Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: To whoever it may concern,

I am writing this appeal in hopes of being able to complete coursework from this past school year. Last year I was diagnosed with persistent depressive disorder and general anxiety. I began working with a therapist before the school year started in hopes of starting to get it under control before, I left for school. However, as the first semester ended, I was unable to return to school after winter break due to covid. I started to struggle due to a number of mental health reasons. I struggle to be at home and my mental health takes a toll because of this. As well due to a triggering event in the second semester. Due to this starting second semester, I started to have much more severe depressive episodes. As a result, I was unable to complete many of my school assignments. In my personal case, depressive episodes are quite severe and make me unable to do many tasks for school. At this time, I was only receiving monthly therapy and was unable to adequately get my depression under control. This began at the start of the second semester and lasted all the way through the semester. I reached out for help nearing the end of the semester and was unable to receive any academic consideration because I was unable to get the proper documentation in the time slot required. After this semester I have reached out for help. I am currently working with my therapist, GP, and psychiatrist to find the right medication to help me cope with my mental health issues. I am very hard working and school is of the utmost importance to me. However, in my case, my mental illness can be debilitating and affects every aspect of my life. School is one of the biggest ones. I am requesting the ability to finish the coursework from the classes that suffered because of this. I have put in place many measures to make sure that if I am given the opportunity to do the assignments. I will not only have the support in place, but the medication and guidance needed to make sure I am able to complete it to my full ability. I was unable to do my best work this semester and am asking for the opportunity to do the work now. I am working to adequately cope and get my mental health under control and one of these steps is to finish the work I was unable to finish in the school year. I am requesting to do the course work in the three courses that suffered the most from this second semester. This would include the second half of two yearlong courses and one winter course. If there is any other information that would be helpful, I am happy to provide it and any documentation needed.

Sincerely,
Ella