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Petition Type: New
ID: 6936
Submitted: September 10, 2020 at 1:45:35 PM
First Name: Jenna
Last Name: Nensi
Student Number: 20099607
Email: jenna.nensi@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: RELS
Level of Study: 3
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Code: MATH 121
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Alan Ableson
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing this letter to ask that my first attempt at MATH 121 in Winter 2019 be removed from my transcript.
When I came to Queen¿¿s in the fall of 2018 I began to fall ill frequently. This was not completely new to me as it had also been happening during high school but at Queen¿¿s it happened more frequently and without my family here to support me it was a difficult time. I wasn¿¿t sleeping well due to the expected noise levels in residence and I wasn¿¿t eating a healthy diet due to the standard offerings that are part of a meal plan. All of this was causing me to be ill much more often than ever and this impacted my academic performance.
Math has always been a strong subject for me and in high school I consistently earned grades in the mid 90¿¿s but at Queen¿¿s my math mark suffered as I lacked the energy to keep up with the work. My illness exhausted me and arthritis caused me so much pain I was often unable to walk or write and type.
I visited student wellness and they basically told me that I was fine and to go home. This caused me great stress and mental anguish.
Then recently, I was diagnosed to have lupus and after all these years it all makes complete sense to me as the symptoms I have been suffering through all these years line up with having lupus.
I did retake MATH 121 in the summer of 2019 and earned a B which is more certainly more in line with my past performance in math. My grades throughout first year were all over the place because although I was constantly in pain, Student Wellness Services was not taking my problems seriously, and I could barely walk or type, courses such as Chemistry and World Religions were all prior knowledge. This can explain why I was doing well in some courses and not others.
The start of my illness was during the first week of my first year of undergrad. During this time I started to feel a tingle in my legs, ulcers in my mouth and nose, and constant fatigue and headaches. Over the next few weeks my arthritis became worse and I wasn't able to even walk to the dining hall to get food. During this time I lost 10 pounds and the physicians I saw at Student Wellness Services told me that I was just stressed and there was nothing clinically wrong with me. The stress and anxiety these physicians caused me also contributed to my grades being bad.
I am asking for the first attempt to be removed because it is impeding my ability to secure a research position. I need to be able to work during the summers as the money I could earn would help towards tuition and living expenses.
I hope that you will take all of this under consideration and remove the mark. I am certainly available to discuss this further should you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Jenna Nensi
416-992-0850
jenna.nensi@queensu.ca
I am writing this letter to ask that my first attempt at MATH 121 in Winter 2019 be removed from my transcript.
When I came to Queen¿¿s in the fall of 2018 I began to fall ill frequently. This was not completely new to me as it had also been happening during high school but at Queen¿¿s it happened more frequently and without my family here to support me it was a difficult time. I wasn¿¿t sleeping well due to the expected noise levels in residence and I wasn¿¿t eating a healthy diet due to the standard offerings that are part of a meal plan. All of this was causing me to be ill much more often than ever and this impacted my academic performance.
Math has always been a strong subject for me and in high school I consistently earned grades in the mid 90¿¿s but at Queen¿¿s my math mark suffered as I lacked the energy to keep up with the work. My illness exhausted me and arthritis caused me so much pain I was often unable to walk or write and type.
I visited student wellness and they basically told me that I was fine and to go home. This caused me great stress and mental anguish.
Then recently, I was diagnosed to have lupus and after all these years it all makes complete sense to me as the symptoms I have been suffering through all these years line up with having lupus.
I did retake MATH 121 in the summer of 2019 and earned a B which is more certainly more in line with my past performance in math. My grades throughout first year were all over the place because although I was constantly in pain, Student Wellness Services was not taking my problems seriously, and I could barely walk or type, courses such as Chemistry and World Religions were all prior knowledge. This can explain why I was doing well in some courses and not others.
The start of my illness was during the first week of my first year of undergrad. During this time I started to feel a tingle in my legs, ulcers in my mouth and nose, and constant fatigue and headaches. Over the next few weeks my arthritis became worse and I wasn't able to even walk to the dining hall to get food. During this time I lost 10 pounds and the physicians I saw at Student Wellness Services told me that I was just stressed and there was nothing clinically wrong with me. The stress and anxiety these physicians caused me also contributed to my grades being bad.
I am asking for the first attempt to be removed because it is impeding my ability to secure a research position. I need to be able to work during the summers as the money I could earn would help towards tuition and living expenses.
I hope that you will take all of this under consideration and remove the mark. I am certainly available to discuss this further should you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Jenna Nensi
416-992-0850
jenna.nensi@queensu.ca