Manage Appeals
Petition Type: New
ID: 5986
Submitted: June 24, 2019 at 1:49:55 AM
First Name: Shiqi
Last Name: Zhou
Student Number: 20123501
Email: 18sz6@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BSH
Plan: ECON
Level of Study: 1
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Waive the 21-day or one term deadline
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Because this is the first year of my university and I don't have any friend so I can not adapt to it. I feel great pressure during my first year both outside and inside. And I did not exactly know what major I am really interested in and how to take the suited courses when I first entered the university. At that time, my mom's business had a really serious time. The project she invested was failed. My mom said she could not afford my expensive tuition. I had to take time on a part-time job so I also had big financial pressure on me. I knew I really did bad both on my study and life. That was a really hard time for me. In that case, I fail my courses. Later, I made some friends in school and they said they can help me with my study and gave me many suggestions and I can ask them questions at any time. After careful consideration, I decide to change my physics major to economics which is more suitable for me. My mom's business is getting better and better and she said she will have a method to solve the financial problems. I can devote myself to study. I have much confidence that I can get satisfactory grades if I can keep studying in fall or winter term. I am looking forward to your reply. That is my study plan. Firstly, I will change my physics major. I think physics is too hard for me after studying. My mom is good at math and her job is about economics and she encourages me to study economics. Then I will take extra tutoring from mentors weekly on my poor courses such as math. Thirdly, I will only take four courses each term so that I won't have too much pressure on each course and I will balance time on each of them. Lastly, i won't be shy to ask questions from professors or TA or my friends. I will ask questions in time and I really have much confidence that I can do better than my first year.
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: My documentation will be sent separately to the Faculty Office.
Decision Letters
Amendment to Appeal 5986
Relevant Petition: 5986
First Name: Shiqi
Last Name: Zhou
Student Number: 20123501
Email: 18sz6@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BSH
Plan: ENCO
Level of Study: 1
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Waive the requirement to withdraw for one year
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Because this is the first year of my university and I don't have any friend and I can not adapt to it. I feel great pressure during my first year both outside and inside. And I did not exactly know what major I am really interested in and how to take the suited courses when I first entered the university. I did not know how to communicate with my classmates on physics and chemistry labs because I felt a little bit nervous when talking to strangers in English at the first time. I always did labs by myself and I had many questions and I didn't know who I can ask. At that time, my mom's business had a really serious time. The project she invested was failed. My mom said she could not afford my expensive tuition. I had to take time on a part-time job so I also had big financial pressure on me during the last November until the end of February this year. I knew I really did bad both on my study and life. That was a really hard time for me. In that case, I fail my courses. Later, I made some friends in school and they said they can help me with my study and gave me many suggestions and I can ask them questions at any time. After careful consideration, I decide to change my physics major to economics which is more suitable for me. My mom's business is getting better and better and she said she will have methods to solve the financial problems. I can devote myself to study. I have much confidence that I can get satisfactory grades if I can keep studying in the fall or winter term.
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: Firstly, I will change my physics major. I think physics is too hard for me after studying. My mom is good at math and her job is about economics and she encourages me to study economics. Then I will take extra tutoring from mentors weekly on my poor courses such as math. Thirdly, I will only take four courses each term so that I won't have too much pressure on each course and I will balance time on each of them. Next, I have already taken spoken English classes in China this summer to exercise my English. I think that is really helpful to me that I have the confidence to talk to others. Lastly, I won't be shy to ask questions from professors or TA or my friends. My roommate is a CBC and she introduces some of her local friends to me. Also, I have known friends who study the same major as me. I will ask questions in time and I really have much confidence that I can do better than my first year.
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: NO DOC
History
Originally submitted June 24, 2019 at 1:49:55 AM.
| Field | Reference | Old Value | New Value | Note | User | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| status | N/A | Received | Prepared for Review | Carrie Roosenmaalen | 2019-06-24 11:51:37 AM | |
| status | N/A | Prepared for Review | Incomplete | Spring Forsberg | 2019-06-24 12:51:57 PM | |
| status | N/A | Incomplete | In Review | Spring Forsberg | 2019-07-03 9:51:28 AM | |
| status | N/A | In Review | Granted | Spring Forsberg | 2019-07-05 1:53:46 PM | |
| associate_dean | N/A | Jill Atkinson, Ph.D. | Spring Forsberg | 2019-07-05 1:53:46 PM | ||
| decision_letter | N/A | N/A | Decision letter sent | Spring Forsberg | 2019-07-05 1:54:30 PM |

