Plea letter [Background: I wanna enter the math master program, but I had a low gpa in my undergrad. I'm going to write this letter to the department to give me a chance before a direct rejection. My chance will be gone if I had many grammatical mistakes :( ] May 29, 2015 To Department of Mathematics, My name is [my name]. I am writing this letter in the hopes of demonstrating my compatibility with University of YYY with the aim of entering the master program in Mathematics in August 2015. First of all, I have to apologize for my unsatisfactory academic result in my undergraduate studies. During my freshman and sophomore year, I had difficulties to fully adapt the new environment and clearly abused the freedoms I had. I buried myself too deep into the club communities and part-time jobs, which directly caused my low GPA. This was a regrettable decision which I should take the full responsibility of it. Having learned from the most valuable lesson, I terminated my participation in unaffordable extracurricular activities in my final year and my grades got better since. When I was working in insurance, my supervisor advised me to undertake further study and to unleash my potential. Since then I have been an active and enthusiastic member in various mathematics classes such as abstract algebra, real analysis, Riemannian geometry, etc. Therefore, I sincerely hope that I could have a chance to study in University of YYY as a mathematics master student. Please accept my apology and consider my earnest application. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours Sincerely, [my name]