Petition Letter
Hello,
I'm seeking to have a course removed from my transcript. I was at Queen's for two years between 2008 and 2010. At that time I was in a severe depression and struggled with drinking and drug use. Academics were not a focus for me, and I'll be quite candid and state that I rarely attended lectures. I left Queen's after 2010 and returned to my hometown of Toronto. It was a vital year for my life in which I entered Alcoholics Anonymous and worked to understand that my addiction to mind-altering substances was related to social anxiety. After this year off, I felt strengthened enough to continue my studies at the University of Toronto, a choice I made primarily because it allowed me to commute from home where I received substantial emotional support from my parents. In 2014 I completed a bachelor of science degree with honors. I have been in the workforce for the past three years, but a desire to pursue medicine stirred me to study for the MCAT and apply for medical school. My MCAT results were very strong and I set my sights on applying to McMaster for admission into the Michael DeGroote School of Medicine. There is however a minimum GPA cut-off of 3.0 to even apply for the program. My marks at U of T are well-above that threshold, but unfortunately upon factoring in two courses that I failed at Queen's, my overall GPA is 2.98. For my goals in life to be sabotaged by a period in which I am grateful to have survived would be a great disappointment. I am asking with the utmost humility for one of those failed courses to be removed from my transcript.
Sincerely,
Michael Vettese
I'm seeking to have a course removed from my transcript. I was at Queen's for two years between 2008 and 2010. At that time I was in a severe depression and struggled with drinking and drug use. Academics were not a focus for me, and I'll be quite candid and state that I rarely attended lectures. I left Queen's after 2010 and returned to my hometown of Toronto. It was a vital year for my life in which I entered Alcoholics Anonymous and worked to understand that my addiction to mind-altering substances was related to social anxiety. After this year off, I felt strengthened enough to continue my studies at the University of Toronto, a choice I made primarily because it allowed me to commute from home where I received substantial emotional support from my parents. In 2014 I completed a bachelor of science degree with honors. I have been in the workforce for the past three years, but a desire to pursue medicine stirred me to study for the MCAT and apply for medical school. My MCAT results were very strong and I set my sights on applying to McMaster for admission into the Michael DeGroote School of Medicine. There is however a minimum GPA cut-off of 3.0 to even apply for the program. My marks at U of T are well-above that threshold, but unfortunately upon factoring in two courses that I failed at Queen's, my overall GPA is 2.98. For my goals in life to be sabotaged by a period in which I am grateful to have survived would be a great disappointment. I am asking with the utmost humility for one of those failed courses to be removed from my transcript.
Sincerely,
Michael Vettese