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Might have failed my masters degree - Feeling mentally unstable and drained

I should get my masters degree results in 3 weeks time. The suspense is killing me because of one module, which I believe I may have failed. I have emailed my lecturer to ask them to give my results sooner, I am waiting to hear back from them.

I don’t know what my future holds. It’s not positive, it doesn’t look bright. I cannot do interviews for the life of me. I really want a graduate scheme/role but with a whole year potentially wasted, and nothing to show for, I don’t see a way of recovering.

I can’t afford another masters if I fail this one. I can’t do anything and I am really stuck on what to do. I don’t feel good anymore. I just feel stuck. I feel betrayed by the system, because I thought university would get me a job, without having to do the social stuff, working in teams ect… which I haven’t built because it’s impossible to find friends, or to find things to add to my cv that were valuable or relevant.

I don’t know what to do anymore. My future is not positive and I do see it as the end of the world. I can’t move forward like this.

I’m just hoping I passed and that I can move forward, have more confidence in interviews and less anxiety, because I keep thinking I failed.

I did bad in the exam. I know I did. But i’m hoping the marking is strong with showing the steps in the answer, and theory parts of the answer come up to a 50% grade in the exam. But I’m feeling so scared and anxious, I can’t sleep. I get panic attacks randomly in the night and I tried to forget about it, but it’s stunted my confidence for interviews and applications for jobs, so I really want to know.


Should I just hope I passed and apply to jobs believing I passed and have a masters degree?

Or should I accept that I may have failed, what options/routes should I take next? What should I do?
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Original post by Random_user45
I should get my masters degree results in 3 weeks time. The suspense is killing me because of one module, which I believe I may have failed. I have emailed my lecturer to ask them to give my results sooner, I am waiting to hear back from them.
I don’t know what my future holds. It’s not positive, it doesn’t look bright. I cannot do interviews for the life of me. I really want a graduate scheme/role but with a whole year potentially wasted, and nothing to show for, I don’t see a way of recovering.
I can’t afford another masters if I fail this one. I can’t do anything and I am really stuck on what to do. I don’t feel good anymore. I just feel stuck. I feel betrayed by the system, because I thought university would get me a job, without having to do the social stuff, working in teams ect… which I haven’t built because it’s impossible to find friends, or to find things to add to my cv that were valuable or relevant.
I don’t know what to do anymore. My future is not positive and I do see it as the end of the world. I can’t move forward like this.
I’m just hoping I passed and that I can move forward, have more confidence in interviews and less anxiety, because I keep thinking I failed.
I did bad in the exam. I know I did. But i’m hoping the marking is strong with showing the steps in the answer, and theory parts of the answer come up to a 50% grade in the exam. But I’m feeling so scared and anxious, I can’t sleep. I get panic attacks randomly in the night and I tried to forget about it, but it’s stunted my confidence for interviews and applications for jobs, so I really want to know.
Should I just hope I passed and apply to jobs believing I passed and have a masters degree?
Or should I accept that I may have failed, what options/routes should I take next? What should I do?

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Original post by Random_user45
I should get my masters degree results in 3 weeks time. The suspense is killing me because of one module, which I believe I may have failed. I have emailed my lecturer to ask them to give my results sooner, I am waiting to hear back from them.
I don’t know what my future holds. It’s not positive, it doesn’t look bright. I cannot do interviews for the life of me. I really want a graduate scheme/role but with a whole year potentially wasted, and nothing to show for, I don’t see a way of recovering.
I can’t afford another masters if I fail this one. I can’t do anything and I am really stuck on what to do. I don’t feel good anymore. I just feel stuck. I feel betrayed by the system, because I thought university would get me a job, without having to do the social stuff, working in teams ect… which I haven’t built because it’s impossible to find friends, or to find things to add to my cv that were valuable or relevant.
I don’t know what to do anymore. My future is not positive and I do see it as the end of the world. I can’t move forward like this.
I’m just hoping I passed and that I can move forward, have more confidence in interviews and less anxiety, because I keep thinking I failed.
I did bad in the exam. I know I did. But i’m hoping the marking is strong with showing the steps in the answer, and theory parts of the answer come up to a 50% grade in the exam. But I’m feeling so scared and anxious, I can’t sleep. I get panic attacks randomly in the night and I tried to forget about it, but it’s stunted my confidence for interviews and applications for jobs, so I really want to know.
Should I just hope I passed and apply to jobs believing I passed and have a masters degree?
Or should I accept that I may have failed, what options/routes should I take next? What should I do?

Hi,
Waiting for results, especially when you feel you haven't done your best is definitely hard and I'm sorry you feel so anxious over this.
It's important to remember that not only do you not know your result for definite yet, but there are always other options.
I know there have been many times myself where I believed I did a lot worse than the actual result.
My advice would be firstly to try and look at the grading criteria. If you still feel from looking at this that it won't be the grade you need, there may still be apprenticeships or entry level jobs where you can use the skills you have acquired even without the official grade.
Grades definitely do help to show an employer that you understood the material and can apply it but a bad grade doesn't mean that you haven't developed employable skills that you might not have acquired if it wasn't for your masters.
Wishing you the very best of luck,
Meg 🙂
MA Popular Music Student.
I got an undesirable grade in my Film and English final exam and still managed to get a 1st Class Degree somehow. I think you shouldn't overthink your grades because if you don't get the grade you want, you can take that as a learning lesson to improve yourself in the future. I think you're very fortunate to be doing a Masters anyway. Try to relax and think about what you want to do next and keep on going and don't let anything stop you.

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