Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Decision Letter

Submission Number: 11708
Decision Date: May 13, 2024
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Emily Burke
Student Email: 22eb10@queensu.ca

Course: MATH 121
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: BIOL 103
Term: Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: CHEM 112
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Dear Emily Burke,

I have carefully considered your petition to drop MATH 121, CHEM 112 (FW22/23) and BIOL 103 (W23) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

Your grades in these courses will be replaced with a DR notation on your transcript.

I was glad to read that you have decided to repeat a few courses since your first year at University and I have granted this request due to the timeline and academic impacts of extenuating circumstances as confirmed within the documentation you supplied. I will also allow you drop CISC 121 (F23) as I recognize that your 2023 Fall term courses were also impacted and I see that you successfully repeated this course during the 2024 Winter term.

Going forward, 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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