Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: We are appealing for a credit standing in the aforementioned courses, there was an incident that occurred in the first couple of months of first year.
Several months before arriving at Queens last year he and his girlfriend of several years had a difficult break up. His ex-girlfriend began what amounted to months of harassment and threats. We hoped that when he arrived at Queens for his first year things would change. Unfortunately it got worse as she also attends the university and went out of her way to continue the unwanted attention. Things culminated with a physical attack on him. As it happened on campus it was videotaped and campus security called the police. While she was initially given psychiatric care and ultimately given a restraining order, the effect on my normally up beat son were disconcerting. He became very depressed over this, which was the culmination of months of threats and violent mood swings on her behalf. In a number of instances he intervened when she tried to kill herself. It was a very difficult time for them both. While she has been receiving professional help my son just thought he could go about things as per usual. This wasn't the case. He slowly stopped going to classes and eventually had a great deal of difficulty even leaving his dorm. Obviously this resulted in a poor academic showing in his first year and continued even into the beginning of this year. He finally spoke about his with my husband and I and we've been trying to help him move on.