Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 4517
Decision Date: May 17, 2018
Associate Dean: Johanne Benard, Ph.D.
Student Name: Sydney Wong
Student Email: 13stw@queensu.ca

Course: RELS 236
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: RELS 218
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline


Dear Ms. Wong:

I have carefully considered your appeal to drop RELS 236 and RELS 281 (W 2018) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

I have granted this appeal based on the severity of your extenuating circumstances but need to warn you that the appeals process is not meant to be used to manage a chronic condition. Students should evaluate the impact of their health on their studies prior to week 8 of the Fall and Winter terms. The drop deadlines, as they have been outlined in the €œImportant Dates€ section on the Arts and Science web page, have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students and to facilitate the timely completion of university studies at Queen's.

You are in an excessive summer term course load and I am cautioning you to pay particular attention to the drop deadlines during this shortened term.

Yours sincerely,


Johanne Bénard, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)


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