This is a letter I just sent to the Associate Dean of Computer Science at MSU:
Dr. Wolff,
My name is Dave Crampton and I am a past student at MSU. Since leaving MSU about two and a half years ago, I’ve been working in the field, and am now looking to return to MSU and finish my education. There are a few things about my standings as a student when I left that would limit my ability to return and gain the degree I’m after, which is why I’ve been referred to you.
I’m interested in obtaining a Computer Science degree. However, when I left MSU, my GPA was about 2.0, I hadn’t taken PHY 183, I was a Junior as far as credits were concerned, and my repeat credits were nearly maxed out.
If possible, I would like to return to MSU part-time, and in the College of Engineering on a probationary basis. I would take one or two classes a semester, and if I received anything lower than a 3.0, for example, I would be refused admittance to the College of Engineering.
Mathematically, I would need higher than a 3.0 in most of those classes to raise my 2.0 GPA to the neccessary 3.0 to officially enter the College of Engineering. If this is at all possible, I would be willing to start with the class I had the most trouble with and had to repeat the most times, PHY 183.
Please let me know what you think of this, and if this is even possible. Thanks for your time.
The move to D-town doesn’t appear to be happening. So I’m taking a secondary option. I am not sitting on my ass any more.