Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Submission Number: 10245
Decision Date: April 10, 2023
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Giovanni Sicat
Student Email: 20gps@queensu.ca

Course: POLS 285
Term: Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: RELS 218
Term: Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Dear Gio,

I have reviewed your petition to drop POLS 285 and RELS 218 (W23) after the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

For your information: our office will process the late drops in your SOLUS account and no further action from you is required. Once dropped, the courses will appear as ??withdrawn? in your schedule and a ??DR? notation will be placed on your transcript once the Winter term grades are released in May.

I commend your decision to reduce your course load at this time and have granted this request due to severity of your extenuating circumstances as confirmed by the documentation you supplied. Going forward, it is your responsibility to pause and evaluate the impact of extenuating circumstances on your classes 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 fair and equitable treatment of all students.

I encourage you to consider connecting with the following services for additional support:

The Student Wellness Services Centre https://www.queensu.ca/studentwellness/ located in Mitchell Hall, is available to all Queen??s students and offers counselling as well as individual consultation to aid in coping with difficulties of a more personal nature.

Office of the Interfaith Chaplain can provide confidential counselling, ceremonial services, interfaith community development and spiritual support. Please contact chaplain@queensu.ca or 613.533.2186.

Academic Consideration is a process for the university community to provide a compassionate response to assist students experiencing a short-term extenuating circumstance. You can familiarize yourself with your consideration options at: https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/accommodations.

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.

Sincerely,

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