Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: To whom it may concern,
I am writing to request that I may be re-enrolled into the course BIOL343 (Advanced Data Analysis for Biologists).

I have been enrolled in this course for 6 weeks and dropped it online last Thursday, February 14. I originally intended to drop the course because I am completing my 4th year Honour¿¿s Thesis (BIOL537) this semester, and BIOL343 was taking a lot of time that I would rather be putting into my thesis work. I believed that I did not require the course based off my Academic Requirements planner, as it did not show up in any of the required courses to complete a Biology Degree. Soon after dropping the course however, I realized that the course counted towards my 120 units that I need to graduate on time.

I immediately contacted the course coordinator, Dr. Christopher Eckert, and then contacted Julie French, the head of the Biology Department, who informed me that I needed to complete this formal appeal as it was past the Add date for course enrollment.

I am hoping that I may be added back into the course so that I will be able to graduate on time this spring. As well, I am planning to start my Master¿¿s at Queen¿¿s in May, and hope that I can be added back into the course so that I do not have to change these plans. As I have already completed 6 weeks of course work, I strongly believe that I can still do well in this class should I be re-enrolled.

Overall, this has been an incredibly poor decision on my part, and I feel terrible about this situation. I am sincerely hoping that one poor decision in 4 years of hard work will not delay my graduation time and post graduate plans.

Thank you in advance for considering my appeal and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Jessie Reynolds