Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 9218
Decision Date: August 22, 2022
Associate Dean: 0
Student Name: Spencer Jones
Student Email: 20ejj@queensu.ca

Course: GNDS 120
Term: Fall
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Dear Spencer,

I have carefully considered your appeal to drop GNDS 120 (Fall 2020). Given the strong and clear support from your doctor who asserted that you were impacted during the timeline being appealed, I am compelled to grant this appeal.

Going forward, I encourage you to carefully evaluate your progress in each of your courses prior to the week 8 drop deadline and if you have fallen behind or you are not performing in 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 protocol. 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

Your transcript will be updated to reflect the dropped course.

Yours sincerely,


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