Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: Dear Associate Dean,

My name is jingwei gao and i am appealing to drop Math 280 Math 231 and stat 268 late(fall, 2017).

I am an international student, and this is the first time i go to other country alone. i felt so lonely and nervous when i begin my university life, so i tried very hard in making new friends in the first year to stop my homesick, i just need somebody can stay with me, but it lead my mark go down and finally i got an academic probation. So, i changed a lot in the second year; i went to every class and finished all my homeworks. My bad understanding of the 100-level courses made the 200-level courses especially hard for me. so i make more efforts to chase after my classmates, and it did work; i did everything well in all of these courses at that time.

Actually, there are some external factors did influence my normal life from the beginning of my second year. i tried to ignore them and forces on study at the beginning, because i don't want to be kick out off school, but it became worse and worse. At the same time , i begin to have some mental health issues. I cried almost everyday, i stopped meet my friends, and i couldn't fall asleep until 4 or 5 am. I'm afraid of letting other know my situation, and i don't think they could understand me or help me. Then, i failed the three courses which i'm appealing at the end.

Also, my family bring me a lot of pressure. People around me said i am clever and i am going to be success in the future from my childhood; I'm always the good girl in their mind. My parents even spend a lot of money to send me study in Canada. I don't want them felt disappointing of me, because i haven't let them felt disappointed before. I'm the only child of my family, and i hope i can be their pride.

I do changed, and i will keep meet my academic advisor,Haley, in the future to keep myself on the right track.

Sincerely,
JIngwei Gao