Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 7022
Decision Date: November 9, 2020
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Rachel Samson
Student Email: 16rls2@queensu.ca
Dear Rachel Samson:
I am sorry to have read in your letter of appeal the challenges you report you faced during the Fall term 2018 and have carefully considered your appeal to waive the 21 day/one term appeal deadline and also considered your request to drop ANAT 215 (F 2018) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under extenuating circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling circumstances and documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by circumstances beyond his or her control.
Your appeal outlines that you have been dealing with several challenges, including a chronic condition and have been seeking support to help you deal with your circumstances, and I commend you for that. However, the appeals process is not meant to manage an ongoing and/or chronic condition. Instead, a student should pause and evaluate their progress in courses during week 7 of term and if they have fallen behind or their health is impacting their progress, they should drop courses by the week 8 drop deadline dates.
This is a disappointing decision I am sure Rachel, but let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the low grade is excluded from their grade point average and the higher grade is included.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€). Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact the Office of the University Ombudsperson for information about student rights and responsibilities as well as guidance on policy and procedure (www.queensu.ca/ombuds).
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
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Decision Date: November 9, 2020
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Rachel Samson
Student Email: 16rls2@queensu.ca
Dear Rachel Samson:
I am sorry to have read in your letter of appeal the challenges you report you faced during the Fall term 2018 and have carefully considered your appeal to waive the 21 day/one term appeal deadline and also considered your request to drop ANAT 215 (F 2018) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
As you know, courses must be dropped on SOLUS within the published deadlines. The Academic Regulations (Appeal of Academic Decisions, IIIb) stress that exceptions to this will only be waived under extenuating circumstances. The integrity of Arts and Science transcripts in general would be greatly diminished if the Faculty were to effect changes to students€™ records without clear and compelling circumstances and documentation indicating that the student€™s performance was significantly compromised by circumstances beyond his or her control.
Your appeal outlines that you have been dealing with several challenges, including a chronic condition and have been seeking support to help you deal with your circumstances, and I commend you for that. However, the appeals process is not meant to manage an ongoing and/or chronic condition. Instead, a student should pause and evaluate their progress in courses during week 7 of term and if they have fallen behind or their health is impacting their progress, they should drop courses by the week 8 drop deadline dates.
This is a disappointing decision I am sure Rachel, but let me remind you that if a student repeats a course, the low grade is excluded from their grade point average and the higher grade is included.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, information and deadlines can be found at www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€). Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact the Office of the University Ombudsperson for information about student rights and responsibilities as well as guidance on policy and procedure (www.queensu.ca/ombuds).
Sincerely,
Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)
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