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Petition Type: New
ID: 1145
Submitted: June 1, 2015 at 8:44:38 AM
First Name: Lindsay
Last Name: Rose
Student Number: 10100797
Email: lindsay.rose@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: ENGL
Level of Study: 2
Appeal Category Detail: Appeal to have all courses from 2014-2015 academic year dropped
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: May 28, 2015
Office of the Associate Dean (Studies)
Queen's University
To whom it may concern,
I am appealing to respectfully request to drop all courses retroactively from my 2014-2015 academic year.
I have suffered from depression for the past six years and my struggles with mental illness spiralled dramatically this past year which tremendously affected my academic performance to an extreme degree. As my psychological challenges continued to increase, my failure to speak out about my issues, irregular sleeping patterns and poor diet affected my mental health and my academic performance continued to suffer. In addition, I have a history of multiple concussions and an accident in February 2015 caused me to suffer from my eighth concussion as well as seizures, which added to my stress and debilitating depression limiting any improvement in my mental health. As a result of my silence and mental health issues I politely request to have all of my courses dropped and my failing marks expunged from my records.
I plan to spend this coming academic year at home with my family in a stable and supportive environment while continuing medical treatment which began as the result of a hospital admission in May.
My plan for the future includes strengthening my mental health while strongly re-evaluating my life goals and continuing to pursue my education.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Lindsay Rose
Office of the Associate Dean (Studies)
Queen's University
To whom it may concern,
I am appealing to respectfully request to drop all courses retroactively from my 2014-2015 academic year.
I have suffered from depression for the past six years and my struggles with mental illness spiralled dramatically this past year which tremendously affected my academic performance to an extreme degree. As my psychological challenges continued to increase, my failure to speak out about my issues, irregular sleeping patterns and poor diet affected my mental health and my academic performance continued to suffer. In addition, I have a history of multiple concussions and an accident in February 2015 caused me to suffer from my eighth concussion as well as seizures, which added to my stress and debilitating depression limiting any improvement in my mental health. As a result of my silence and mental health issues I politely request to have all of my courses dropped and my failing marks expunged from my records.
I plan to spend this coming academic year at home with my family in a stable and supportive environment while continuing medical treatment which began as the result of a hospital admission in May.
My plan for the future includes strengthening my mental health while strongly re-evaluating my life goals and continuing to pursue my education.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Lindsay Rose
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: My academic plan includes multiple steps which I believe will both strengthen my mental health, and enable me to pursue my education while performing to my true academic ability. My first step in this plan is to continue seeking medical professional help and take the medication prescribed in order to improve my mood and self esteem. Regularly seeing a psychiatrist and keeping on track of my health goals (including but not limiting to) my mood, diet, sleeping patterns and anxiety should help me to stay on the right track to returning to school.
In addition to this, regularly seeing a therapist in order to determine unconscious issues is the next step for my academic plan. By determining these unconscious issues, we may be able to understand the root of my depression and anxiety issues and I hope pairing this with a psychiatrist can help to improve my overall performance and self esteem. I plan to use the therapist as a tool to improve my academic habits regarding time management, motivation, and academic anxiety.
I am appealing in the hopes of having all of my courses from the 2014-2015 year dropped from my record, and propose I retake these courses in the following year.
In addition to this, regularly seeing a therapist in order to determine unconscious issues is the next step for my academic plan. By determining these unconscious issues, we may be able to understand the root of my depression and anxiety issues and I hope pairing this with a psychiatrist can help to improve my overall performance and self esteem. I plan to use the therapist as a tool to improve my academic habits regarding time management, motivation, and academic anxiety.
I am appealing in the hopes of having all of my courses from the 2014-2015 year dropped from my record, and propose I retake these courses in the following year.
Documentation
Professional Letter: 2015_05_19_13_53_35.pdf