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Petition Type: New
ID: 9590
Submitted: September 23, 2022 at 12:31:25 PM
First Name: Emily
Last Name: Bertoia
Student Number: 10152771
Email: 14eab2@queensu.ca
Degree Program: Bachelor of Liberal Arts Online
Plan: LIBS
Level of Study: 1
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Add a course after the academic deadline
Code: ARTH 250
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Add a course after the academic deadline
Instructor's Name: Jane Russell Corbett
Province / Region: Other
Exam Centre: Online Proctor
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: I appreciate the time you are taking to consider my appeal to add a course late. I am appealing to be added late to GNDS 125. At the time of this appeal, the deadline to add a course has passed by four days. I am a new student to Queens University having begun in July for the summer term. When I was applying for OSAP in the summer term, I was told that taking two courses in the summer term qualified me for full-time status. In preparation for the fall term, I changed positions within my job to allow me more time to focus on my studies by working and earning less. I had believed, from the information I was given by the Student Awards department in the summer, that two courses would qualify me as a full-time student for Fall. I applied for full-time OSAP in August and was given a funding estimate that I am relying on for the 2022-2023 academic year.
I was continuously checking the OSAP portal to see when I would receive my funding, and it kept getting pushed a week further at a time. Out of concern this morning, September 23rd, I emailed Awards Officer Jen Thibodeau to ask if the delay was due to me. I was informed by Ms. Thibodeau that she was going to have to reject my Fall full-time application as I would need to be in three courses to qualify as full time. This was extremely distressing for several reasons, but mainly due to the fact that the deadline to add a course had passed four days earlier.
I cannot change my work circumstances until the new year and without the OSAP funding that had been confirmed for full-time studies, I will have to drop out of my classes and get a second job for the remainder of the year. I would sincerely appreciate being put into the GNDS 125 course if there is room (otherwise ARTH 250 works as well) so that I may maintain my full-time funding and stay enrolled in my studies. I am submitting this appeal as soon as I was given the information that my funding was affected and have not delayed in submitting it.
I have emailed the professor for the GNDS 125 program to request their permission to be added but have not heard back yet.
I was continuously checking the OSAP portal to see when I would receive my funding, and it kept getting pushed a week further at a time. Out of concern this morning, September 23rd, I emailed Awards Officer Jen Thibodeau to ask if the delay was due to me. I was informed by Ms. Thibodeau that she was going to have to reject my Fall full-time application as I would need to be in three courses to qualify as full time. This was extremely distressing for several reasons, but mainly due to the fact that the deadline to add a course had passed four days earlier.
I cannot change my work circumstances until the new year and without the OSAP funding that had been confirmed for full-time studies, I will have to drop out of my classes and get a second job for the remainder of the year. I would sincerely appreciate being put into the GNDS 125 course if there is room (otherwise ARTH 250 works as well) so that I may maintain my full-time funding and stay enrolled in my studies. I am submitting this appeal as soon as I was given the information that my funding was affected and have not delayed in submitting it.
I have emailed the professor for the GNDS 125 program to request their permission to be added but have not heard back yet.
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: I am a dedicated student who is willing to put in the time and effort required to catch up in this new course. I am ahead in my existing two courses and will be able to manage all three effectively. I have not felt thus far that my studies have been excessively difficult or onerous which is why I am confident that I will be able to secure a good mark in all my courses, even after having to put more time into my new course at the start.
I am currently on track for my desired degree plan and have consistently been submitting assessments on time. I have asked my employer if I may use two flex days, upon being added to the new course, to spend two full days catching up on readings and preparing next assessments. This has been approved by my employer. I do not have any incomplete work to finish from previous sessions.
In future, I will ensure that I am in contact with OSAP and the Awards department sooner so that if there are any issues in my funding again, I will be able to rectify them prior to add/drop deadlines. While my academic history with Queens University is short, you can see from the summer semester that I am capable of achieving high marks. I intend to continue this trend as my ultimate plan is to attend Law School at Queens University.
I am currently on track for my desired degree plan and have consistently been submitting assessments on time. I have asked my employer if I may use two flex days, upon being added to the new course, to spend two full days catching up on readings and preparing next assessments. This has been approved by my employer. I do not have any incomplete work to finish from previous sessions.
In future, I will ensure that I am in contact with OSAP and the Awards department sooner so that if there are any issues in my funding again, I will be able to rectify them prior to add/drop deadlines. While my academic history with Queens University is short, you can see from the summer semester that I am capable of achieving high marks. I intend to continue this trend as my ultimate plan is to attend Law School at Queens University.