Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Decision Letter

Submission Number: 10603
Decision Date: July 4, 2023
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Ava Isabella De Pellegrin Overgaard
Student Email: 21aidp@queensu.ca

Course: MATH 121
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Ping Li

Course: CHEM 112B
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Amanda Bongers

Course: BIOL 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Sharon Regan

Dear Ava Isabella,

I have reviewed your petition for Credit Standing in BIOL 102 (F22), CHEM 112 and MATH 121 (FW22/23). After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

Your grade in these courses will be replaced with a ‘CR’ notation on your transcript.

I want you to know that this was a lenient decision as according to the information that I received from each of your instructors, it appears that you failed the exams in these courses quite significantly. I have granted this request due to the severity of your extenuating circumstances as confirmed within the documentation you supplied and that I recognize that this was your first year of University. Please know that future petitions for these same circumstances may not be as successful.

Going forward you should know that it is the student’s responsibility to pause and evaluate the impact of extenuating circumstances on their classes during week 7 of the term. If they have fallen behind in a course or find the material too difficult, they should drop the course by week 8 of term. The drop deadlines, outlined in the “Important Dates” section on the Faculty of Arts and Science web page, have been established to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all students.

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.

Sincerely,

Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)

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