florida Coastal, not doing as well as I hoped my first semester, I was proud of my improvement of my GPA during the summer. Fall for me was not as successful of a semester, I had several personal issues that affected my performance, including the death of my maternal grandmother and unforeseen health issues. I am not making excuses for my poor performance this semester, however, these are outside factors I would like to …show more content…

My grandmother passed away earlier this year, and though it has been a few months I am still affected by her passing. She and I were very close, and though I knew she was not going to live forever, I did not expect her health to decline so fast. Coming into the Holiday season was especially hard, this being my first Thanksgiving and Christmas without her. This was a very rocky time for me, during which I often experienced bouts of depression, making it very hard to focus. In addition to experiencing depression, I began experiencing a severe pain in my pelvic region that plagued me throughout the month of October. I went to the doctor at the beginning of November. An exam revealed on November 14, 2016 that I had Pelvic Inflammatory Disease caused but an untreated STI. I was very confused as I had been in a monogamous relationship for the past 4 years, and previously tested clear for all STIs. It was later uncovered my partner was not faithful, and had contracted an STI and passed it to me. I was given antibiotics which cause multiple side effects including sickness and drowsiness making it extremely hard to focus. In addition to the medication I was dealing with the possibility of not being able to have children due to the selfish acts of another. My mind was in a million places as exams approached. The mix emotions associated with grieving my grandmother, as well as health issues and everything that came with them left my life in shambles. I pushed through despite all that was going on in my life, and I fell short in meeting my

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