Decision Letter
Submission Number: 14059
Decision Date: May 1, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Avery Cobban
Student Email: 23gck5@queensu.ca
Course: SOCY 201
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Joseph McDermott
Additional Information: Final Essay
Dear Avery Cobban:
We have received the results of your petition request #14059 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to the Final Essay in SOCY 201 (F25).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned in a course subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor.
Your petition letter was sent to the Head of the department of Sociology so they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. As part of formal review process, two reviewers (selected by the Head) were provided with your Final Essay and the relevant instructions for this component.
This letter confirms that the reconsidered grade for your Final Essay is a 26.6/35, revised from the original grade of 25/35. As a result of this formal review, your final grade in SOCY 201 (F25) has been adjusted from B plus to A minus. This update will be reflected on your transcript once it has been processed by the Office of the University Registrar.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original grade, may not be appealed.
Sincerely,
Academic Petitions Team
Decision Date: May 1, 2026
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Avery Cobban
Student Email: 23gck5@queensu.ca
Course: SOCY 201
Term: Fall
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Joseph McDermott
Additional Information: Final Essay
Dear Avery Cobban:
We have received the results of your petition request #14059 to review an instructor’s decision on grading related to the Final Essay in SOCY 201 (F25).
As per Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned in a course subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor.
Your petition letter was sent to the Head of the department of Sociology so they could understand the reasons for your request before they facilitated this review. As part of formal review process, two reviewers (selected by the Head) were provided with your Final Essay and the relevant instructions for this component.
This letter confirms that the reconsidered grade for your Final Essay is a 26.6/35, revised from the original grade of 25/35. As a result of this formal review, your final grade in SOCY 201 (F25) has been adjusted from B plus to A minus. This update will be reflected on your transcript once it has been processed by the Office of the University Registrar.
Please know that according to Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10. at https://www.queensu.ca/academic-calendar/arts-science/appeal-regulations/#text the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original grade, may not be appealed.
Sincerely,
Academic Petitions Team
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