Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Petition Letter: I am appealing to drop fall 2019 term according my severe psychiatric health problem. After around a week and a half at the beginning of September, I feel deep depression until now. I was not able to go out anymore, I was afraid to see people, and I even had difficulties with my basic necessities. I was locked myself into my room, stayed on my bed all the time, ate only one meal each day, and cut off all my social network. I could not concentrate on anything, and I felt depressed, anxiety, and guilty. It got server at the beginning of the November. I felt hopeless, and even had suicide thoughts every day. When my mom heard that, she flied all the way from China to see me, and forced me to get out off the room to the emergency department. After our appointment with a psychiatry, she strongly suggested me to gap this term, and told me my situation will only get better after at least two months with certain medicine.

For the academic performances, according to my psychiatric issues this term, I have only attended around a week and a half classes and missed 4 out of 5 midterms of all my classes. I was not able to study during my depression period, I have tried once to study on my own to finish one of my midterms, it was so hard for me to concentrate on my work and maintained a poor memory. And the result was that I failed that midterm. I believe that if I do not drop all my classes this term, I will fail all my classes according to my mental issues. Like my psychiatry suggested, it may not good for me to study until Winter term. Therefore, I wish to appeal for the fall 2019 term.