Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: I am submitting an appeal to drop my grades in CISC 121, COGS 100, MATH 112 and PSYC 100 for the fall and winter terms of 2014/15 and COGS 201 and STAT 263 in the winter 2016 term. As well credit standing in CLST 103 and CISC 226 taken in winter 2015 and winter 2015 respectively. If those requests cannot be granted I would instead like to, at least, appeal the requirement that I withdraw for one year, so that I can return to studying in the winter term of 2017.
As I mentioned in my first appeal, I was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in October of this year. Specifically, I met the criteria for ¿¿314.01 (F90.1) ADHD-Predominantly inattentive presentation with mild functional impairment¿ as can be seen on page 15 of the report in my file. Through grade school my condition went unnoticed as I never acted out and my grades remained high. Per the educational psychologist, Dr. McCabe, I was ¿¿too smart for my own good¿. Once I got into classes at Queen¿¿s University, however, I learned the hard way that I cannot simply rely on my own intelligence anymore; that a successful Queen¿¿s student is not only smart but hard working. Because I went undiagnosed for so long, I had never developed the work ethic or study habits I needed to counteract my deficits. And that compounded with being on my own for the first time and adjusting to university life. Add to that my anemia caused by a vitamin b12 deficiency and I felt that life was out of my control. I was reluctant to seek help for my problems as I wanted to beat them on my own. It¿¿s only in the winter term of 2015 in HIST 211, where I received help unsolicited, that I did decently. Going into my second year, I had received a warning that I was on academic probation. With I decided to try my best to succeed. And I did do much better. I did not fail any courses in the fall 2015 term, but I couldn¿¿t do as well as I wanted or needed to get my GPA high enough to get off academic probation. What struck me is that it wasn¿¿t for lack of understanding the material. Instead, it was again my poor study habits and my inability to focus even when trying to force myself to that most impacted my ability to succeed. In the winter 2016 term I could see I wasn¿¿t doing well enough, and I was frustrated that I couldn¿¿t focus on my goals even when I thought that it was my last chance to make something of myself. Under those circumstances, I fell into a depression, neglecting my school work again. My inability to focus on work even when I think it is the utmost importance is what caused me to get assessed. It had been a problem that I had experienced my whole life. On page 7 of the assessment there are tables indicating my relative weakness in the areas of initiating tasks, planning and organisation, task monitoring and organisation of material. As you can see, in my self report and my primary observers report I¿¿m above 94 in all those categories. In hindsight, a lot of my problems and failings throughout my life make sense following my diagnosis.