Petition Letter
I, Xifeng (Wendy) Hu, am appealing to add two courses past the add/drop deadline. The reason why my appeal is being submitted longer than several days after the deadline is because I had to prove my ability to stay in LING 100 by scoring highly on my first test.
On add/drop day, I dropped all of my courses to my dismay. After speaking to Dr. Bernard, several ArtSci academic counselors and professors from the departments of Linguistics and Psychology, I was preparing to defer my offer to Queen's. I had initially thought that because I was not allowed to transfer into neither the Linguistics nor Psychology program, I would not have been able to pursue my dream career (Speech Language Pathology) at Queen's University. On the entire ride home, I could not stop crying on the bus because I was heartbroken that I would have to depart from this wonderful institution. I had sacrificed a lot to come here: I convinced my dad to move from BC to ON to be close to me and I said goodbye to my childhood and high school friends to accept my Chancellor's Scholarship to Queen's University. I had also spoken to Carol Ann at Health Counseling and Disability Services regarding my lack of interest in Sociology, and she advised that I should take time off from school until I find a major that interests me.
As soon as I got back home, I did extensive research because I was determined to return to Queen's. I wanted to re-immerse myself in academia and extracurricular activities at Queen's University. I found out that my major does not matter for Speech Language Pathology and law school, as long as I take necessary prerequisites. This is why I returned to Kingston one and a half days after my departure.
I was told by the Psychology and Linguistics departments that cross-faculty transfers were not allowed into those two departments, as I had previously been enrolled in commerce. I was also incorrectly informed that a psychology or linguistics major is mandatory to get into speech language pathology.
On add/drop day, I dropped all of my courses to my dismay. After speaking to Dr. Bernard, several ArtSci academic counselors and professors from the departments of Linguistics and Psychology, I was preparing to defer my offer to Queen's. I had initially thought that because I was not allowed to transfer into neither the Linguistics nor Psychology program, I would not have been able to pursue my dream career (Speech Language Pathology) at Queen's University. On the entire ride home, I could not stop crying on the bus because I was heartbroken that I would have to depart from this wonderful institution. I had sacrificed a lot to come here: I convinced my dad to move from BC to ON to be close to me and I said goodbye to my childhood and high school friends to accept my Chancellor's Scholarship to Queen's University. I had also spoken to Carol Ann at Health Counseling and Disability Services regarding my lack of interest in Sociology, and she advised that I should take time off from school until I find a major that interests me.
As soon as I got back home, I did extensive research because I was determined to return to Queen's. I wanted to re-immerse myself in academia and extracurricular activities at Queen's University. I found out that my major does not matter for Speech Language Pathology and law school, as long as I take necessary prerequisites. This is why I returned to Kingston one and a half days after my departure.
I was told by the Psychology and Linguistics departments that cross-faculty transfers were not allowed into those two departments, as I had previously been enrolled in commerce. I was also incorrectly informed that a psychology or linguistics major is mandatory to get into speech language pathology.