Petition Letter
To the Associate Dean (Studies)
I am requesting to waive the 21 day deadline for academic appeals for classes taken in 2014 and 2015, as I have had circumstances which prevented me from doing so until now.
Due to a depressive episode, beginning around September 2013 and continuing up to recently, my ability to reason and look for alternate routes when faced with academic and social hurdles was heavily impaired. Examples include not speaking to an academic adviser when I did not do well in the 2013 school year, retaking the same courses without consulting family or friends, and not changing study habits when retaking courses and also not seeking help for my issues from anyone. This was a consistent factor in nearly every academic or social decision made from September 2013 to until recently, when I finally spoke to both a psychologist and an academic adviser. These circumstances caused my inability to apply for an academic appeal, along with seek other help for academic and social issues.
The above circumstances explains why I have now put in a request for an academic appeal. I have taken the advice of my psychologist, and started on a plan which allows for me to develop better coping skills and allows me to realize when and where depressive episodes tend to happen, and how to mitigate it. I have also created a new academic plan, as I now feel that I am unsuited for my original major, and to make my transition easier, I would like to drop older grades that were affected the most by the depressive episode.
Thank you
Max (Zicheng) Ye
I am requesting to waive the 21 day deadline for academic appeals for classes taken in 2014 and 2015, as I have had circumstances which prevented me from doing so until now.
Due to a depressive episode, beginning around September 2013 and continuing up to recently, my ability to reason and look for alternate routes when faced with academic and social hurdles was heavily impaired. Examples include not speaking to an academic adviser when I did not do well in the 2013 school year, retaking the same courses without consulting family or friends, and not changing study habits when retaking courses and also not seeking help for my issues from anyone. This was a consistent factor in nearly every academic or social decision made from September 2013 to until recently, when I finally spoke to both a psychologist and an academic adviser. These circumstances caused my inability to apply for an academic appeal, along with seek other help for academic and social issues.
The above circumstances explains why I have now put in a request for an academic appeal. I have taken the advice of my psychologist, and started on a plan which allows for me to develop better coping skills and allows me to realize when and where depressive episodes tend to happen, and how to mitigate it. I have also created a new academic plan, as I now feel that I am unsuited for my original major, and to make my transition easier, I would like to drop older grades that were affected the most by the depressive episode.
Thank you
Max (Zicheng) Ye