Petition Letter
Hello my name is Devon Lio and I apologize for appealing so late requesting a requirement to withdraw for one year. I have been extremely busy this summer managing my finances and work and have not have a proper amount of time to develop a degree plan for myself. The past three years have been very hard for me psychologically, being diagnosed with depression and anxiety from many different doctors and psychologists some of which recommended medication. I struggled with it for a few years, but has since gotten worse the past three years. Attending university in this mindset was very difficult in the environment that I was in and found myself going home numerous times to feel more comfortable and relaxed, resulting in having to drop courses to deal with the work load which still proved to be too much to handle. After coming home this summer, I have matured enough and have had enough time to be able to realize my problems and be able to deal with them appropriately which has made me feel much better than I have in many years. Queen's University is very important to me and I do not want to let my issues be the reason I do not achieve a degree at a university I have wanted to go to for so long. My plan is to graduate with a BA General three year degree using some of the credits I have already obtained. I currently have a total of 9/90 credits to be able to be used toward this and will be taking 30 credit fall and winter semesters and a 6 credit summer semester until I achieve enough credits to graduate with my degree. Emotionally I feel much better and am ready to fully apply myself at Queen's, getting substantially higher grades than I was before and I hope I can be back studying there this fall. I appreciate your consideration