Decision Letter
Submission Number: 13338
Decision Date: July 9, 2025
Associate Dean: Scott-Morgan Straker (Acting Associate Dean)
Student Name: Zion Adegbayi
Student Email: 18zoa@queensu.ca
Course: FILM 236
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: HIST 211
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GLPH 171
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: HIST 252
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: HIST 283
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: PHIL 203
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Zion Adegbayi,
I was sorry to read of the challenges you outlined in your petition letter. I have carefully considered your request to waive the petition deadline for the 2021 Fall and 2022 Winter terms and to waive the Faculty ruling that you be Required to Withdraw for One Year. After reviewing your file, I will allow you to drop FILM 236, HIST 211 (F21), GLPH 171, HIST 252, HIST 283 and PHIL 203 (W22) after the academic deadline without requiring a subsequent petition request. The final grades in these courses will be replaced with the notation DR on your transcript and excluded from your GPA, which will remove the Faculty ruling that you be Required to Withdraw for One Year. You may now resume your studies at Queen’s University.
I have granted this request to waive the petition deadline related to the 2021 Fall and 2022 Winter terms as the documentation that you supplied confirms that you were not able to petition these terms within the 1-year deadline due to the ongoing impacts of extenuating circumstances. As instructors aren’t obligated to retain information related to a student’s grades beyond one year after the end of a term, I am not able to offer you Credit Standing in courses from the FW21/22 academic year as it is not possible to assess eligibility without access to your individual grades from that period.
Upon your return to studies, you should know that it is your responsibility to pause and evaluate the impact of extenuating circumstances on your coursework prior to the drop deadline of the term. If you fall behind in a course or find the material too difficult, you should drop the course by deadline. The drop deadlines, outlined in the “Important Dates” section on the Faculty of Arts and Science web page, have been established to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all students.
As you continue in your course of study it is your responsibility to take steps for the successful completion of your program and maintain a GPA consistent with the requirements of your plan. These are some strategies that I strongly encourage you to consider:
• Choose courses carefully. As you know, achieving a higher grade in a repeated course will improve your GPA. This course of action will help to ensure you will be in good academic standing and not at risk of being required to withdraw in a future year.
• Reflect on your program choice. Are you in the right plan for your interests and aptitudes? Your Academic Advisement Report in SOLUS will allow you to see your remaining requirements and help you plan out future courses. You can read about the other program/plan options that may interest you in the Academic Calendar at queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/schools-departments-programs/.
• Seek out the advice necessary to improve your academic performance. The Arts and Science Faculty Office is located in Dunning Hall (main floor). You can meet with an Academic Advisor online at queensu.ca/artsci/undergrad-students/student-services/academic-advising. Academic advising may also be available through the Department of the Plan that you are pursuing.
• Student Academic Success Services (SASS) sass.queensu.ca/ in Stauffer Library provides a range of services, including workshops designed to improve study skills and develop strategies for meeting the demands of academic life.
• The Student Wellness Services Centre queensu.ca/studentwellness/ located in Mitchell Hall, is available to all Queen’s students. SWS offers counselling as well as individual consultation to aid in coping with difficulties of a more personal nature.
• 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: queensu.ca/artsci/accommodations.
I wish you success in your studies next year.
Sincerely,
Scott-Morgan Straker
Associate Dean (Acting)
Decision Date: July 9, 2025
Associate Dean: Scott-Morgan Straker (Acting Associate Dean)
Student Name: Zion Adegbayi
Student Email: 18zoa@queensu.ca
Course: FILM 236
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: HIST 211
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: GLPH 171
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: HIST 252
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: HIST 283
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Course: PHIL 203
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Dear Zion Adegbayi,
I was sorry to read of the challenges you outlined in your petition letter. I have carefully considered your request to waive the petition deadline for the 2021 Fall and 2022 Winter terms and to waive the Faculty ruling that you be Required to Withdraw for One Year. After reviewing your file, I will allow you to drop FILM 236, HIST 211 (F21), GLPH 171, HIST 252, HIST 283 and PHIL 203 (W22) after the academic deadline without requiring a subsequent petition request. The final grades in these courses will be replaced with the notation DR on your transcript and excluded from your GPA, which will remove the Faculty ruling that you be Required to Withdraw for One Year. You may now resume your studies at Queen’s University.
I have granted this request to waive the petition deadline related to the 2021 Fall and 2022 Winter terms as the documentation that you supplied confirms that you were not able to petition these terms within the 1-year deadline due to the ongoing impacts of extenuating circumstances. As instructors aren’t obligated to retain information related to a student’s grades beyond one year after the end of a term, I am not able to offer you Credit Standing in courses from the FW21/22 academic year as it is not possible to assess eligibility without access to your individual grades from that period.
Upon your return to studies, you should know that it is your responsibility to pause and evaluate the impact of extenuating circumstances on your coursework prior to the drop deadline of the term. If you fall behind in a course or find the material too difficult, you should drop the course by deadline. The drop deadlines, outlined in the “Important Dates” section on the Faculty of Arts and Science web page, have been established to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all students.
As you continue in your course of study it is your responsibility to take steps for the successful completion of your program and maintain a GPA consistent with the requirements of your plan. These are some strategies that I strongly encourage you to consider:
• Choose courses carefully. As you know, achieving a higher grade in a repeated course will improve your GPA. This course of action will help to ensure you will be in good academic standing and not at risk of being required to withdraw in a future year.
• Reflect on your program choice. Are you in the right plan for your interests and aptitudes? Your Academic Advisement Report in SOLUS will allow you to see your remaining requirements and help you plan out future courses. You can read about the other program/plan options that may interest you in the Academic Calendar at queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/schools-departments-programs/.
• Seek out the advice necessary to improve your academic performance. The Arts and Science Faculty Office is located in Dunning Hall (main floor). You can meet with an Academic Advisor online at queensu.ca/artsci/undergrad-students/student-services/academic-advising. Academic advising may also be available through the Department of the Plan that you are pursuing.
• Student Academic Success Services (SASS) sass.queensu.ca/ in Stauffer Library provides a range of services, including workshops designed to improve study skills and develop strategies for meeting the demands of academic life.
• The Student Wellness Services Centre queensu.ca/studentwellness/ located in Mitchell Hall, is available to all Queen’s students. SWS offers counselling as well as individual consultation to aid in coping with difficulties of a more personal nature.
• 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: queensu.ca/artsci/accommodations.
I wish you success in your studies next year.
Sincerely,
Scott-Morgan Straker
Associate Dean (Acting)
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