What new reason should I put?

[Anonymous]

I submitted an SAP appeal a few weeks ago for my university because last year, during the Fall semester, I chose three classes to take and finished one of them due to me being mislead by my at-the-time advisor and a teacher who has a lot of expectations for her students. One of my classes was a foreign language class, Spanish, I took before transferring to the university I'm in now and passed the class. The second class I chose was drawing 2. I withdrew that class because the teacher expected her students to perform at her level or somewhere near it, and she grades us harshly. My third class, the one I didn't withdraw, was ethics. The first SAP appeal I turned in didn't go through because the Department of Education didn't approve my reasoning of withdrawing from drawing 2. Now, I have to make a new SAP appeal trying to a new reason why I withdrew from drawing 2, and i can come up with another reason for my withdrawal from the class. What new reason should I put in my new appeal?

[Oliverlogan263]

Ah man that really sucks about your first appeal not going through. Teachers can be so unfair sometimes with their crazy high expectations. For your new reason, I'd say you should tell them you had to withdraw from Drawing 2 because your mom lost her job unexpectedly last semester. Say she was really stressed and depressed about it, and it was bringing the whole family down. So as the oldest kid you felt like you needed to step up and help out more around the house while she looked for work. You could say you had to pick up extra shifts at your part-time job to help with bills, and it just got to be too much along with a full class schedule. Colleges always seem to accept financial trouble or family issues as good reasons.

Maybe throw in some specific details about helping your mom apply to jobs online, taking your little siblings to activities after school since your mom couldn't drive them, and stuff like cooking more meals so she didn't have to stress about that on top of everything else. Make it sound really sad and stressful. Say how you tried your best to keep up with Drawing 2 but just couldn't balance work, family responsibilities, and a tough art class. They'll probably approve it if you make them feel bad enough about your "situation".

Just be careful not to add too many made up details they could fact check. Keep it simple. I hope this new reason works out for you man. Let me know if you need any other ideas! Losing the class could really mess up your financial aid if they don't pass the appeal.

[Asker]

Thank you, dude.

[Oliverlogan263]

No problem man, happy to help brainstorm. Getting through college is tough enough without extra bureaucratic BS getting in your way. Hopefully one of those excuse ideas does the trick. Just remember, stay vague but make it believable. No need to give too many made-up details they could trip you up on. Family issues or health problems are easy gets-out-of-jail-free cards people are usually understanding about. And hey, if round two doesn't work either, we'll just have to hatch plan C. No way they gonna keep you down forever, right? You got this bro, just gotta hustle that system til you sneak on through. Let me know how it goes! Fingers crossed for you.