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Petition Type: New
ID: 1459
Submitted: September 30, 2015 at 12:59:22 PM
First Name: Diego
Last Name: Alvarado
Student Number: 10149960
Email: 14deoa@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BSH
Plan: Lifesci
Level of Study: 1
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Add a course after the academic deadline
Code: PSYCH 100
Term: Fall
Year: 2015
Petition Category: Add a course after the academic deadline
Instructor's Name: Jordan Poppenk
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: To whom ever it may regard,
I write to you with a pit in my stomach as I feel it may be too late but I need to pick up my PYSCH 100 course again but I am hopeful things will look up in going through this appeal process. I unfortunately made the mistake of dropping this course last Saturday as I was facing a great deal of anxiety and numerous symptoms of depression leading up to this point. Being a first year student living off campus has been tough in the sense that I felt out of place among my peers. The associated isolation I put myself through and the apprehensiveness in fully committing to this course made the choice to drop easy.
At the time I was simply overwhelmed, with the feeling that there was no one I could genuinely express my feeling towards, at least on campus. I decided to email my mom and doctor explaining the situation in detail as I did not tell anyone of my mental state prior to my attempt of managing my anxiety in dropping the course. I wanted to feel in control and stray away from a path I knew would end in poor performance. Saying this I feel good enough that I want to pick this course up again speaking with my doctor and other on-campus services today. I will include a brief letter from my mom, and if time permits my Doctor who I have not seen in 4-5 months prior to coming to Queens.
I hope you have a wonderful day and this email is not a downer. I will do everything in my power to work effectively in catching up and in making the rest of my time here more pleasant.
Kind regards,
Diego Alvarado Isztin
10144960
I write to you with a pit in my stomach as I feel it may be too late but I need to pick up my PYSCH 100 course again but I am hopeful things will look up in going through this appeal process. I unfortunately made the mistake of dropping this course last Saturday as I was facing a great deal of anxiety and numerous symptoms of depression leading up to this point. Being a first year student living off campus has been tough in the sense that I felt out of place among my peers. The associated isolation I put myself through and the apprehensiveness in fully committing to this course made the choice to drop easy.
At the time I was simply overwhelmed, with the feeling that there was no one I could genuinely express my feeling towards, at least on campus. I decided to email my mom and doctor explaining the situation in detail as I did not tell anyone of my mental state prior to my attempt of managing my anxiety in dropping the course. I wanted to feel in control and stray away from a path I knew would end in poor performance. Saying this I feel good enough that I want to pick this course up again speaking with my doctor and other on-campus services today. I will include a brief letter from my mom, and if time permits my Doctor who I have not seen in 4-5 months prior to coming to Queens.
I hope you have a wonderful day and this email is not a downer. I will do everything in my power to work effectively in catching up and in making the rest of my time here more pleasant.
Kind regards,
Diego Alvarado Isztin
10144960
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: As noted in the previous section, I will do everything within my power to make up for the two previous classes. This meaning the networking with other students, referencing of all available resources from both moodle and the library as well touching base with a peer-support program here on campus. I feel the academic portion will be relatively straight forward as I hear the course at this point is not at all abstract or conceptually difficult. Working on my mental health and asking for resources when required will be my main point of focus to getting caught up as I know that my academic performance is directly related to where I am within the confines of my mind.
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: Letter from Dr. Hamilton
Documentation Detail: Letter from Mom