Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 8754
Decision Date: February 17, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: James Yates
Student Email: 19jky2@queensu.ca
Course: BIOL 243
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GEOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear James Yates:
I have carefully considered your appeal to drop BIOL 243 and GEOL 102 (F21) 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 their control.
I am certainly sympathetic to your situation and realize that this is a disappointing decision however, the documentation that you provided indicates that your extenuating circumstances began to moderately impact your academics on September 14, 2021, before the deadline to drop these courses. As you know from your previous appeal decision, it is your responsibility to assess the impacts of extenuating circumstances on your academics during week 7 of the term. If you have fallen behind in a course or find the material too difficult, you should drop the course by week 8 of term. The drop deadlines, as they have been outlined in the ??Important Dates? section on the Arts and Science web page, have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students.
Please know that repeating courses is a recommended strategy for students who are concerned about their GPA. When repeating a course, both attempts will appear on your transcript but only the higher grade will be included within the calculation of 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 ??Board of Studies?). You may contact the Office of the University Ombudsperson for information about student rights and responsibilities as well as guidance on policy and procedure (www.queensu.ca/ombuds).
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
Decision Date: February 17, 2022
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: James Yates
Student Email: 19jky2@queensu.ca
Course: BIOL 243
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GEOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear James Yates:
I have carefully considered your appeal to drop BIOL 243 and GEOL 102 (F21) 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 their control.
I am certainly sympathetic to your situation and realize that this is a disappointing decision however, the documentation that you provided indicates that your extenuating circumstances began to moderately impact your academics on September 14, 2021, before the deadline to drop these courses. As you know from your previous appeal decision, it is your responsibility to assess the impacts of extenuating circumstances on your academics during week 7 of the term. If you have fallen behind in a course or find the material too difficult, you should drop the course by week 8 of term. The drop deadlines, as they have been outlined in the ??Important Dates? section on the Arts and Science web page, have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students.
Please know that repeating courses is a recommended strategy for students who are concerned about their GPA. When repeating a course, both attempts will appear on your transcript but only the higher grade will be included within the calculation of 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 ??Board of Studies?). You may contact the Office of the University Ombudsperson for information about student rights and responsibilities as well as guidance on policy and procedure (www.queensu.ca/ombuds).
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
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