Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: To the Associate Dean,

I am a Queens Varsity Cheerleader who had sustained an injury on October 24th, 2021. Since then, I have struggled to keep up with schoolwork and recovery and have yet to fully recover from the injury. My concern with maintaining academics has created conflict with properly resting to recover. The stated conflict has troubled me for the entire remaining semester, which leads me to appeal to drop three courses in the interest of student success and medical recovery of physical health.
I??ve tried my hardest to keep up in my course work, I fear that the recovery of my physical health has prevented me from becoming knowledgeable enough in the courses to successfully complete them. I have had to divide my time this past semester between not only taking care of myself during this ailment, but also time spent asleep so my body could heal, attending ARC Sports Therapy check ins for a professional opinion on the matter, studying to catch up on previous weeks course work, and emailing various student support services at this difficult time. It is now the end of Fall Semester 2021; I have attempted at balancing everything at once while being injured but to no end. I have overdue assignments I am just not knowledgeable enough to complete, and with the guidance of my professors and QSAS advisor & staff, have been suggested to appeal to drop the following three courses.
HIST216
ARTH305
ARTH253
Attached are documents supporting this case such as QSAS Document Verification Forms, ARC Sports Clinic Personal Health documentation, and Accommodation letters that have since expired, and been renewed at this troublesome time.