Petition Letter
I am appealing to request that the Associate Dean waive the 21 day appeal deadline. I was back for the 2014-2015 year after a mandatory 1 year leave. In 2010, during the second semester of my first year at Queens I was met with an extenuating circumstance beyond my control. I did not even think about getting help from outside. I went through it by myself and developed a routine that costed my academic career. I was extremely afraid of getting help, thinking I did not want the event to be exposed at all. This routine I developed has snowballed and I came to struggle even with normal social events such as meeting new people. Thus I was not able to handle even the slightest hardship or other extenuating events that came afterwords. It would affect me in ways that I could not go and have a normal day. During the months of April, May and June I was met with another extenuating circumstance that I did not know how to handle in a healthy way. Which made me miss the deadline for the appeal.
After coming back to Queens for the 2014 fall term, I had my mind set on working hard. As I always had the mindset of wanting to study. First semester I started to see some results and was thrilled. However when I was met with this event I realized that I was going down a deep hole again. All the hard work I had done to resurface during the first semester went down had gone. This also resulted in an emergency room visit as my health was taking a toll. After recovering and when I realized that I had to leave for another 3 years, I started to think that I was in need of professional help. It has taken me lots of failures and tremendous amount of time but last fall semester had given me the courage to do well. Knowing that I need some social interaction I worked during the summer of 2015 and tried to face my conditions. I still struggle with asking for help and talking but I am determined to study and graduate. Due to an extenuating circumstance I missed the 21 day deadline. I wish to appeal to the required 3 years of withdrawal after this. I am currently seeing a professional counsellor and will also continue to seek help from the academic advisor to use the help given.
After coming back to Queens for the 2014 fall term, I had my mind set on working hard. As I always had the mindset of wanting to study. First semester I started to see some results and was thrilled. However when I was met with this event I realized that I was going down a deep hole again. All the hard work I had done to resurface during the first semester went down had gone. This also resulted in an emergency room visit as my health was taking a toll. After recovering and when I realized that I had to leave for another 3 years, I started to think that I was in need of professional help. It has taken me lots of failures and tremendous amount of time but last fall semester had given me the courage to do well. Knowing that I need some social interaction I worked during the summer of 2015 and tried to face my conditions. I still struggle with asking for help and talking but I am determined to study and graduate. Due to an extenuating circumstance I missed the 21 day deadline. I wish to appeal to the required 3 years of withdrawal after this. I am currently seeing a professional counsellor and will also continue to seek help from the academic advisor to use the help given.