Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Submission Number: 12521
Decision Date: February 10, 2025
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: zixuan gao
Student Email: 24gv@queensu.ca

Course: ARTH 121
Term: Fall
Year: 2024
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: CLST 102
Term: Fall
Year: 2024
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: FILM 236
Term: Fall
Year: 2024
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Dear Sylvia:


I have carefully considered your petition to drop ARTH 121, CLST 102 and FILM 236 (F24) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.


I have granted this request due to the extenuating circumstances that you wrote about in your petition letter and I recognize that this was your first term at university. Your grades in these courses will be replaced with a DR notation on your transcript.


Going forward, it is the student’s responsibility to pause and evaluate the impact of extenuating circumstances on their classes before the drop deadline. If they have fallen behind in a course or find the material too difficult, they should drop the course by the deadline. 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)