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Petition Type: New
ID: 5894
Submitted: June 10, 2019 at 11:35:28 PM
First Name: Hongbo
Last Name: Liu
Student Number: 20073313
Degree Program: BSH
Plan: MATH
Level of Study: 2

Petition Categories

Petition Categories: Waive the requirement to withdraw for one year

Petition Letter

Petition Letter: Explanation of extenuating circumstances:
I've had a serious injury in May 2017 before I came to Queens. I was a rugby player in high school, and after a tough game in the rugby provincials, my shoulder starts to dislocate. After I went to the doctor on Vancouver Island, they put it back for me and noticed that I won't be able to play rugby anymore. That is a big news for me but I have to face it. In September after I arrived in Queens, during the frosh week Olympics, my shoulder dislocated again. In my first year of university, my shoulder dislocates four times. (September November January and March) I lived in the pain of dislocation, and also my daily living was affected by this event. Living in a situation that my shoulder would often dislocate, serious anxiety and depression filled up my life. I lived in the pain of dislocation of my shoulder, and I'm afraid of being with people and are not willing to spend time outside my school resident. I sleep a lot and was not even willing to find help. This injury had really changed my life.
Last summer, 2018 June, I did a big surgery at The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital in Shen Zhen, China. The surgery was going okay and I did not dislocate from that on. But the mental influence still affects me by time. Getting the academic standing email also made me more isolated. During my second year, I do not want to have too much connection with people and I always stays in my room. I know that my academic is not going well, and I was retaking some courses to rise my Gpa, but things just don't go well on that stage.
This summer(2019) I've been taking psychology therapy since I got back to China for the summer. In this one and half month period. I started to work out in the gym, start to get back my confidence and did my online summer course well. This summer I am retaking Psyc100, Math121, and also taking a new course Fren106. I am doing pretty well on all of them and I believe I could have my GPA around 1.6(at least 1.55). I am ready to face all the difficulties, and will no longer try to escape from it. I believe I have the ability to keep going with my plan and please give me a chance to fix my own mistake after I'm no longer have mental anxiety and depression.
I will provide my Doctor's prove and my psychological therapy's prove in a few days. I've got it right now but it's in Chinese, and I've taken them to the notary office, which would take a few days. and I will send both proves as soon as possible, I believe it would not be later than ten days.

Academic Plan

Academic Plan: About my future plan:
I really like psychology, and I'm willing to do psychology as my major, within that, I will need to have A- on psyc100 and a GPA of 2.6. I've taken psyc100 for two times. And I am taking psyc100 for the third time this summer, I believe I would have A- or an A this time. As you could tell, I still have some problem with my grammar, that influences my performance on answering the short answer question on the exam. But I am also taking grammar courses in China this summer, and that really helps my writing. On the one hand, I would have my psyc100 resulted in A- this summer, and during next year, I would have a lighter course load and would do some easier first-year course to raise my GPA to 2.6. I still have one year to do it and I believe I will achieve my goal. I promise that my Gpa will be higher than 1.6 after this summer, and I will go up to 2.6 after the fall term and the winter term. I also have planned for later, During my fourth year I would take my psychology 200 level core classes, and fifth-year psychology 301. I will take all option course on times, the only problem would be I can only take the psychology core course after getting into the psychology major. With this plan, I will have a lighter course load and will finish my undergraduate study in five years.

Documentation

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Amendment to Appeal 5894

Petition Type: 2
ID: 5978
Submitted: June 21, 2019 at 11:39:44 PM
Relevant Petition: 5894
New Information: 1st document
Medical Certificate of The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital.
Most of the part is in English-Chinese
I've taken this paper to the notary office to translate, but it will take at least three weeks for them to check with the Hospital and then do the translate, so I did the translation myself and I have the original form in Chinese is also down here.

Translation of the Doctor Remarks: Patient Hongbo Liu, Chinese ID number 110111199908017015. Right shoulder dislocate around May 2017 for the first time by injury, and after then dislocation took place several times, the latest was during March 2018. After the dislocation, the patient can not do exercise normally, seriously influences daily life and mission of study, and the patient has been mentally anxious, has taken the Arthroscopic Bankart Repair surgery around June 2018, hereby certify.


2nd document
Translation of Hongbo Liu's Mental Health certificate assessment
Hongbo Liu got injury around May 2017 in a rugby game.
And has dislocation four times during the year after the injury.
In his first year of university, he has been in an anxious state. He was not willing to head outside to activities and not willing to make connections with other people, not willing to get help.
In the summer of 2018, he came to psychological consultation.
Asses that the client has been in an anxious mental state, and suggested to take a ten times short term psychotherapy. But the client believes his unhealthy emotion has been released and would be able to spontaneous remission.
Starts to take systematic psychotherapy in May 2019
The client has mentioned that in his second year in University he did not get rid of his psychological block. Has to find himself dragged down with Procrastination, not facing the actual problem in life.
Till now the psychotherapy has started for one hand half month, Hongbo Liu has a good effect in the psychotherapy, inner emotions being better and better and starts to restore confidence, management events by good planning.

XiaoYu Meng
National second level psychological consultant
E-mail:mengxiaoyudl@163.com
2019.06.10
Translated by Hongbo Liu
Student Number: 20073313

Documentation

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