Reason for Appeal | Examples of Supporting Documentation | What to include in your personal statement |
|---|---|---|
Personal illness or injury | Satisfactory Academic Progress Medical Documentation form (located on SFS Forms site) | Specify the dates and impact from your illness and injury, as well as treatment plan moving forward. |
Death of a family member or significant person in student’s life | • Copy of the death certificate, or | Your personal statement should clearly outline name of the deceased, the date of death, and their relationship to student. |
Illness, accident, or injury of a family member or signifcant person in student’s life | • Satisfactory Academic Progress Medical Documentation form (located on SFS Forms site) | Student’s personal statement should clearly outline who was injured or ill, when this occurred, treatment dates in correspondence with the semester(s) student did not make academic progress. If your role as caretaker impeded your progress, you must outline and document the changes to person's care. |
Natural Disasters | • Insurance claims | Your statement and documentation must be clear about the plan to attend while handling the cleanup, renovations, or other recovery. |
Other documented special circumstances beyond a student’s control | • Statement from a Third Party professional | Student’s personal statement must clarify how the situation was extenuating and unforeseen, and how it corresponds with the semester student did not meet Satisfactory Academic Progress. |
