Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: I am appealing to waive the requirement to withdraw for one year due to the same circumstances that I described in my appeal to waive the 21-day deadline. First of all, I understand that it is my responsibility as a student to adhere to the grade expectations, however there are a couple reasons as to why I really want another chance at doing first year correctly. During my first year, I was dealing with what I think to have been situational depression, a result of isolation on west campus and my actual first year experience clashing with what I thought my first year would be like at the university I grew up wanting to go to. Through the great help of my mother, I was able to sort out many of my issues and eventually started to work hard on catching up with all the responsibilities I had regretfully overlooked, scholarly and otherwise. I feel that through this tough mental ordeal, I have matured significantly as a person. Now that I will be living at home this year as a Kingston native, I believe that I can start on the path I truly want in music, leaving politics behind me. Although I don¿¿t look to retake my politics course, I want to retake Astronomy, Film, and Music history. Now that I am in a much healthier mental state, I believe I can do exceedingly well in these not only to replace my old grades and fix my GPA but to also prove to myself that I can overcome difficulties such as my depression in first year.