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Petition Type: New
ID: 3185
Submitted: March 28, 2017 at 5:31:04 PM
First Name: Roscoe
Last Name: Dillman
Student Number: 10211754
Email: 15rd8@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: CISC
Level of Study: 1
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Code: CISC 101
Term: Winter
Year: 2017
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: To whomever it may concern,
I am requesting an exception to have my CISC 101 course as a late drop for spring term as I believe there are extenuating circumstances. I am a first year student and have been struggling with this course this semester. I have attended all of the lectures and found the number of them cancelled by the prof, due to weather difficulties. He did post videos of what lecture would have been which were not as ideal for me to learn from. I have also worked with a tutor to get extra help and have also worked with friends in the course. I have put in my maximum effort and have realized that many of the other students in the course have had some programming experience from previous courses. My secondary school did not have those courses. I received my two assignments back and they were marked much lower than I expected. Had I gotten them back earlier I would have dropped this course earlier. I am asking for the ability to drop this now, so I can take some basic programming over the summer and take this course again next year. I have been experiencing a lot of anxiety over this situation this semester and have reached out to my psychologist for some advice on how to cope with this situation. He will also be sending a letter to you on my behalf.
Thank you for your consideration.
Regards,
Roscoe Dillman
10211754
I am requesting an exception to have my CISC 101 course as a late drop for spring term as I believe there are extenuating circumstances. I am a first year student and have been struggling with this course this semester. I have attended all of the lectures and found the number of them cancelled by the prof, due to weather difficulties. He did post videos of what lecture would have been which were not as ideal for me to learn from. I have also worked with a tutor to get extra help and have also worked with friends in the course. I have put in my maximum effort and have realized that many of the other students in the course have had some programming experience from previous courses. My secondary school did not have those courses. I received my two assignments back and they were marked much lower than I expected. Had I gotten them back earlier I would have dropped this course earlier. I am asking for the ability to drop this now, so I can take some basic programming over the summer and take this course again next year. I have been experiencing a lot of anxiety over this situation this semester and have reached out to my psychologist for some advice on how to cope with this situation. He will also be sending a letter to you on my behalf.
Thank you for your consideration.
Regards,
Roscoe Dillman
10211754
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: Letter from psychologist (In process of writing it will be sent later today or tomorrow)