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Petition Letter: As a person with significant ADHD, organization and executive function have been lifelong struggles that have impacted my ability to full achieve my academic potential. Currently in my second year, this past Fall was the first time I have ever truly lived on my own, and I was immediately overwhelmed by responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning, bills and laundry that had suddenly been added on top of an already-hefty workload.

In addition to this, I suffered from pneumonia between mid-October and mid-December, which completely crippled my ability to attend class, stay on top of my workload, and perform the many other things that I already struggled to do in the first place.

My goal is to apply for an upper-year transfer into Engineering in February, although now I am very worried about my chances due to my extremely poor performance in MATH 231 and MATH 280 (both are electives - neither are required in order to apply to Engineering). Both of these courses were highly-challenging, and attendance in every class was necessary in order to succeed. As the pattern of my grades on OnQ will show, my academic performance took a nosedive once I caught pneumonia, and I was never able to bounce back from this.

I have spoken to two doctors at Student Wellness Services, and both agree that the combination of my ADHD and pneumonia had a tremendous impact on my academic performance.

I hope you will take the things I have said into consideration.

Thank you,
Padraig (Patrick) Singal
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