godlyatheist
Jun 25, 2009
Undergraduate / Re-admission appeal statement (Reasons for Unsatisfactory Performance) [10]
Reasons for Unsatisfactory Performance:
As a freshman, I found freedom away from my home. Unfortunately, I used it to distract myself from my studies at UCSD. I became deeply attached to computer gaming that consumed time needed for studying; as a result, my grades suffered over the two years I attended the University. During the second year I isolated myself completely from my roommates as I plunged into the online game World of Warcraft. My addiction with computer games made me lose interest and focus in my classes. When the problem grew my roommates attempted to help but I ignored their advice because I thought I can solve it on my own. After receiving the first academic probation at the end of first academic year, I improved my grades for one semester and then completely disregarded studying. When it was obvious that I couldn't fight my addiction I should have sought counseling but I did not. The result of all this was that I drove myself away from excelling in education and eventually resulting in my dismissal.
Solution:
To combat my addiction with video games my family and I worked together to first distance me from my games. I threw away all my games and my family kept my computer use to school work only. I also worked at a retail store during spare times to keep myself from digressing back to playing games. While attending the nearby community college, I realized just how foolish I was to waste my education opportunity. Courses such as chemistry have only one professor with a single class which made enrollment extremely difficult. Both semesters I petitioned for organic chemistry only to lose the lottery the professors use to decide who can enter. This experience made me determined to excel in my other classes because I now know that opportunity is something to be seized. The knowledge I acquired from my classes are concrete assets while games are just temporary enjoyment that do not enhance my future. Most importantly, I no longer have uncontrollable urges to play video games when studying is my priority, even when I was granted full access to my computer for the spring semester. My grades this past year demonstrates that I can succeed in academics, and I will continue to so even without supervision at UCSD because I am more disciplined now. To enhance my chance of success, I decided to forgo summer classes and work full time so I have more study time for my newly proposed Electrical Engineering major.
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Reasons for Unsatisfactory Performance:
As a freshman, I found freedom away from my home. Unfortunately, I used it to distract myself from my studies at UCSD. I became deeply attached to computer gaming that consumed time needed for studying; as a result, my grades suffered over the two years I attended the University. During the second year I isolated myself completely from my roommates as I plunged into the online game World of Warcraft. My addiction with computer games made me lose interest and focus in my classes. When the problem grew my roommates attempted to help but I ignored their advice because I thought I can solve it on my own. After receiving the first academic probation at the end of first academic year, I improved my grades for one semester and then completely disregarded studying. When it was obvious that I couldn't fight my addiction I should have sought counseling but I did not. The result of all this was that I drove myself away from excelling in education and eventually resulting in my dismissal.
Solution:
To combat my addiction with video games my family and I worked together to first distance me from my games. I threw away all my games and my family kept my computer use to school work only. I also worked at a retail store during spare times to keep myself from digressing back to playing games. While attending the nearby community college, I realized just how foolish I was to waste my education opportunity. Courses such as chemistry have only one professor with a single class which made enrollment extremely difficult. Both semesters I petitioned for organic chemistry only to lose the lottery the professors use to decide who can enter. This experience made me determined to excel in my other classes because I now know that opportunity is something to be seized. The knowledge I acquired from my classes are concrete assets while games are just temporary enjoyment that do not enhance my future. Most importantly, I no longer have uncontrollable urges to play video games when studying is my priority, even when I was granted full access to my computer for the spring semester. My grades this past year demonstrates that I can succeed in academics, and I will continue to so even without supervision at UCSD because I am more disciplined now. To enhance my chance of success, I decided to forgo summer classes and work full time so I have more study time for my newly proposed Electrical Engineering major.
Please comment, thanks