Petition Letter
To whom it may concern,
I am writing this as an appeal to allow me to take more than the allotted 6 credits using letters of permissions from the Department of Economics. I am planning on taking courses through the University of Toronto¿¿s visiting student¿¿s program at Wentworth College over the next two semesters (Fall 2019 and Winter 2020). I would like to take the remainder of the courses required to complete my B.A Honours degree at UofT for reasons which I will outline below.
I spent 5 years studying at Queens working towards completing my B.A Honours degree, however beginning in my 3rd year I began to suffer from serious depression and other mental health issues. I attempted to turn around my academic mishaps, however once most of my peers had graduated and I began living in an apartment alone in 5th year, it became apparent that I would not be able to bounce back while living in Kingston. This was because I no longer had any support from my friends and peers and there was already so much negative emotion and scarring attached to the campus and locations in Kingston.
I moved back to Toronto in 2018 and have been working out my mental health issues with the help of my Doctor, my family, and my therapist who I have been seeing weekly for nearly a year. This support group, along with anti-depressant medication has improved the state of my mental health, however I am not willing to take the risk of going back to Kingston alone and once again trying through sheer will to complete the last few classes I need for my degree.
I am writing this as an appeal to allow me to take more than the allotted 6 credits using letters of permissions from the Department of Economics. I am planning on taking courses through the University of Toronto¿¿s visiting student¿¿s program at Wentworth College over the next two semesters (Fall 2019 and Winter 2020). I would like to take the remainder of the courses required to complete my B.A Honours degree at UofT for reasons which I will outline below.
I spent 5 years studying at Queens working towards completing my B.A Honours degree, however beginning in my 3rd year I began to suffer from serious depression and other mental health issues. I attempted to turn around my academic mishaps, however once most of my peers had graduated and I began living in an apartment alone in 5th year, it became apparent that I would not be able to bounce back while living in Kingston. This was because I no longer had any support from my friends and peers and there was already so much negative emotion and scarring attached to the campus and locations in Kingston.
I moved back to Toronto in 2018 and have been working out my mental health issues with the help of my Doctor, my family, and my therapist who I have been seeing weekly for nearly a year. This support group, along with anti-depressant medication has improved the state of my mental health, however I am not willing to take the risk of going back to Kingston alone and once again trying through sheer will to complete the last few classes I need for my degree.