Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 8408
Decision Date: December 2, 2021
Associate Dean: Amitava Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Student Name: Marisa Pizzolato
Student Email: 19mmp8@queensu.ca

Course: GNDS 120
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline


Dear Marisa Pizzolato:

I am sorry to have read in your letter of appeal that you are having a difficult term and I have carefully considered your appeal to drop GNDS 120 (F 2021) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

I have granted this appeal based on??documentation provided as well as you plan to step away from your studies to focus on your health. Going forward you will be responsible for managing the impact of your condition on your academics proactively and not after the fact via the appeal process. I encourage you to carefully evaluate your progress in each of your courses prior to the drop deadline and if you have fallen behind or you are not performing in your courses to your satisfaction, you should drop courses by the drop deadline.

Another tool to manage your academics in addition to dropping a course by the drop date deadline is our Academic Consideration service. A student can request short term consideration if they need more time to complete an assignment or had to miss a class due to documented extenuating circumstances. Here is the link for information about that process:

https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/undergrad-students/academic-consideration-for-students

Marisa, I strongly encourage you continue to work with a health professional and to proactively manage the impact of your condition on your academics when you resume your studies. If this is a chronic or temporary ongoing condition, please talk to your health professional about the possibility of registering with QSAS. A QSAS??Advisor??can help put into place appropriate accommodations to help you manage the impact of your health on your academics.??

Marisa, if you do decide to withdraw from your studies for the balance of this year, please complete the following form and submit it to our Student Registration office at asc.registration@queensu.ca :

https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.uregwww/files/files/UG_Academic_Change.pdf

Here is a link to our ??Return to Studies? form which you should submit in April 2022 to reactivate your student status so you can register in courses for the upcoming Fall 2022 term:
https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/sites/default/files/return_to_studies.pdf

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.

Best of luck with the management of your health.

Sincerely,

Amitava Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Special Advisor to the Dean
Faculty of Arts and Science


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