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Petition Type: New
ID: 7740
Submitted: May 19, 2021 at 3:42:47 PM
First Name: Claudy
Last Name: Larouche
Student Number: 20038154
Email: 16cl32@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BSC
Plan: Life Siences
Level of Study: 3
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Code: BCHM 218
Term: Winter
Year: 2021
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Good day,
BCHM 218 was supposed to be my last course at Queen's before graduating. It is also the first course that I failed during my degree.
At the beginning of February, I got pregnant for the first time.
I didn't know how it would go, so I kept on my plan to finish the course.
Unfortunalty, I got a lot of pregnancy symptoms between the end of February and March.
For a good 3-4 weeks, I was unable to do my normal routine and that affected a lot my work in the course.
I started forgetting tests and having difficulties learning the material.
I also experienced dizziness that made some days impossible to concentrate on the computer.
At that point, when I realised I was on my way to fail because of all these symptoms, it was too late to drop the class and I thought there was nothing I could do else than try my best to still pass the course.
I talked about it with an academic advisor recently and she recommended that I tried to do an appeal.
For these reasons, I would like to submit an appeal to drop this class after the term.
Currently, I am feeling way better and doing another course for the summer and I feel more confident I will pass the course.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Claudy
BCHM 218 was supposed to be my last course at Queen's before graduating. It is also the first course that I failed during my degree.
At the beginning of February, I got pregnant for the first time.
I didn't know how it would go, so I kept on my plan to finish the course.
Unfortunalty, I got a lot of pregnancy symptoms between the end of February and March.
For a good 3-4 weeks, I was unable to do my normal routine and that affected a lot my work in the course.
I started forgetting tests and having difficulties learning the material.
I also experienced dizziness that made some days impossible to concentrate on the computer.
At that point, when I realised I was on my way to fail because of all these symptoms, it was too late to drop the class and I thought there was nothing I could do else than try my best to still pass the course.
I talked about it with an academic advisor recently and she recommended that I tried to do an appeal.
For these reasons, I would like to submit an appeal to drop this class after the term.
Currently, I am feeling way better and doing another course for the summer and I feel more confident I will pass the course.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Claudy
Documentation
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