Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: I started to have mental illness in 2021, after the pandemic period. It got a bit better after 2 years but worsened again in the fall term of 2023 when my younger brother got in trouble and told me about that. When depression and anxiety got seriously bad, I found it extremely hard to do anything, especially with the part of communication. This situation made me failed in 1 course and get very low grades in the fall term. Then I got to know the student wellness center and got in touch with one of the counselors there.
However, although I felt a bit better after that meeting, I still was not able to get on the right track of study. I felt very guilty about that and could not keep in touch with the counselor. Also, I have always had problems communicating with my parents. The situation got even worse at the end of February when my parents tried to call me but I felt too much pressure to have their phone call. After about 12 times of ignoring their phone calls (I just could not face them), I started to freak out and got into the situation of crying for more than 6 hours every day. At that period, I could not stop crying after the words like “mom