Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 5515
Decision Date: May 10, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Madeline McHose
Student Email: 12mm61@queensu.ca

Course: GPHY 102
Term: Winter
Year: 2013
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Charu Sharma

Course: PSYC 100
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2013
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Anna Taylor

Course: GPHY 240
Term: Winter
Year: 2014
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Natalie Waldbrook

Course: GEOL 104
Term: Fall
Year: 2014
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Sandra McBride

Course: GPHY 209
Term: Winter
Year: 2016
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Greg King

Course: MATH 111
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Peter Taylor

Course: MATH 121
Term: Summer
Year: 2017
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Alan Ableson

Course: GPHY 415
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Request an extension of an incomplete grade
Instructor: Neal Scott

Course: MATH 121
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2013
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: BIOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2013
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: GPHY 208
Term: Fall
Year: 2013
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: GPHY 207
Term: Winter
Year: 2014
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline


Dear Madeline McHose:

I appreciated the extensive letter which you submitted Madeline outlining the challenges you have encountered since you began your university studies and as you have worked towards the completion of your university degree. In your letter of appeal, you have requested the following:

€¢ Appealing for CREDIT standing in the following courses:
o PSYC 100 FW 2012/13
o GPHY 102 W 2013
o GPHY 240 W 2014
o GEOL 104 F 2014
o GPHY 209 W 2016
o MATH 111 FW 2016/17
o MATH 121 S 2017

€¢ Appealing for LATE DROPS in the following courses:
o MATH 121 FW 2012/13
o BIOL 102 F 2013
o GPHY 208 F 2013
o GPHY 207 W 2014
o GPHY 229 F 2014
o GPHY 247 W 2015
o GPHY 304 W 2015
o GPHY 247 W 2017
o GEOL 200 F 2017

No doubt the circumstances outlined have significantly impacted your studies so I have decided to grant your appeal to Drop the courses listed above as well as grant you Credit standing in the courses listed above and the grades in those courses will be changed to CR.

This is a significant alteration to a student€™s transcript Madeline, but I have made my decision based on your more consistent performance in the past two years as well as your decision to carry a lighter course load.

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

Congratulations on the successful completion of your Queen€™s degree and I wish you well in your future endeavors.

Yours sincerely,


Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)


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