Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 6194
Decision Date: October 21, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Arturo Gonzalez
Student Email: 16ag60@queensu.ca
Course: CHEM 282
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: ANAT 216
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Arturo Gonzalez:
I am sorry to have read in your letter of appeal the challenges you report you faced during the Winter term 2019 and have carefully considered your appeal to drop CHEM 282 and ANAT 216 (W 2019) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under extenuating circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by circumstances beyond his or her control.
Your appeal outlines that you have been dealing with a chronic condition and have been seeking treatment regarding your condition and I commend you for that. However, the appeals process is not meant to manage an ongoing and/or chronic condition. Instead, a student should pause and evaluate their progress in courses during week 7 of term and if they have fallen behind or their health is impacting their progress, they should drop courses by the week 8 drop deadline dates.
This is a disappointing decision I am sure Arturo, but let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the low grade is excluded from their grade point average and the higher grade is included which would mean there would be no long term negative impact on your GPA.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€). Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact the Office of the Ombudsman (www.queensu.ca/ombudsman) for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative.
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
20042887Gonzalez
Decision Date: October 21, 2019
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Arturo Gonzalez
Student Email: 16ag60@queensu.ca
Course: CHEM 282
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: ANAT 216
Term: Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Arturo Gonzalez:
I am sorry to have read in your letter of appeal the challenges you report you faced during the Winter term 2019 and have carefully considered your appeal to drop CHEM 282 and ANAT 216 (W 2019) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under extenuating circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by circumstances beyond his or her control.
Your appeal outlines that you have been dealing with a chronic condition and have been seeking treatment regarding your condition and I commend you for that. However, the appeals process is not meant to manage an ongoing and/or chronic condition. Instead, a student should pause and evaluate their progress in courses during week 7 of term and if they have fallen behind or their health is impacting their progress, they should drop courses by the week 8 drop deadline dates.
This is a disappointing decision I am sure Arturo, but let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the low grade is excluded from their grade point average and the higher grade is included which would mean there would be no long term negative impact on your GPA.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€). Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact the Office of the Ombudsman (www.queensu.ca/ombudsman) for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative.
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)
20042887Gonzalez
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