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Petition Type: New
ID: 4000
Submitted: December 2, 2017 at 12:15:23 PM
First Name: Matheson
Last Name: Goff
Student Number: 10145523
Email: 13mcg9@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BA
Plan: ECON
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Code: ECON 280
Term: Fall
Year: 2017
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: To whom it may concern,
I am appealing to drop the course ECON 280 past the deadline in the fall 2017 term. Over the past few months I have lost my Aunt (June 2nd), Grandmother (August 14th), and Uncle (October 30th). This has been an extremely emotional period of time for me, as I have never experienced any loss of this nature before, and it has all been very tough for me to deal with. I had hoped to be able to catch up on the work that I missed during the time leading up to the passing of my Uncle, however I have been struggling to move past everything that has happened over the last few months. During this time I had to reallocate the percentage from my midterm to my final exam, as the midterm date conflicted with my uncles funeral service. This left me with a final worth 75, and a pile of work to catch up on. I have not been able to get myself to a point where I feel anywhere close to comfortable writing an exam worth 75 with the amount of work I have actually been able to catch up on. If I am able to drop this class without a negative impact on my GPA, I will have more time to focus on the other classes I am taking this semester and keep myself in good academic standing. Going forward, I plan to retake the course next semester, as it is a course I am interested in, I just do not want it to negatively affect my academic performance due to what has gone on since the start of the school year. I have included obituaries from the passing of each of my family members as proof and to validate the timeline.
Matheson Goff
10145523
I am appealing to drop the course ECON 280 past the deadline in the fall 2017 term. Over the past few months I have lost my Aunt (June 2nd), Grandmother (August 14th), and Uncle (October 30th). This has been an extremely emotional period of time for me, as I have never experienced any loss of this nature before, and it has all been very tough for me to deal with. I had hoped to be able to catch up on the work that I missed during the time leading up to the passing of my Uncle, however I have been struggling to move past everything that has happened over the last few months. During this time I had to reallocate the percentage from my midterm to my final exam, as the midterm date conflicted with my uncles funeral service. This left me with a final worth 75, and a pile of work to catch up on. I have not been able to get myself to a point where I feel anywhere close to comfortable writing an exam worth 75 with the amount of work I have actually been able to catch up on. If I am able to drop this class without a negative impact on my GPA, I will have more time to focus on the other classes I am taking this semester and keep myself in good academic standing. Going forward, I plan to retake the course next semester, as it is a course I am interested in, I just do not want it to negatively affect my academic performance due to what has gone on since the start of the school year. I have included obituaries from the passing of each of my family members as proof and to validate the timeline.
Matheson Goff
10145523
Documentation
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