Mitigating Circumstances

Hey,
I am applying for either Chemistry or Geography at Oxford St Andrews KCL UCL and Lancaster.

I was involved in a terrorist incident where I was chased by a gunman - does this count as mitigating circumstances for uni? I have had flashbacks since that have affected my work but never had diagnosis from GPs. I’ve heard oxford just take your word for it and just take it as part of the application and don’t need supporting info.

Thanks everyone

Hey,
I am applying for either Chemistry or Geography at Oxford St Andrews KCL UCL and Lancaster.

I was involved in a terrorist incident where I was chased by a gunman - does this count as mitigating circumstances for uni? I have had flashbacks since that have affected my work but never had diagnosis from GPs. I’ve heard oxford just take your word for it and just take it as part of the application and don’t need supporting info.

Thanks everyone

A diagnosis is pretty much the standard threshold for it being a serious enough condition for mitigation. Was the timing wrong for mitigation to be applied to your A level grades? You can't have it applied twice for the same thing.

Hey,
I am applying for either Chemistry or Geography at Oxford St Andrews KCL UCL and Lancaster.

I was involved in a terrorist incident where I was chased by a gunman - does this count as mitigating circumstances for uni? I have had flashbacks since that have affected my work but never had diagnosis from GPs. I’ve heard oxford just take your word for it and just take it as part of the application and don’t need supporting info.

Thanks everyone

This feels like such a troll alert.... 😂

I have just never been diagnosed, so maybe that would help. It would be applied to both my GCSE and AS performance, I’m going into Year 13 now so i’m not quite sure what you mean

It actually isn’t, i’m asking a serious question which i’m hoping for an answer to - i wish to stay anomymous because my experiences are personal. So don’t worry i’m really not a troll haha😂

So if there is a mitigation measure applied to your A levels, say you got extra time, or 2% was added to your mark or whatever, then that's the mitigation applied. Thereafter, because the mitigation has been applied, you don't get further mitigation when you use the grades for university.

Taking an extreme example, if someone had mitigating circumstances for A levels and had the B grade increased to an A. Then the university accepts the A grade, it doesn't apply mitigation and consider they got an A*.

Of course, you had a horrible experience, and it might have affected more than your study and your grades. But if you need some other consideration in the process, the threshold is usually that a Doctor says you have symptoms of something and the help/adjustment is necessary.

Hey,
I am applying for either Chemistry or Geography at Oxford St Andrews KCL UCL and Lancaster.

I was involved in a terrorist incident where I was chased by a gunman - does this count as mitigating circumstances for uni? I have had flashbacks since that have affected my work but never had diagnosis from GPs. I’ve heard oxford just take your word for it and just take it as part of the application and don’t need supporting info.

Thanks everyone

Haha, Anon post's can be dangerous around here, you know that lol.

I know I shouldn't laugh but I was in stitches for a bit.

I hope you're alright OP.

Oh bloody hell, I hope you're alright! I can't even imagine going through that and the aftershocks of it! I clicked on this post because I assumed it was for mitigating circumstances for uni (for which I have tons of experience) but read it and thought i'd message. Hope it gets sorted for you

I was expecting a generic mitigating circumstances scenario but I was hit with the chased by a terrorist image.

You must have spoken to the police at the time and given a statement? If so, if you still have their contact details you can contact them. They might be willing to confirm what happened/write you a letter. Good luck.

Ah OK I understand where you were coming from. It actually happened abroad in Europe whilst I was on holiday, and luckily the Police were there and caught him before anything happened, I then ran away to try and find my family who I’d been displaced from, and then we just wanted to be safe and there was little talk of it, so may be difficult.

I know I shouldn't laugh but I was in stitches for a bit.

I hope you're alright OP.

Hi Azby, I am very sorry to hear this. I certainly don’t think this is amusing in the slightest. If you are still suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, have you spoken about this to your Gp? You may be able to get counselling, which should help.

I imagine if you feel able to tell us strangers, you will have told your teachers as well, especially if it has affected your performance. Your parents will also be able to confirm what happened.

The teachers will then be able to include this in the mitigating circumstances part of the ucas form.