Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: Last year, I had an agreement with my STAT 263 Professor (Charles Molson) to write my end of year exam towards the end of summer/at the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year. This exam is suppose to take place tomorrow.

I am writing this appeal to request to move my examination to the exam period at Christmas time. This is a very last minute request, only because I was really hoping to be able to write it without any problems.

First year of school I had to leave throughout the second semester due to very poor mental health. School has continuously been difficult since then. Last year, although I didn't need to take a medical leave, I had to go back to Montreal every weekend appointments with the Douglas Hospital where I was part of a program that treats my mental health problems. Throughout the summer I continued with the program and saw real progress in my health, but no matter how much work I put into healing throughout the summer, coming back to school is always extremely hard and I always suffer a set back with any progress I make over the summer.

I was hoping that my STATS 263 final exam could be moved to a time when I feel able to focus on writing such an important exam. I should of thought of this before organizing this arrangement with my professor, but I didn't think/was hoping this would happen again. I have submitted a request for accommodations with the student wellness centre, but this request hasn't been answered yet. Again, I am really sorry for submitting this request so late, but I just didn't know what else to do, as I am terrified of what happened first year and just want to do well academically but also health wise.

I am going home early for thanksgiving to meet with my therapist and psychiatrist to talk to them about continuing the treatment that I followed this summer, as obviously I will be needing more of their support throughout the semester.