Petition for Grade Removal (Aged 20)

Written a month after previous entry, after having dropped out of college.

I am petitioning to have my grades from the 20-- - 20-- spring semester removed from my transcript.  Although I did not withdrawal before the sixth week of school, the reasons for my withdrawal had affected my work over entire the semester.  Thus neither my grades before my withdrawal nor the failing grades that will remain if not removed from  my transcript, are accurate representations of my talents or academic achievements.  My withdrawal in the eighth week of the semester occurred due to depression, which had worsened in the three weeks leading up to my withdrawal.   In the prior semester, I went to the Wellness Center feeling lethargic, and was diagnosed with depression and subsequently helped by a prescription for anti-depressants. The medication successfully alleviated my complaints of drowsiness, lack of concentration and interest, as well as suicidal thoughts until the following February.  On February 14th, I went back to the Wellness Center with the return of suicidal thoughts.  The doctors there prescribed an increase in my dosage, and weekly counseling with Dr. -------.  After this visit to the Wellness Center, my lethargy increased, I stopped eating, and the depression deepened.  For the three weeks between my visit to the Wellness Center and my withdrawal from school, I rarely left my bed.  I discussed the option of taking a medical withdrawal with Dr. ------- and he agreed that it was a reasonable choice under the circumstances.  I provide this background as evidence that my health problems did not merely start in the eighth week of the semester, but had been affecting my academic performance for a long period of time.  The grades I acquired in the past semester derived from a disease, rather than my own talents, as demonstrated by my grades in previous semesters.  Therefore I ask that you permit the removal of this semester’s grades from my transcript, so that this semester might not unnecessarily blight my future academic endeavors.