Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 1534
Decision Date: November 12, 2015
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Alanah Scarfo
Student Email: 12as47@queensu.ca


Dear Ms. Scarfo:

I have reviewed your request to apply for a retroactive letter of permission to transfer credits for courses taken at the London School of Economics in Summer 2013. As you know, Regulation 14.1 indicates that, €œThe student must obtain a Letter of Permission from the Arts and Science Faculty Office prior to enrolling in classes at another post-secondary institution.€ This type of request would not normally be granted; however, given the circumstances described in your appeal letter, I will agree to this request.

Please submit your application for the International Letter of Permission as soon as possible to ensure that the course requested will count at Queen€™s. You can obtain an application form at http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/student-forms Please include the course description with your application form as well as the application fee http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/student-forms (click on the €œpay now button€) It may take up to three weeks to receive your letter of permission. I would also advise you not to drop your back-up course for Winter term 2016 until the transfer credit has been safely applied to your transcript. The last day to drop a Winter term 2016 course for full tuition refund is Friday, January 16. The final drop deadline is Friday, February 26.

Note that official transcripts with final grades must be received by the Faculty of Arts and Science Office by 15 May to be considered for graduation at Spring Convocation, or by 15 October for Fall Convocation. Finally, please keep in mind that you must achieve a minimum grade of C on each course taken on a Letter of Permission, unless stated otherwise.

I wish you well in the remainder of your studies at Queen€™s, and in your future undertakings.

Yours sincerely,

Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)


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