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What are your thoughts on what a student can say and write concerning not making SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) for Financial Aid purposes?
He has to write an Appeal letter to try and get desperately needed Financial Aid.
Suggestions?
HE needs to write the appeal letter and to do that he needs some substantial reason. A diagnosis of depression would help not only with the documentation, but also hopefully solve what's going on with him. There's only so much you can do as a parent. He is an adult now and needs to be on board with the next step. You can suggest, encourage and threaten just so far but he needs to realize that this is his life.
Sorry, I have no idea about that. He should be speaking regularly with an advisor and meeting with other counselors, teachers, pretty much anyone who will meet with him.
Thank you. He now has a good counselor helping with this area.
Thank you. He now has a good counselor helping with this area.
Any counselors or professors/instructors that he has a good relationship with, that can write letters of support, will help him in his financial aid appeal.
My wife had to write financial aid appeal letters. Actually the whole thing was BS because the school screwed up but she still ended up having to write appeal letters, so she went to three different professors that she'd developed a rapport with and asked them to write support letters and then she took these letters to the Dean of student services, who went to bat for her.
I'm curious as to what HIS reasons or excuses were for not going to class? If it's just a lazy issue I'd let him get a job and see what's it's like to work 40 hours a week at anything you are able to get-even if you don't like it. Maybe that will make him realize how lucky he was to have the option to go to school and do nothing but that. Many aren't that fortunate.
Maybe your son is just burned out on school and needs a break or a pull back. (take 1-2 classes instead of 4-5) I had similar problem my seconds year in U I was burned out and failed a number of classes. I worked full-time during the summer and then return and took a lighter load the next year.
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