Petition Letter
Hello,
My name is Megan Townsend and I am currently in my third year at Queens. Recently I have decided to change my academic path and switch from receiving a BAH in LLCU (Language, literature, and cultural studies) to receiving a BA in EMPR (Employment Relations). I have began going through the process of doing this and have contacted each department to let them know/get information on what the next steps I need to take are. Unfortunately, when I choose the LLCU major in my second year, I was overwhelmed with personal life circumstances and I did not realize how many languages this major required for me to take. I figured I would try my best so I enrolled in french last year and did decently fine as I have a little experience with it, however, this year I enrolled in Spanish (SPAN 111, Dr. Joanne Rotermundt-de la Parra) and my grades are not meeting the expectations. I would really like to drop this course now that it is not required for my major as it is taking away from my other courses. I have hired a tutor and have been putting a significant amount of my time and money into understanding the material of this course, yet my grades are still extremely poor. I understand the deadline to drop a course without academic penalty has passed recently, however, I did not decide until recently that I wanted to switch my major. I really wanted to try my best to see if I would be able to do this but now that it is interfering with my other courses too, I think it is best I drop this course. I would greatly appreciate if I could be granted with a late drop so that it does not show up as a fail on my transcript. I have never failed a class or received failing grades and how I am doing in this class is not at all a reflection of my work and dedication to my academics. Let me know if it is possible for me to be granted this late pass for SPAN 111.
Thank you for your time,
Megan.
My name is Megan Townsend and I am currently in my third year at Queens. Recently I have decided to change my academic path and switch from receiving a BAH in LLCU (Language, literature, and cultural studies) to receiving a BA in EMPR (Employment Relations). I have began going through the process of doing this and have contacted each department to let them know/get information on what the next steps I need to take are. Unfortunately, when I choose the LLCU major in my second year, I was overwhelmed with personal life circumstances and I did not realize how many languages this major required for me to take. I figured I would try my best so I enrolled in french last year and did decently fine as I have a little experience with it, however, this year I enrolled in Spanish (SPAN 111, Dr. Joanne Rotermundt-de la Parra) and my grades are not meeting the expectations. I would really like to drop this course now that it is not required for my major as it is taking away from my other courses. I have hired a tutor and have been putting a significant amount of my time and money into understanding the material of this course, yet my grades are still extremely poor. I understand the deadline to drop a course without academic penalty has passed recently, however, I did not decide until recently that I wanted to switch my major. I really wanted to try my best to see if I would be able to do this but now that it is interfering with my other courses too, I think it is best I drop this course. I would greatly appreciate if I could be granted with a late drop so that it does not show up as a fail on my transcript. I have never failed a class or received failing grades and how I am doing in this class is not at all a reflection of my work and dedication to my academics. Let me know if it is possible for me to be granted this late pass for SPAN 111.
Thank you for your time,
Megan.