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Petition Type: New
ID: 8571
Submitted: January 7, 2022 at 8:25:21 PM
First Name: anand
Last Name: sanchir
Student Number: 20220176
Email: 19as228@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: economics
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Code: BIOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2020
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Name of instructor is unavailable
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: To have BIOL 102 Fall 2020??s mark removed from my current 2022 transcript.
During 2020, it was my first year at Queen??s University and many things were new to me. I had stayed home in Richmond Hill, Ontario due to the dangerous levels of COVID-19 at the time. As my first year, first semester courses were all online many things were new to me. As my first semester of university proceeded with the pandemic, I was given the news that my grandfather aged 67 that lived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia was diagnosed with COVID-19. After hearing the news, my focus was on my family, hoping that they were mentally strong when hearing the news. My mental state had greatly depleted and I lost motivation in a lot of my courses due to the news my family had received. I had struggled with BIOL 102 ever since the beginning of the course, and I was not aware I was able to drop the course being new to the university guidelines. I had taken BIOL 102 as an elective as an econonmics major because I thought I would really enjoy the course, however, it proved otherwise. After hearing the news of my grandfather, my grades and motivation for BIOL 102 dropped dramatically. I ended up recieveing a 51% on the electrive I picked as an economics major student. My other four courses in that semester were not greatly affected as I had a good start in them before hearing the news. As an economics major, I was able to keep going with the other economics courses as it was my passion and priority for my pathway.
Currently, the BIOL 102 mark has negatively impacted my current second year at Queen??s University. The 51% I received, boldly pulls down my overall university GPA and has blocked opportunities with internships for my major. If my appeal to have BIOL 102??s mark removed from my transcript was granted, it would relieve a lot of stress that is ongoing ever since taking the course. I am a student with consistant As and Bs, I am apart of the economics department and society, and this mark does not describe who I am. Due to my grandfather??s physical state and his diagnosis of COVID-19, it had greatly impacted my mental wellbeing and affected my courses. I hope you are able to understand my perspective as if you were in my shoes.
Going forward, I will be taking a course called Life, Death, and Meaning in the summer to make up for the missing credits from BIOL 102??s appeal, if granted. Thank you so much, and I hope you can truly understand my situation.
During 2020, it was my first year at Queen??s University and many things were new to me. I had stayed home in Richmond Hill, Ontario due to the dangerous levels of COVID-19 at the time. As my first year, first semester courses were all online many things were new to me. As my first semester of university proceeded with the pandemic, I was given the news that my grandfather aged 67 that lived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia was diagnosed with COVID-19. After hearing the news, my focus was on my family, hoping that they were mentally strong when hearing the news. My mental state had greatly depleted and I lost motivation in a lot of my courses due to the news my family had received. I had struggled with BIOL 102 ever since the beginning of the course, and I was not aware I was able to drop the course being new to the university guidelines. I had taken BIOL 102 as an elective as an econonmics major because I thought I would really enjoy the course, however, it proved otherwise. After hearing the news of my grandfather, my grades and motivation for BIOL 102 dropped dramatically. I ended up recieveing a 51% on the electrive I picked as an economics major student. My other four courses in that semester were not greatly affected as I had a good start in them before hearing the news. As an economics major, I was able to keep going with the other economics courses as it was my passion and priority for my pathway.
Currently, the BIOL 102 mark has negatively impacted my current second year at Queen??s University. The 51% I received, boldly pulls down my overall university GPA and has blocked opportunities with internships for my major. If my appeal to have BIOL 102??s mark removed from my transcript was granted, it would relieve a lot of stress that is ongoing ever since taking the course. I am a student with consistant As and Bs, I am apart of the economics department and society, and this mark does not describe who I am. Due to my grandfather??s physical state and his diagnosis of COVID-19, it had greatly impacted my mental wellbeing and affected my courses. I hope you are able to understand my perspective as if you were in my shoes.
Going forward, I will be taking a course called Life, Death, and Meaning in the summer to make up for the missing credits from BIOL 102??s appeal, if granted. Thank you so much, and I hope you can truly understand my situation.
Documentation
Professional Letter: 20220176 Hello Faculty of Arts and Science Appeals.pdf