Hi guys,
I'm a second year at UKC and I'm in a bit of a tough situation with my course. I failed a module last year, and I tried it again in August 2016 but failed again. It's a pretty difficult exam for me, as it's Latin. I shouldn't have picked it in the first place, but **** happens eh.
My problem is that I had a few options, I could either pay for a whole new module or pay for the same module with teaching. I also had the option of completely retaking my first year. Out of my options, I foolishly choose to resit the exam this academic year without teaching, as I didn't have the money spare to pay for a whole 30 credit module.
My problem is that I've been suffering from depression on and off for over a year and a half, and at the time of the previous essays I couldn't go to my doctor as I wasn't suffering from it then, but it has caused my attendance this year, and in my second term of the first year to go down pretty badly. I am 100% that I am going to fail this exam, I have a week to continue revising, and I am trying my utmost to do my best, and to at least get a better mark than before which may show the Board of Examiners that I've tried my best, and without teaching I've managed to do better. However, if I fail then I fail the entire course and I cannot progress to my third year. I wasn't told by my student adviser that you only get three attempts to gain the credits, as I had previously told them if I fail Latin this year then I will pay for another module... and they never said no, you can't do that. Had I known, I would have just started my first year from scratch which would have been the better option now that I look back at it.
I have gone to my doctor, and they are writing me a concession medical letter, which will be used as evidence in my concession form which I've just completed today. I had a meeting with someone in my department, and they said that the concession will probably not be successful, as she seems to think my evidence will be false, or not 'good' enough which is complete bull. I could have informed the university, and gone to my doctor sooner to discuss this problem, but I'm not the type of person to go to others for help. I deal with my problems myself, as I have always done. This is entirely my problem because I haven't gone to them sooner, but I've had essay and essay this year and i've only just finished a 5k research project. So battling between depression and a lot of essays I've done my very best to achieve what I have.
In the event that my concession fails, my only other option is to appeal to the exam board when I get my results. But that probably won't work either. My main problem is if I fail, I cannot start fresh again, as my SFE only covers four years, and I've used two already. And with my accommodation for the next academic year, my contract states that I will pay regardless if I'm not at university or not. So will SFE still help me to pay for that? I cannot afford £5k of my back, and I'm not about to go get a loan to cover it because I'll be screwed even more.
Any advice would be helpful guys, I know this is a long topic, but I'm really stuck with what I can do.