Degree Classification 2:2 to a 2:1

I recently got my results and it ended up being a 2:2 59.54% (0.46% from a 2:1), I have emailed almost all the staff members related to my department and they said there was nothing they could do. I pleaded to atleast have my case discussed by the board of committee and they all denied me saying that wasn't possible.
I have since launched an appeal with mitigating circumstances, please note that 135/240 credits in my second and third year were in the 2:1 range including my dissertation. I am currently an offer holder at the University of Law for the bar practice course with LLM and they are considering rescinding my offer due to this and I am so stressed out please is there any way anyone can help me with this?

Hi Lalaland02,
Congratulations on finishing uni! What an achievement! You shouldn't be hard on yourself. Perhaps you could message or email a personal tutor of yours. Perhaps you could message or email a personal tutor of yours. A personal tutor might be able to offer additional support for your appeal. Make sure to detail your mitigating circumstances clearly and provide any relevant evidence.
Additionally, it might help to reach out to the University of Law and explain your situation, including your strong performance in the majority of your credits and your dissertation. They may be willing to consider this context when reviewing your offer.
Stay positive and persistent. You have already shown great resilience and determination by launching an appeal and reaching out for support. Best of luck!
Hope this helps,
Sophie, University of Exeter Student Ambassador

Each university has its own rules for near misses - what does yours say?

Unfortunately every staff member in my department I have contacted are either unsure of the near miss degree classification cases or say that’s that and urge me to move on which is so very cruel considering my mitigating factors and that it is less than 1%

Your student union may be able to help support you in your appeal. They normally offer an academic advice service.
You will also be able to look up the policy on 'near misses' or 'rounding up.' If you Google the academic handbook and the name of your university, it should be in there.

The policy will be on your uni moodle or equivalent - go to the SU if you can't find it.

Thank you for your reply. I’ve looked through and they haven’t mentioned anything about the policy of rounding up, only this: For undergraduate degrees, average marks are truncated to two decimal places, therefore an average of 59.6875 will be recorded as 59.68%; which basically states that i’ll have to deal with it and it’s so very frustrating

Have you tried googling your uni and degree classification?

With regards to appealing it’s my understanding that retrospective mitigation is difficult to have approved. You’d have to have a good explanation as to why you didn’t raise it at the time.

With regards to appealing it’s my understanding that retrospective mitigation is difficult to have approved. You’d have to have a good explanation as to why you didn’t raise it at the time.

Hi thank you for your response, I understand it’s hard to give advice not knowing the details of the case. I had made an appeal for the module that dragged my average down in third year last semester but was denied twice, it stemmed from a sexual assault case that happened to me. With this, I managed to get my average back up and almost more than half of my second and third year credits were a 2:1. I am appealing the degree classification rather than the module itself, asking them to let them plead my case by stating that the spike in my mental health because of the previous denial in my appeal last semester, my grades in spite of what happened to me, the chance of my offer being rescinded and many other factors that I urge them to help me with the 0.46% that I am missing to reach a 2:1.

Which uni?

Oxford brookes

Is this applicable:
"In addition, where a student has achieved an average between 49.5% and 50%, or between 59% and 60%, or between 68% and 70% and achieved four acceptable credits in a higher class over those semesters in which the last eight graded acceptable credits occur then the next higher class of degree will be awarded."
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/regulations/ump-regulations/honours-degree/

Thank you for this, I’ve quoted this to them as well but they denied me because they said the UMP regulations were for students entering before 2020 intake. They said it no longer applies but I don’t understand why they’d have the page up on the website it’s quite misleading

Damn that's a shame. Where are the current regs?