Petition Letter
Dear Associate Dean,
My name is Alexandra Korakis and I just finished my second year of studies at Queen's University. The reason I am writing to you today is to petition my requirement to withdraw for one year, as well as to try and have a late drop for the courses that I have failed both this year as well as in my second semester of my first year. The reason that I am requesting to to have these courses as a late drop is because over the past couple of years I have struggled with depression, but as of the past year and a half it had gotten significantly worse to the point where I found it very hard to get out of bed and live my daily lifestyle, nevermind completing my work for school. I spent time trying to figure out how to deal with this over the past year and a half with my therapist, but nothing seemed to work until a few months ago when I had started to take antidepressants as well as my therapy sessions. I started to take this medication in January and each month I have gotten significantly better so that now I am at a point that I am confident that I could get back to being the student that I used to be with completing my work in a very timely fashion, as well as not only passing but exceeding at my classes. Although I started to take this medication in January, I couldn’t see the full progress until recently. It started with me being able to get out of bed easier, then followed with me eating more properly and living a healthier lifestyle by going to the gym and having a daily routine. When I finally noticed the progress with my schoolwork it had been too late in the year for me to be able to catch up with everything in my classes, so all I could really do at this point was study my hardest for my exams and hope that would be enough, which it was not. I know that I did not handle this situation exactly properly at the time and I should have talked to the school early about my struggles, but now that I am in a much better place and have set a routine for myself that I have been following, I am confident that if you waive my requirement to withdraw I will exceed with my academics next year and prove that I am much better now, as well as why I deserve to stay in this program. As for how I am planning to catch up with the classes that I have failed and will hopefully be dropped, I am planning to take a couple of summer courses for the July - August time period that I will need to sign up for. I didn’t want to take any courses during the first summer time period because I wanted to be sure that I had some time to get into a healthy routine while feeling better that I could stick to without adding the stress of schoolwork on top of that to think about. And I am also planning on taking a 5th year to complete all of my necessary courses so that I don’t need to shove them all into a small timeframe and can really give my courses the necessary attention that they deserve. I really hope that you take my petition into consideration so that I have the chance to prove myself to the school next year because I do love my classes and would love a second chance to show what I am really capable of. I have also attached a letter from my therapist explaining what I have been going through this past year and a half, as well as steps that we have been taking to improve and my progress so far.
Thank you for your consideration,
Alexandra Korakis.
My name is Alexandra Korakis and I just finished my second year of studies at Queen's University. The reason I am writing to you today is to petition my requirement to withdraw for one year, as well as to try and have a late drop for the courses that I have failed both this year as well as in my second semester of my first year. The reason that I am requesting to to have these courses as a late drop is because over the past couple of years I have struggled with depression, but as of the past year and a half it had gotten significantly worse to the point where I found it very hard to get out of bed and live my daily lifestyle, nevermind completing my work for school. I spent time trying to figure out how to deal with this over the past year and a half with my therapist, but nothing seemed to work until a few months ago when I had started to take antidepressants as well as my therapy sessions. I started to take this medication in January and each month I have gotten significantly better so that now I am at a point that I am confident that I could get back to being the student that I used to be with completing my work in a very timely fashion, as well as not only passing but exceeding at my classes. Although I started to take this medication in January, I couldn’t see the full progress until recently. It started with me being able to get out of bed easier, then followed with me eating more properly and living a healthier lifestyle by going to the gym and having a daily routine. When I finally noticed the progress with my schoolwork it had been too late in the year for me to be able to catch up with everything in my classes, so all I could really do at this point was study my hardest for my exams and hope that would be enough, which it was not. I know that I did not handle this situation exactly properly at the time and I should have talked to the school early about my struggles, but now that I am in a much better place and have set a routine for myself that I have been following, I am confident that if you waive my requirement to withdraw I will exceed with my academics next year and prove that I am much better now, as well as why I deserve to stay in this program. As for how I am planning to catch up with the classes that I have failed and will hopefully be dropped, I am planning to take a couple of summer courses for the July - August time period that I will need to sign up for. I didn’t want to take any courses during the first summer time period because I wanted to be sure that I had some time to get into a healthy routine while feeling better that I could stick to without adding the stress of schoolwork on top of that to think about. And I am also planning on taking a 5th year to complete all of my necessary courses so that I don’t need to shove them all into a small timeframe and can really give my courses the necessary attention that they deserve. I really hope that you take my petition into consideration so that I have the chance to prove myself to the school next year because I do love my classes and would love a second chance to show what I am really capable of. I have also attached a letter from my therapist explaining what I have been going through this past year and a half, as well as steps that we have been taking to improve and my progress so far.
Thank you for your consideration,
Alexandra Korakis.