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Petition Letter: I am appealing to drop the course ITLN P10, which I had started in the Fall semester of 2013, past the due date due to communication errors that led me to believe I had successfully dropped the course in November, 2013.
I found I was struggling to keep up with five courses during my first semester at university, so I went to see a P.A.S.S. peer counsellor at the Faculty of Arts and Science in order to see what I could do. I was told I could drop one of my courses if I wanted to, and I was shown how to do so on Solus by my peer counsellor. She believed, as I did, that ITLN P10 was a full year course as most language courses are. I went home and believed I had dropped the course that evening, and explained why I had dropped the course to my Professor, Brigitte E. Bachman the following week.
What I did not know was that ITLN P10 consisted of two separate courses on Solus for the Fall and Winter Terms. Therefore when I attempted to drop the course I only succeeded in dropping the Winter term ITLN P10, and I continued to remain enrolled in ITLN P10 for the fall term as I was past the drop date for Fall 2013 which fell in October. I believed I was successful, so I did not attend classes or exams for ITLN P10 for the rest of the semester, resulting in a failing grade on my transcript.
I was only made aware of this grade when I checked my transcript in January 2015 and found that ITLN P10 from over a year before remained on it. I immediately sought an Academic Advisor at the Faculty of Arts and Science, Hayley Everson, and she informed me of the nature of the problem. This mistake is something I was shocked and distressed to find; especially a year after the fact. She urged me to submit an appeal to see if there is a way to remove ITLN P10 and my failing grade from my transcript this year, and after obtaining a grant to waive the 21-day deadline to submit my appeal, I hope you will consider my formal appeal to drop ITLN P10 from my transcript.