Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: My name is Allison Jacobi-Dorbeck and I am currently enrolled as a student of the Arts and Science Faculty here at Queen's University as a Psychology (BAH) major. At this time, I am appealing in order to drop SOCY275 past the designated drop deadline. Mental illness is something that I have suffered from since my mid-teen years, however the conditions that I suffer from have seemed to have reached an all-time high in the past few months due to recent events that have impacted my life heavily. More specifically, anxiety has always been a prominent factor in my life, and more recently depression. It was not until this past August that I had finally made the decision to seek professional help in order to make improvements upon my mental health. Since then, I have been meeting as often as necessary with a counsellor and about once a month with a doctor at the Queen's Health Services. I intend to continue to see both my doctor and a counsellor in the future, in order to work together and make continuous improvements particularly in times of extreme personal distress such as what I am experiencing currently and for the past few months.
After seeking help from the services here at Queen's, I had intended to be able to keep up with all my courses and hopefully excel within my academic efforts. However, this has not been the case this Fall 2014 semester due to my current mental health status. Because of this, I have missed the designated deadline of dropping the course because I had thought I would be able to pull through and manage this elective course. SOCY275 is the course that I have chosen to appeal to drop because I would like to be able to put forth my best effort and complete focus upon the required courses of my program, to which I am very dedicated to. Although I find that it would be easiest to focus solely on my Psychology courses at this present moment, I would very much appreciate the chance to make up for, or retake the SOCY275 course during the Summer 2015 term if available or possible. However, in the meantime I strive to make improvements upon my mental health in hopes that this progression will reflect upon my academic efforts. Thank you so much for your time and consideration.