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Petition Letter: Hello,

My name is Taylor Sim-Salfarlie and I am submitting this appeal to inform you guys about everything that has been happening to me this second year at Queen's. I wrote an academic appeal letter last year to avoid wavering for a year and I found myself having to write another this year as my academic performance has not proved that I should stay, but I would like to further explain the circumstances. At the beginning of this year, I was ready to go to in person classes and do all my course work accordingly, and for most of the first term I was keeping up with my studies. I started the year off with 3 courses, but I knew I was way behind in credits, then I added 2 more, one of them being Japanese, but I had joined the newer classes 3 weeks into the school year which already put me behind. I really wanted to keep Japanese because I??ve always been interested in the language, but I was falling way too far behind with my other courses to be able to continue with it. Then classes went back to online for a bit due to covid and it was the same as last year, I would be stuck in my room all day doing work and I started getting anxious as well as depressed again from all the online work, I have mentioned that I??m a visual learner so having to do everything online; and teaching myself the content was not successful for me. I have talked to my doctor throughout the year about my issues, but he officially diagnosed me with depression and anxiety last summer, as well as prescribing me medication. I did submit an academic consideration form sometime during the beginning of the second semester but it proved false as one of the academic advisors I was talking to about this said I submitted it wrong. After the first term I got my marks back and was devastated by them, but not surprised, as I found myself unmotivated to do anything, and everything. For the rest of the year it got worse, I couldn??t focus at all, and I couldn??t bring myself to finish my assignments, let alone do the weekly course work(ie; discussions, modules, etc). Part of why I??ve been anxious this whole year is from the overwhelming pressure my parents put on me to get my situation together and maintain grades as they didn??t want a repeat of last year. Another problem I had was when I had concerns about certain assignments or anything in general(I??m not shaming any teacher in particular) the teacher would give vague answers to my questions and concerns, being unanswered or given vague answers, it really brought my mood down and because of that, I didn??t feel like I could complete anything without help. This has always been my dream school and I love Queens University. It would mean so much to me to graduate with a degree from this school. Please understand that my low GPA over the past 2 years that led to my dismissal does not indicate that I am a bad student. Really, I'm a good student who had 2 very, very bad years. I hope you will give me a second chance. Thank you for considering this appeal.