University Appeals
A Step Away...
This piece is really a collaboration between Scherzo and me. We've got friends requesting for help to look at appeals for university places and I thought it'll be useful to provide some sort of guidelines on writing appeals for university. It'll be great if this can help some of you get your place in the course you want.
First start with words of gratitude for a chance to be reconsidered and then get on to your main point; your approach should be humble and there's no point repeating any achievements that you've already submitted before in your application. The points to include should be the following:
Which part of your application might have been weak and how you've followed up and attempted to overcome them.
Discuss what drives you to want to be in the school; the course, the activities? Suggest passion, prior experience and the motivations.
Tell them what other skills/experience will help you with university, your course.
What the university really want to know is it you know your weakness and how you would be able to overcome them. At this point they have doubts about your suitability for university education and your appeal is to show them otherwise. Therefore, a write-up that reflects a deep and sustained academic interest can be very helpful. If you're not the academic type then you need to convince the university that you can make great contributions to them without compromising your academic results. You need a strong explanation why you want to be in university in the first place.
Keep your appeal short; it has to be that anyways because of the restrictions. Nevertheless, use good English that is forceful and to the point. An active tone is important for this writing because the university wants to see that you're serious about wanting your place.
Good luck for your appeals then.