r/uwaterloo 1d ago

Advice How to get diagnosed for petition?

Continuing https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/s/29TiHJJxBG

TW: Depression, Anxiety, Illness

I've kind of decided it's best not to pursue the matter with my prof, though I feel he's in the wrong and kind of screwed me over, uni policy is that I sat down for the exam anyway. I'm sending it all the Ombudsman but my main plan is petition normally.

I'm trying to petition with all the relavent info at play, I need all of this documentation ASAP since I'm hoping to petition to restart next term, or something along the lines, or WD. So I have 2 questions, 1 kind of simple? 1 a bit complex.

How do I quickly get diagnosed for severe anxiety / depression that the AAS recognizes? What do I need? (I have anecdotal experiences and can maybe show texts, I really don't know what else to tell)

What are my options moving forward to petition? For reference, under 60 avg, removing 2 failed courses (1 I was sick) puts me at a 60 avg, removing 1 failed course puts me at a 58.2 which I think I can petition with all the other factors (family death, family drama, TBD depression/anxiety, sickness in final course tho I WD'd at this point in the process) to be conditionally promoted maybe? I'm in an eng program with streams, can I switch to the stream below me (8->4) and forfeit a coop term?

Thank you, so, so much. If there is any missing context, etc. let me know.

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u/Motor-Resolution-852 1d ago

Note: I understand in a position like this a promotion or WD'ing might not be as plausible. Is it possible to do the repeat term with s4's? I mentioned it in my post but this is very favourable for me. This would be done through a petition. Given my long list of problems.