Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: I¿¿m sad that I am looking to drop this course as it is one of my favourite courses topic wise and I¿¿ve always had a passion for European history of this time period ever since I was younger. I feel like there are too many courses for me to be dealing with at this point in time and need to focus on my core history seminar. I also am not performing as well in this class as I hoped I would . This past winter break I have tried to break my bulimia and binge eating as I¿¿ve struggled with it since 7th grade . In my university career it has spiraled out of control and I blame that primarily on stress . I have no control over it what so ever. An episode will last hours on end and it leaves me exhausted and depressed and unable to do anything . Sometimes I¿¿m too ashamed or disgusted in myself to leave my house because I¿¿m embarrassed to be seen by other people . I haven¿¿t dealt with it until now as I knew it would be a challenge and I felt like it was a superficial issue. I feel like it¿¿s ruining my life. I know that I will not be able to perform well in this course as the grade itself is only split into 3 exams and a paper, one of which I barely passed . If i would be allowed to drop this course I know for a fact my other grades would improve drastically . I feel as if I continue with this course it will induce more stress which will be a major issue in trying to overcome my eating disorder .