Dameworld
Jan 26, 2016
Letters / Reinstatement Appeal into the College of Letters & Science at University of California [3]
Instructions were to describe as
1. What was happening in life during term/terms of academic difficulty. Comment on your overall record, as well as the quarter that was the most problematic.
2. How have you resolved these difficulties?
3. What major do you plan to pursue? Have you met with the undergraduate advisor in your major department?
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to appeal for reinstatement into the College of Letters & Science at University of California, Santa Barbara. Is not to my surprise why I was academically dismissed after not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress in Spring 2015. Physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted from events occurring in the past two semesters, I had decided to take time off to resolve the issues interfering with my academic progress because I felt that it was best to resolve these issues before taking on the added challenge of coursework.
I knowledge that my grades haven't always been best, but recently they have plummet downhill since the last quarter I attend UCSB. I have had been having an extremely difficult time coming back to school in the fall of 2014 and my grades suffer because of it. I know that my grade is something that only I have control of, thus I don't blame anyone but me from my poor educational performance, but please let me explain.
The string of unfortunate events goes as such, early October of 2014 I was released from Santa Barbara County Jail. I had been held there since late September due to a life threatening fight that I had partake in right off campus. It was me against three other people on my property and when it came down to it in court, the odds were against me as I had to go up against three guys and the one I injured the most, he's dad was the lawyer. I had to fight for my freedom because they were charging me for a felony and I felt that was very unjust for what took place that night. Not trying to pull the race card as I am a African American and there were all white but still things just 3 times harder on me when it came down to court.
Not only did I start back school totally unprepared, fatigued and my mind in utter shock, I had to deal with being sanctioned by UCSB's Office of Judicial Affairs. Early October when I attempted to get my class schedule off my gold account and I was immediately denied access because it had been blocked do the this incident. Its wasn't till October 6, when I was told to meet with Suzanne Perki, the assistant director of policy analyst and hate incidents to talk about unblocking my schedule along with my sanction. Early October to the end January , I ended up going back and forth to Miss Perkins office until we got to a ultimatum on the matter, which was waiving my sanction into disciplinary probation. Not only was I trying to overcome my court issues, I was also dealing with so much anguish stress from all type of directions during this quarter that I just couldn't cope with it.
Other things that made it pretty difficult for me that Fall quarter was after being released from jail and was told that I wasn't able to go back into Isla Vista until court was over, my boss letting me go from my on campus CSO (Community Service Organization) job that I had been working at for 3 1/2 years prior to this incident, having to find a new residency outside of off campus grounds and not having any means of transportation besides the bus which added on to all my burdens. This was my daily struggles, a flustered human being having to commute from different areas of where I would sleep in Santa Barbara everyday via bus to school, to only being able to walk around campus and not off-campus, where I originally lived and as well having to find another job, while all in the start up of school.
In addition to this, winter of 2015 comes around and I'm still in and out of court rooms every 2 to 4 weeks. When I hired my lawyer back in early November he told me that I could get my case dropped to a misdemeanor, which he kept telling me every month as long as I kept paying him a grand a month, until mid March , saying that I'm looking at a strike, with 188 days in jail and 5 years probation after I graduated UCSB. This coincidence had put back in the state of being overwhelmed and scared and I was in my right mindset to study for the quarter and results prove that such.
2. How have you resolved these difficulties?
Needless is to say, from dealing with court, sanctioning, couch surfing places downtown, sleeping in the library, not talking to my father anymore because of this incident and trying to pick up a job that would hire me while is facing these charges had played a big role of cutting into my study time and in my mental control of not being able to think about anything other than going back to jail. It's not until late March, that I finally understand that I've been claiming to be a man and that now it was time for me to actually start be one. Therefore, I started taking control of my life by relieving my lawyer in court and ask the judge to extend my hearing until I found a public defender who was more willing to help me out. In the outcome of things he helped me relieve a lot of tension and stress overall by getting me the deal that was fighting for all along; that my hackling lawyer before him do, who I also paid over $9,000 for, claimed he could but never did. As court played out to my satisfaction and I am now at the point where I am standing up for my actions and being that man that I should've been a long time ago. I had panic for months in all it did was landed me was here back to having to reinstate to becoming a Gaucho. I tried to handle things in a way that I thought would be best, but I was wrong. I know that I am stronger than what this piece of paper prevails and ashamed that I am just now manning in life.
3. What major do you plan to pursue? Have you met with the undergraduate advisor in your major department?
I truly love UCSB; since being here I have seen and done things that I would have never imagine be given the opportunity to do or see in life. The people I've met here are inclusive, intelligent, unique and much more different than what I've grown up from. Students and staff that not I only want to better themselves, but also to everyone else around them as well. I love this little slice of paradise and I can't picture myself not finishing my global degree here or anywhere else for that matter. This is what it feels like to be a UCSB student and I'm not looking give that up. I want to be the first person in my family graduate college, I want to understand what it feels like to graduate know that I've over came so much and if I'm reinstated I will put the time and effort into myGlobal studies coursework along with managing a better lifestyle for myself to achieve those things. As far as my meeting up with advisor, I did so back in winter 2014, before all this happen we only talked about me being able to walk the stage that year and finishing up during the summer. That was back then, now I will be meeting with my advisor to see what information they can give me to get back on track. My grades doesn't justify for me being a bad student, I just had a lot going on and didn't know how to handle the flux of issues and if I was handling them right or wrong. I've grown tremendously from this experience and I sincerely hope that you would give you an opportunity at his second chance to show you that I prepared to do whatever it takes to get my degree at university level.
Instructions were to describe as
1. What was happening in life during term/terms of academic difficulty. Comment on your overall record, as well as the quarter that was the most problematic.
2. How have you resolved these difficulties?
3. What major do you plan to pursue? Have you met with the undergraduate advisor in your major department?
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to appeal for reinstatement into the College of Letters & Science at University of California, Santa Barbara. Is not to my surprise why I was academically dismissed after not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress in Spring 2015. Physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted from events occurring in the past two semesters, I had decided to take time off to resolve the issues interfering with my academic progress because I felt that it was best to resolve these issues before taking on the added challenge of coursework.
I knowledge that my grades haven't always been best, but recently they have plummet downhill since the last quarter I attend UCSB. I have had been having an extremely difficult time coming back to school in the fall of 2014 and my grades suffer because of it. I know that my grade is something that only I have control of, thus I don't blame anyone but me from my poor educational performance, but please let me explain.
The string of unfortunate events goes as such, early October of 2014 I was released from Santa Barbara County Jail. I had been held there since late September due to a life threatening fight that I had partake in right off campus. It was me against three other people on my property and when it came down to it in court, the odds were against me as I had to go up against three guys and the one I injured the most, he's dad was the lawyer. I had to fight for my freedom because they were charging me for a felony and I felt that was very unjust for what took place that night. Not trying to pull the race card as I am a African American and there were all white but still things just 3 times harder on me when it came down to court.
Not only did I start back school totally unprepared, fatigued and my mind in utter shock, I had to deal with being sanctioned by UCSB's Office of Judicial Affairs. Early October when I attempted to get my class schedule off my gold account and I was immediately denied access because it had been blocked do the this incident. Its wasn't till October 6, when I was told to meet with Suzanne Perki, the assistant director of policy analyst and hate incidents to talk about unblocking my schedule along with my sanction. Early October to the end January , I ended up going back and forth to Miss Perkins office until we got to a ultimatum on the matter, which was waiving my sanction into disciplinary probation. Not only was I trying to overcome my court issues, I was also dealing with so much anguish stress from all type of directions during this quarter that I just couldn't cope with it.
Other things that made it pretty difficult for me that Fall quarter was after being released from jail and was told that I wasn't able to go back into Isla Vista until court was over, my boss letting me go from my on campus CSO (Community Service Organization) job that I had been working at for 3 1/2 years prior to this incident, having to find a new residency outside of off campus grounds and not having any means of transportation besides the bus which added on to all my burdens. This was my daily struggles, a flustered human being having to commute from different areas of where I would sleep in Santa Barbara everyday via bus to school, to only being able to walk around campus and not off-campus, where I originally lived and as well having to find another job, while all in the start up of school.
In addition to this, winter of 2015 comes around and I'm still in and out of court rooms every 2 to 4 weeks. When I hired my lawyer back in early November he told me that I could get my case dropped to a misdemeanor, which he kept telling me every month as long as I kept paying him a grand a month, until mid March , saying that I'm looking at a strike, with 188 days in jail and 5 years probation after I graduated UCSB. This coincidence had put back in the state of being overwhelmed and scared and I was in my right mindset to study for the quarter and results prove that such.
2. How have you resolved these difficulties?
Needless is to say, from dealing with court, sanctioning, couch surfing places downtown, sleeping in the library, not talking to my father anymore because of this incident and trying to pick up a job that would hire me while is facing these charges had played a big role of cutting into my study time and in my mental control of not being able to think about anything other than going back to jail. It's not until late March, that I finally understand that I've been claiming to be a man and that now it was time for me to actually start be one. Therefore, I started taking control of my life by relieving my lawyer in court and ask the judge to extend my hearing until I found a public defender who was more willing to help me out. In the outcome of things he helped me relieve a lot of tension and stress overall by getting me the deal that was fighting for all along; that my hackling lawyer before him do, who I also paid over $9,000 for, claimed he could but never did. As court played out to my satisfaction and I am now at the point where I am standing up for my actions and being that man that I should've been a long time ago. I had panic for months in all it did was landed me was here back to having to reinstate to becoming a Gaucho. I tried to handle things in a way that I thought would be best, but I was wrong. I know that I am stronger than what this piece of paper prevails and ashamed that I am just now manning in life.
3. What major do you plan to pursue? Have you met with the undergraduate advisor in your major department?
I truly love UCSB; since being here I have seen and done things that I would have never imagine be given the opportunity to do or see in life. The people I've met here are inclusive, intelligent, unique and much more different than what I've grown up from. Students and staff that not I only want to better themselves, but also to everyone else around them as well. I love this little slice of paradise and I can't picture myself not finishing my global degree here or anywhere else for that matter. This is what it feels like to be a UCSB student and I'm not looking give that up. I want to be the first person in my family graduate college, I want to understand what it feels like to graduate know that I've over came so much and if I'm reinstated I will put the time and effort into myGlobal studies coursework along with managing a better lifestyle for myself to achieve those things. As far as my meeting up with advisor, I did so back in winter 2014, before all this happen we only talked about me being able to walk the stage that year and finishing up during the summer. That was back then, now I will be meeting with my advisor to see what information they can give me to get back on track. My grades doesn't justify for me being a bad student, I just had a lot going on and didn't know how to handle the flux of issues and if I was handling them right or wrong. I've grown tremendously from this experience and I sincerely hope that you would give you an opportunity at his second chance to show you that I prepared to do whatever it takes to get my degree at university level.
