Petition Letter
To Whom This May Concern,
I am writing to appeal the one-term deadline as the extenuating circumstances I faced in the Winter 2022 semester rendered me unable to appeal within the specified timeline. Throughout the winter semester of 2022, my mental health was on a steep decline due to a course that heightened my anxiety to the point that it severely affected my academic performance. During the middle of the course, I reached out to the Queens Student Wellness Services to help discuss my mental health issues. Kelly Mannen, the intake, and triage Nurse at the Queens Student Wellness Services, helped identify what issues prohibited me from attaining academic success with a course during the term. She also gave me temporary accommodations due to my impairments. I attempted to show these accommodations to the professor of the course I was struggling with. Unfortunately, the professor believed this accommodation was insufficient to allow me to have other alternatives to achieve marks in the course. This left me feeling discouraged and even more ashamed to seek out resources and gather information to appeal to my mark. As this was an ongoing process, Kelly Mannen gave me a document providing the next steps I should take for the issues I was facing. Furthermore, as a first-year student at the time, I was unaware of the deadlines for appealing my grade, and I wanted to ensure I had all the details about my diagnosis before taking these steps. I was allowed to take these next steps in the summer of 2022. I spoke to a medical professional who finally diagnosed me with anxiety disorder and explained how this disorder limits me in specific ways, including participation and seeking help when needed. I have now provided documentation given to me by the medical professional to the Queen's Student Accessibility Services (QSAS) to help remove academic barriers due to my anxiety disorder. To conclude, my delay in appealing my grade was due to extenuating circumstances due to my deteriorating mental health at the time and ongoing conversations with a medical professional throughout the summer and September who finally gave me an insight into my disorder and how it prohibits me academically.
Best Regards,
Angela
I am writing to appeal the one-term deadline as the extenuating circumstances I faced in the Winter 2022 semester rendered me unable to appeal within the specified timeline. Throughout the winter semester of 2022, my mental health was on a steep decline due to a course that heightened my anxiety to the point that it severely affected my academic performance. During the middle of the course, I reached out to the Queens Student Wellness Services to help discuss my mental health issues. Kelly Mannen, the intake, and triage Nurse at the Queens Student Wellness Services, helped identify what issues prohibited me from attaining academic success with a course during the term. She also gave me temporary accommodations due to my impairments. I attempted to show these accommodations to the professor of the course I was struggling with. Unfortunately, the professor believed this accommodation was insufficient to allow me to have other alternatives to achieve marks in the course. This left me feeling discouraged and even more ashamed to seek out resources and gather information to appeal to my mark. As this was an ongoing process, Kelly Mannen gave me a document providing the next steps I should take for the issues I was facing. Furthermore, as a first-year student at the time, I was unaware of the deadlines for appealing my grade, and I wanted to ensure I had all the details about my diagnosis before taking these steps. I was allowed to take these next steps in the summer of 2022. I spoke to a medical professional who finally diagnosed me with anxiety disorder and explained how this disorder limits me in specific ways, including participation and seeking help when needed. I have now provided documentation given to me by the medical professional to the Queen's Student Accessibility Services (QSAS) to help remove academic barriers due to my anxiety disorder. To conclude, my delay in appealing my grade was due to extenuating circumstances due to my deteriorating mental health at the time and ongoing conversations with a medical professional throughout the summer and September who finally gave me an insight into my disorder and how it prohibits me academically.
Best Regards,
Angela