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To suspend or not to suspend

Very niche. I suspended at the very end of my final year to repeat my second semester but I’m not sure if this was the right decision as I feel myself spiralling a little bit. So I had 5 outstanding assignments consisting of 2 essays and 3 exams. I’m not as interested in my course as I once was and wonder if suspension is prolonging that feeling for the hopes at a better grade. I submitted my dissertation late and I’m very anxious about the outcome of that as that module determines 50% of the final grade of the year and 25% of the degree outcome while my dissertation is 60% of that module. Now if I repeat the semester I would do my 5 outstanding assignments and another 2 in hopes to bump up my grade. I don’t know what to do any advice would be appreciated. I’m also basically homeless in the country I study unless I leech off of kind people which I don’t want to keep doing as I already have during holidays during my degree. Will even knowing my result give me hope or motivation or will it just send me down a year of despondency for the grade. (Which is also very important for me) I would have 8 weeks to complete the 5 outstanding tasks which are 3 exams and 2 essays if I did it now. Also it’s the final year of an MSci which I kind of wanted to stop in my 3rd year but kept going partly due to parental pressures to keep a long story short.
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Original post by unpredictableh
Very niche. I suspended at the very end of my final year to repeat my second semester but I’m not sure if this was the right decision as I feel myself spiralling a little bit. So I had 5 outstanding assignments consisting of 2 essays and 3 exams. I’m not as interested in my course as I once was and wonder if suspension is prolonging that feeling for the hopes at a better grade. I submitted my dissertation late and I’m very anxious about the outcome of that as that module determines 50% of the final grade of the year and 25% of the degree outcome while my dissertation is 60% of that module. Now if I repeat the semester I would do my 5 outstanding assignments and another 2 in hopes to bump up my grade. I don’t know what to do any advice would be appreciated. I’m also basically homeless in the country I study unless I leech off of kind people which I don’t want to keep doing as I already have during holidays during my degree. Will even knowing my result give me hope or motivation or will it just send me down a year of despondency for the grade. (Which is also very important for me) I would have 8 weeks to complete the 5 outstanding tasks which are 3 exams and 2 essays if I did it now. Also it’s the final year of an MSci which I kind of wanted to stop in my 3rd year but kept going partly due to parental pressures to keep a long story short.

I am going to be blunt, I figure you're here asking for advice, opinions or a different perspective. This is my opinion:

You need to get on and complete your assignments, so you can finish your degree (not as interested in your course, sounds rather self indulgent).

Why homeless and living off others? Get a job, so you can pay rent.

You didn't give up sooner because of parental pressure? Good, you are lucky you have sensible and supportive parents! They obviously didn't want all that time and money wasted.


You must be in your 20s, so you are obviously old enough to be self sufficient and take responsibility.

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