August 19th, 2017
Office of Academic Affairs
470 E. Lockwood Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
Subject: Request for Appeal of Dismissal and reinstatement
To Whom it may concern,
I was very disappointed to receive the notification of my academic dismissal from the graduate program at Webster University. I am writing this letter to appeal my academic dismissal in hopes that you will reconsider this decision and allow me to be reinstated in the graduate program next term/semester.
I do admit that I had an extremely difficult time with my classes during the summer term of 2017. I know I should have recognized my struggles sooner and reached out for help from peers, faculty members and my academic advisor, but unfortunately, I did not, and by not doing
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