Academic Plan
If my appeal were granted I would remain in counselling in order to deal with my mental and personal stress. Additionally, I have been getting involved with extra curricular activities and work at the Queens ARC to establish a routine but healthy outlets to deal with stress considering counsellor sessions occur bi-weekly. As well, I have chosen to major in philosophy and having a failing math credit is irrelevant to my degree program. I will continue to take courses that benefit my degree but also cater an interest to me. Having this mark exempted from my GPA will also reduce the stress and pressure I have encountered recently. I have been stressing and mapping out how I can make up for this fail grade in my remaining last two years at Queens. The granting of this appeal will positively impact my future academic performance and plans such as graduate programs that I wish to pursue once graduating from Queens. In addition, I am not in the same mental state that was in last year. I have grown mentally and emotionally since then and have seen the progress throughout this semester. I have been dealing with my stress appropriately and have devoted my focus towards my academics and have witnessed positive results. I do not want this mark to be a representation of my work ethic or restrict me from future opportunities because of a circumstance that was beyond my control. I believe that there is more that defines me as a student and this mark is not nor should not be an indicator of that.