Decision Letter
Submission Number: 13460
Decision Date: August 25, 2025
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Guy Cohen
Student Email: 22gc2@queensu.ca
Course: STAT 353
Term: Winter
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Dr James Mingo
Additional Information: Final Exam
Dear Guy Cohen:
We have received the results of your petition request #13460 to Review an Instructor’s Decision on Grading related to the Final Exam of STAT 353 (Winter 2025).
As per the Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned to a specific course component, subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor. Please note that final courses grades are not eligible for review; only individual assessments can be considered. Additionally, in accordance with Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10, the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original, may not be appealed.
As part of the Formal Review process, the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Troy Day, gathered the relevant course materials (your final exam) along with associated instructions, and provided them to two reviewers with good knowledge of the course material.
During the Formal Review, both reviewers independently evaluated your final exam and supplied the Department Head with a grade in it. In cases where there was a discrepancy between the two sets of grades, it was the Department Head’s responsibility to arbitrate the final reconsidered grade.
The findings of the Formal Review are as follows:
Final Exam: Reconsidered grade is 4.75 out of 19. This raises your original grade in this component from 4/19.
Upon reviewing the Formal Review findings, we must inform you that they did not result in a change to your final grade in STAT 353 (Winter 2025). If you are concerned with the impact that this course has on your GPA, you may consider repeating it in a future term. When repeating the exact same course code, both attempts will appear on your transcript however, only the higher grade will be included within the calculation of your cumulative GPA.
Sincerely,
On behalf of Dorit Naaman, Associate Dean (Academic)
Academic Petitions Team
Faculty of Arts and Science
Decision Date: August 25, 2025
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Guy Cohen
Student Email: 22gc2@queensu.ca
Course: STAT 353
Term: Winter
Year: 2025
Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor: Dr James Mingo
Additional Information: Final Exam
Dear Guy Cohen:
We have received the results of your petition request #13460 to Review an Instructor’s Decision on Grading related to the Final Exam of STAT 353 (Winter 2025).
As per the Arts and Science Academic Calendar, Academic Petitions and Appeals Regulation 1.7.1.10, To Facilitate a Formal Review of Instructors’ Decisions on Grading of Term Work and/or Final Examinations, a student may petition for a formal review of a grade assigned to a specific course component, subject to the marking scheme set out by the course instructor. Please note that final courses grades are not eligible for review; only individual assessments can be considered. Additionally, in accordance with Academic Petition and Appeal regulation 1.7.1.10, the reconsidered grade, which may be higher than or remain unchanged from the original, may not be appealed.
As part of the Formal Review process, the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Troy Day, gathered the relevant course materials (your final exam) along with associated instructions, and provided them to two reviewers with good knowledge of the course material.
During the Formal Review, both reviewers independently evaluated your final exam and supplied the Department Head with a grade in it. In cases where there was a discrepancy between the two sets of grades, it was the Department Head’s responsibility to arbitrate the final reconsidered grade.
The findings of the Formal Review are as follows:
Final Exam: Reconsidered grade is 4.75 out of 19. This raises your original grade in this component from 4/19.
Upon reviewing the Formal Review findings, we must inform you that they did not result in a change to your final grade in STAT 353 (Winter 2025). If you are concerned with the impact that this course has on your GPA, you may consider repeating it in a future term. When repeating the exact same course code, both attempts will appear on your transcript however, only the higher grade will be included within the calculation of your cumulative GPA.
Sincerely,
On behalf of Dorit Naaman, Associate Dean (Academic)
Academic Petitions Team
Faculty of Arts and Science
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