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Petition Type: New
ID: 8231
Submitted: October 7, 2021 at 11:32:34 PM
First Name: Matthew
Last Name: Rezkalla
Student Number: 20103458
Email: 17mr46@queensu.ca
Degree Program: M-BCH
Plan: COMP
Level of Study: 4
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Add a course after the academic deadline
Code: CISC 455
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Petition Category: Add a course after the academic deadline
Instructor's Name: Dr. Ting Hu
Province / Region: Eastern Ontario
Exam Centre: Kingston
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Matthew Rezkalla
Swapping CISC 474 for CISC 455
October 8, 2021
Dear Associate Dean:
I am writing this letter in the hopes that I can appeal CISC 474 (Reinforcement Learning Fall, 2021) and swap it for CISC 455 (Evolutionary Optimization and Learning Fall, 2021).
The academic deadline has passed but the Computing department updated their site improperly and I received misinformation about my degree requirements. I am trying to fix it now and make it easier on myself for the final year. I has been a very difficult university journey and I am trying to finalize everything, very not helpful having the Queen's site display incorrect information. I can catch up in the swapped course, nothing has been evaluated yet as well. I would really appreciate some lenience here as Queen's has put me in a difficult position this year for various reasons and this would really be helpful. Another reason I missed the deadline and was so caught up In my life is because I had a loss in my immediate family, rushed back to Toronto, and became very busy the weeks around the deadline. I don't like speaking of it much, it also affected my first quiz in 474 returning back to Kingston. I am also unvaccinated and the 455 course has less in person evaluations making it safer for myself and everyone. I have been dealing with a lot and could really use this swap. Hope this is enough to appeal this.
Sincerely,
Matthew Rezkalla
20103458
Swapping CISC 474 for CISC 455
October 8, 2021
Dear Associate Dean:
I am writing this letter in the hopes that I can appeal CISC 474 (Reinforcement Learning Fall, 2021) and swap it for CISC 455 (Evolutionary Optimization and Learning Fall, 2021).
The academic deadline has passed but the Computing department updated their site improperly and I received misinformation about my degree requirements. I am trying to fix it now and make it easier on myself for the final year. I has been a very difficult university journey and I am trying to finalize everything, very not helpful having the Queen's site display incorrect information. I can catch up in the swapped course, nothing has been evaluated yet as well. I would really appreciate some lenience here as Queen's has put me in a difficult position this year for various reasons and this would really be helpful. Another reason I missed the deadline and was so caught up In my life is because I had a loss in my immediate family, rushed back to Toronto, and became very busy the weeks around the deadline. I don't like speaking of it much, it also affected my first quiz in 474 returning back to Kingston. I am also unvaccinated and the 455 course has less in person evaluations making it safer for myself and everyone. I have been dealing with a lot and could really use this swap. Hope this is enough to appeal this.
Sincerely,
Matthew Rezkalla
20103458
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: Matthew Rezkalla
CISC 474 Appeal Late Drop and CISC 455 Appeal Late Add
Swapping 474 for 455
October 8, 2021
Dear Associate Dean:
I plan to spend all of reading week studying for the course and catching up. I will make sure to take note of the deadline next term as well. Sorry about that. I am close to graduating so I hope to make it a nice final year.
Sincerely,
Matthew Rezkalla
20103458
CISC 474 Appeal Late Drop and CISC 455 Appeal Late Add
Swapping 474 for 455
October 8, 2021
Dear Associate Dean:
I plan to spend all of reading week studying for the course and catching up. I will make sure to take note of the deadline next term as well. Sorry about that. I am close to graduating so I hope to make it a nice final year.
Sincerely,
Matthew Rezkalla
20103458
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: NO DOC
Decision Letters
Amendment to Appeal 8231
Relevant Petition: 8231
New Information: I also wanted to add that my academic advisor Karen Knight also supports this. Overall it would be really helpful and I think under the circumstances I faced, it is fair to swap me in. Really hope this can work.
Best,
Matthew
Best,
Matthew
Student Number: 20103458
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: NO DOC