Hi. I am currently studying Biology in 1st year at Uni of Hull. In first semester I really struggled mentally. This is mostly due to the fact that I hadn’t made any friends at all during my stay in uni. So it’s safe to say I am and have been extremely lonely and depressed tbh. I started wallowing in my sorrows and slowly stopped attending lectures, only attending once in a while and isolating myself in my room. I attended 3 out of 13 total labs and ended up getting 20% in this lab module, so i failed. I got 31% in my Microbiology module, so i failed. I’m in my second semester and it’s going smoothly, I promised myself I will attend every lecture this semester and give it my all despite the fact that I failed 2 modules affected my confidence. I also still can’t seem to make any friends even though i’m not just staying in my room anymore
. Tbh I am full of regret. I am petrified that i will have to retake the whole of 1st year!? I read up on it and it says ‘if a significant proportion of the laboratory classes have been missed (> 50% over a trimester or year) then serious consideration should be given to repeating the trimester or year as the student will be very badly prepared for the subsequent academic year’. However, if you’ve missed less than 50% you can resit just the module in summer instead of the year. Does my mental health count as mitigating circumstances for me to ask for a resit? Should i speak to my tutor?