Extenuating circumstances–also called mitigating factors –are facts or details that are important for fully understanding a situation. With this understanding, the actions a person took in that event might be viewed as less severe, or that person's culpability in those actions diminished.
Extenuating Circumstances are defined in the Regulations as: “Unforeseen and unpreventable circumstances outside the control of the student, which have significantly affected performance and/or attendance in a summative assessment and could not have been remedied in the time available”.
The decision to defer an exam for a student is at the discretion of the course Instructor based on a documented academic consideration. An academic consideration can be requested by students experiencing extenuating circumstances using the Faculty of Arts and Science request portal.
'Extenuating Circumstances' (often know as 'ECs') are events which are sudden, unexpected, significantly disruptive and beyond your control and which may affect your performance at summative assessment, such as a serious illness or the death of a close relative.
Extenuating circumstances include a personal or family crisis, grief/loss, distressing event, injury, or a new onset or acute illness leads to physical or mental impairment of sufficient severity that the student is temporarily unable to meet any required academic obligations (e.g. participation marks, placement hours, ...
Admission Deferrals Applicants with extenuating circumstances that directly impact their ability to begin their studies in the fall, and who have accepted their offer of admission by the deadline date may request a deferral of admission to that program for a period of one year.
Academic Integrity Sanctions Remedial sanctions (for example, the resubmission of work) Educational sanctions (for example, a reflection paper) Reduced mark the student's assignment or exam. A zero on the student's assignment or exam.
1. Is it hard to get into Queen's University? Queen's University has one of the lower acceptance rates among universities in Canada at 42%, making it quite selective and competitive to get into.
Academic consideration request (ACR) Academic considerations should be submitted within three (3) business days of the missed academic component and should be submitted online through the academic considerations portal, available through the button above. ACRs should only be submitted for graded work.