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Petition Type: New
ID: 9812
Submitted: December 8, 2022 at 11:18:05 AM
First Name: Zixuan
Last Name: Cao
Student Number: 20148527
Email: 18zc35@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: ECON
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Request to take more than 6.0 units of courses on a letter of permission through another institution
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: I want to take the rest of my elective classes outside of Queen's because my families are under financial pressure.
Because of pandemic in my country the government getting hard to pay my father his full salary every month that they used to pay him as well as my mother's.
Meanwhile, my young brother is currently studying in Hong Kong. Because of the border policy between mainland China and Hong Kong creates difficulties for traveling. Started from this year (2022 fall) he have to stay in Hong Kong to continue his study until the term is finished. The cost of living in HongKong(just housing & food)is about the same as my minimum spending in Canada (around 1800 Canadian dollars a month).
From above context, my family's savings were reduced sharply. My parents told me that they need some time to recover and to save my tuition fees for summer and fall 2023 terms.
After some calculations, if I could take 6 elective classes outside of school in winter 2022, I can save up to 19,000C for my family.
Thank you for your understanding
Zixuan Cao
Because of pandemic in my country the government getting hard to pay my father his full salary every month that they used to pay him as well as my mother's.
Meanwhile, my young brother is currently studying in Hong Kong. Because of the border policy between mainland China and Hong Kong creates difficulties for traveling. Started from this year (2022 fall) he have to stay in Hong Kong to continue his study until the term is finished. The cost of living in HongKong(just housing & food)is about the same as my minimum spending in Canada (around 1800 Canadian dollars a month).
From above context, my family's savings were reduced sharply. My parents told me that they need some time to recover and to save my tuition fees for summer and fall 2023 terms.
After some calculations, if I could take 6 elective classes outside of school in winter 2022, I can save up to 19,000C for my family.
Thank you for your understanding
Zixuan Cao
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: After this term, I shall have 24 elective class remain. And I want them all taken as transfer credit for considering my family's financial problem. I will take all of rest of Economic classes at Queen's.
I know my GPA from the past (winter 2020-winter 2022)is not high, and the elective class can save my GPA. But I'm doing pretty fine with my current 200 level Economic classes this year. I got some A+,A,A and B from midterms. One of the reason is because I overcome my mental issue that I was struggle for years, and I found meaning and purpose in my life and my study.
I am also working hard for getting the scholarship in the near future as well.
In order to raise my GPA, I am planning to retake PSYC 271 and ECON 243 which I failed, in the near future.
I know my GPA from the past (winter 2020-winter 2022)is not high, and the elective class can save my GPA. But I'm doing pretty fine with my current 200 level Economic classes this year. I got some A+,A,A and B from midterms. One of the reason is because I overcome my mental issue that I was struggle for years, and I found meaning and purpose in my life and my study.
I am also working hard for getting the scholarship in the near future as well.
In order to raise my GPA, I am planning to retake PSYC 271 and ECON 243 which I failed, in the near future.
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: NO DOC
Decision Letters
History
Originally submitted December 8, 2022 at 11:18:05 AM.
| Field | Reference | Old Value | New Value | Note | User | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| status | N/A | Received | In Review | Spring Forsberg | 2022-12-08 3:52:20 PM | |
| status | N/A | In Review | Granted | Spring Forsberg | 2022-12-09 4:04:00 PM | |
| associate_dean | N/A | Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D. | Spring Forsberg | 2022-12-09 4:04:00 PM | ||
| decision_letter | N/A | N/A | Decision letter sent | Spring Forsberg | 2022-12-09 4:05:18 PM |