Academic appeal for uncapped resits
Hi all I hope everyone is well.
I’m a 2nd year MEng mechanical engineering student. I’ve just received my results of the year. I’ve failed 2 modules and calculating my overall marks with capped resits I would get 49%. As Im in the MEng degree, the additional requirement is for overall mark to be 50% to still progress in MEng. Feeling highly anxious I contacted my tutor to discuss what I could do to still progress in MEng next year. I told him I was struggling with mental health the whole year but because I didn’t realise the effects of it on my studies I couldn’t submit an exceptional circumstances (EC). He told me to submit an academic appeal to resit with uncapped marks so I can still get a 50% marks overall.
I have been struggling with mental health since 2022 but my symptoms had been worsening since December 2024. I couldnt get out of bed, I lost appetite and had anxiety attacks. But I didnt realise that this struggle had affected my studies then because I thought I was still managing my mental health well. Looking back now, I just realise that it did actually affect my studies and I would’ve performed better then if I realised that.
My question is, would this be a good reason for not submitting an EC at that time and what other evidence could i maybe include in the appeal.
This appeling process is really affecting my mental health now, I haven’t been able to relax and having very low mood. But I have been seeking help from the GP and the unis student wellbeing service now that I’m realising the effects of mental health. Im hoping the uni can see that I’m trying to change and improve and I could do better if I had realise how my mental health affected my studies.
I’m a 2nd year MEng mechanical engineering student. I’ve just received my results of the year. I’ve failed 2 modules and calculating my overall marks with capped resits I would get 49%. As Im in the MEng degree, the additional requirement is for overall mark to be 50% to still progress in MEng. Feeling highly anxious I contacted my tutor to discuss what I could do to still progress in MEng next year. I told him I was struggling with mental health the whole year but because I didn’t realise the effects of it on my studies I couldn’t submit an exceptional circumstances (EC). He told me to submit an academic appeal to resit with uncapped marks so I can still get a 50% marks overall.
I have been struggling with mental health since 2022 but my symptoms had been worsening since December 2024. I couldnt get out of bed, I lost appetite and had anxiety attacks. But I didnt realise that this struggle had affected my studies then because I thought I was still managing my mental health well. Looking back now, I just realise that it did actually affect my studies and I would’ve performed better then if I realised that.
My question is, would this be a good reason for not submitting an EC at that time and what other evidence could i maybe include in the appeal.
This appeling process is really affecting my mental health now, I haven’t been able to relax and having very low mood. But I have been seeking help from the GP and the unis student wellbeing service now that I’m realising the effects of mental health. Im hoping the uni can see that I’m trying to change and improve and I could do better if I had realise how my mental health affected my studies.
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Reply 1
Have you visited the Health & Wellbeing centre at the university? If you are 'on their books' then they can submit supporting evidence that you have been suffering from mental health issues for sometime and this will help your EC claim. If you have not registered with them or your GP then its just your word with little corroborating evidence. It will then depend on the appeals committee.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
(edited 1 year ago)
Reply 2
Original post by mike23mike
Have you visited the Health & Wellbeing centre at the university? If you are 'on their books' then they can submit supporting evidence that you have been suffering from mental health issues for sometime and this will help your EC claim. If you have not registered with them or your GP then its just your word with little corroborating evidence. It will then depend on the appeals committee.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
I have attached a medical cert from the GP saying I was struggling through the year. I have visited the Wellbeing service and the GP but honestly as I have not understood that I was struggling mentally throughout the year, I had just started visiting them. I know they can’t change my mark and that is why I am asking for an uncapped resit.
Regarding my performance, my marks from last year was significantly much better than this year’s. For this year, my mental health difficulties had started since December which was before one of the modules I failed. On the second term, although I passed 3 other modules and only failed 1 module, the marks are still significantly worse than last year before this mental health difficulties began.
I had not submitted an EC at the term time because I had not understood I was critically mentally struggling and I just thought I was feeling down from the acne. After reaching out for support, I now understand that I was severely mentally struggling through the years. I was hoping the uni could understand that.
Reply 3
Original post by mike23mike
Have you visited the Health & Wellbeing centre at the university? If you are 'on their books' then they can submit supporting evidence that you have been suffering from mental health issues for sometime and this will help your EC claim. If you have not registered with them or your GP then its just your word with little corroborating evidence. It will then depend on the appeals committee.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
I have visited the Wellbeing service at the uni and the GP. I will attach the medical cert from the GP to support the claim. Although honestly I have just started seeking support because throughout the year I didn’t understand that I was actually critically mentally struggling. I thought I was just feeling unwell from an acne breakout I was having and that I would feel better when my acne got better. So I went to the GP to treat my acne and didn’t submit an EC in the year as I didn’t understand my mental health struggle and its effects. Would that be a good reason for missing the EC deadline?
Regarding the marks, my marks this year is significantly worse than last year’s. The acne breakout started in December which was just around the time of one of the module’s assessments that I failed. Although I only failed one module in the second term and passed the other 3, it was still significantly worse than my first year’s.
Reply 4
Original post by mike23mike
Have you visited the Health & Wellbeing centre at the university? If you are 'on their books' then they can submit supporting evidence that you have been suffering from mental health issues for sometime and this will help your EC claim. If you have not registered with them or your GP then its just your word with little corroborating evidence. It will then depend on the appeals committee.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
At the appeals committee there are restrictions on what actions it can take. It cannot change your mark for instance. There are appeals criteria - ill health being one of them. Read the appeals criteria for your uni. I attach the link to Manchester University appeals process as an example. The appeals committee will seek comment from the engineering dept. If the dept agree to it, then you will be able to resit without a cap - ie retake the resit assessment 'as a first attempt'.
As a part of the appeal, the engineering dept will look at your grades in other modules and your grades in year 1. Thus, if you took the failed modules in semester 2, were your marks across the board in S2 down compared to S1? Did you perform better in the S1 modules (prior to your mental health issues)? It does not make sense for you to appeal mental health issues for module xxx where you got a 35% mark but you took module yyy in the same semester and achieved 65%. Any health issues should have affected both modules.
also can i just ask if this is a good reason for missing the EC due date. sorry its a bit long
I had not understood that I was actually critically mentally struggling all year to the capability that it was affecting the quality of my life and studies. My mental health difficulties had clouded my thoughts inabling me to think clearly and react to situations relevantly, as I got easily overwhelmed and shut down. On the days of the assessments itself, I thought I was doing fine, but I was unaware that my mental health difficulties throughout the year had been impacting the ability for me to study to my best abilities. Since December 2023, I was starting to have low mood and low self esteem with anxiety due to an acne breakout. At that time, I thought that it was just a bad period and that it will get better when my acne would get better. So, I went for an appointment to the GP in February to treat my acne thinking that the acne was the reason of my low mood and anxiety. I was prescribed with acne medications for 12 weeks which resulted with my acne getting better around June when the medication duration finished. I thought I have managed my mental health well as I thought that I did feel better when my acne got better. I did not submit an Exceptional Circumstances form then as I did not know I had been actually struggling mentally all year long to the point it was affecting my studies. I did not understand that it was not just the acne that was making me feel emotionally unwell; I was also facing some other family and personal issues that was also causing me to have symptoms of depression and anxiety. As I was still feeling very unwell mentally and emotionally, I went to see the GP mental health nurse in July at Student Health Service, and after telling them how I have been feeling, they diagnosed me with ‘Mixed Anxiety and Depression’ symptoms. With this diagnosis, looking back at my situation throughout the year, I now truly understand that I did actually struggle with symptoms of anxiety and depression which had severely affected my ability to function, think, work and concentrate on my studies and assessments.
(edited 1 year ago)
Reply 5
Original post by Anonymous
Hi all I hope everyone is well.
I’m a 2nd year MEng mechanical engineering student. I’ve just received my results of the year. I’ve failed 2 modules and calculating my overall marks with capped resits I would get 49%. As Im in the MEng degree, the additional requirement is for overall mark to be 50% to still progress in MEng. Feeling highly anxious I contacted my tutor to discuss what I could do to still progress in MEng next year. I told him I was struggling with mental health the whole year but because I didn’t realise the effects of it on my studies I couldn’t submit an exceptional circumstances (EC). He told me to submit an academic appeal to resit with uncapped marks so I can still get a 50% marks overall.
I have been struggling with mental health since 2022 but my symptoms had been worsening since December 2024. I couldnt get out of bed, I lost appetite and had anxiety attacks. But I didnt realise that this struggle had affected my studies then because I thought I was still managing my mental health well. Looking back now, I just realise that it did actually affect my studies and I would’ve performed better then if I realised that.
My question is, would this be a good reason for not submitting an EC at that time and what other evidence could i maybe include in the appeal.
This appeling process is really affecting my mental health now, I haven’t been able to relax and having very low mood. But I have been seeking help from the GP and the unis student wellbeing service now that I’m realising the effects of mental health. Im hoping the uni can see that I’m trying to change and improve and I could do better if I had realise how my mental health affected my studies.
I’m a 2nd year MEng mechanical engineering student. I’ve just received my results of the year. I’ve failed 2 modules and calculating my overall marks with capped resits I would get 49%. As Im in the MEng degree, the additional requirement is for overall mark to be 50% to still progress in MEng. Feeling highly anxious I contacted my tutor to discuss what I could do to still progress in MEng next year. I told him I was struggling with mental health the whole year but because I didn’t realise the effects of it on my studies I couldn’t submit an exceptional circumstances (EC). He told me to submit an academic appeal to resit with uncapped marks so I can still get a 50% marks overall.
I have been struggling with mental health since 2022 but my symptoms had been worsening since December 2024. I couldnt get out of bed, I lost appetite and had anxiety attacks. But I didnt realise that this struggle had affected my studies then because I thought I was still managing my mental health well. Looking back now, I just realise that it did actually affect my studies and I would’ve performed better then if I realised that.
My question is, would this be a good reason for not submitting an EC at that time and what other evidence could i maybe include in the appeal.
This appeling process is really affecting my mental health now, I haven’t been able to relax and having very low mood. But I have been seeking help from the GP and the unis student wellbeing service now that I’m realising the effects of mental health. Im hoping the uni can see that I’m trying to change and improve and I could do better if I had realise how my mental health affected my studies.
i saw somewhere that https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/member.php?u=3115158 is an expert please help me 😭😭
Reply 6
Original post by imperialplease
i saw somewhere that https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/member.php?u=3115158 is an expert please help me 😭😭
@gjd800 please help me xx
Reply 7
Original post by Anonymous
Hi all I hope everyone is well.
I’m a 2nd year MEng mechanical engineering student. I’ve just received my results of the year. I’ve failed 2 modules and calculating my overall marks with capped resits I would get 49%. As Im in the MEng degree, the additional requirement is for overall mark to be 50% to still progress in MEng. Feeling highly anxious I contacted my tutor to discuss what I could do to still progress in MEng next year. I told him I was struggling with mental health the whole year but because I didn’t realise the effects of it on my studies I couldn’t submit an exceptional circumstances (EC). He told me to submit an academic appeal to resit with uncapped marks so I can still get a 50% marks overall.
I have been struggling with mental health since 2022 but my symptoms had been worsening since December 2024. I couldnt get out of bed, I lost appetite and had anxiety attacks. But I didnt realise that this struggle had affected my studies then because I thought I was still managing my mental health well. Looking back now, I just realise that it did actually affect my studies and I would’ve performed better then if I realised that.
My question is, would this be a good reason for not submitting an EC at that time and what other evidence could i maybe include in the appeal.
This appeling process is really affecting my mental health now, I haven’t been able to relax and having very low mood. But I have been seeking help from the GP and the unis student wellbeing service now that I’m realising the effects of mental health. Im hoping the uni can see that I’m trying to change and improve and I could do better if I had realise how my mental health affected my studies.
I’m a 2nd year MEng mechanical engineering student. I’ve just received my results of the year. I’ve failed 2 modules and calculating my overall marks with capped resits I would get 49%. As Im in the MEng degree, the additional requirement is for overall mark to be 50% to still progress in MEng. Feeling highly anxious I contacted my tutor to discuss what I could do to still progress in MEng next year. I told him I was struggling with mental health the whole year but because I didn’t realise the effects of it on my studies I couldn’t submit an exceptional circumstances (EC). He told me to submit an academic appeal to resit with uncapped marks so I can still get a 50% marks overall.
I have been struggling with mental health since 2022 but my symptoms had been worsening since December 2024. I couldnt get out of bed, I lost appetite and had anxiety attacks. But I didnt realise that this struggle had affected my studies then because I thought I was still managing my mental health well. Looking back now, I just realise that it did actually affect my studies and I would’ve performed better then if I realised that.
My question is, would this be a good reason for not submitting an EC at that time and what other evidence could i maybe include in the appeal.
This appeling process is really affecting my mental health now, I haven’t been able to relax and having very low mood. But I have been seeking help from the GP and the unis student wellbeing service now that I’m realising the effects of mental health. Im hoping the uni can see that I’m trying to change and improve and I could do better if I had realise how my mental health affected my studies.
Hi. My uni just released results yesterday, so I'm guessing it's the same one. Obviously I won't disclose which one for privacy reasons. Our uni has good wellbeing support and the staff can be really helpful! Mental health issues are valid and you deserve to be taken seriously. I'm hoping you'll be able to resit and go into next year! Engineering sounds difficult enough as it is without your mental health issues. I'd try and sort an ILSP plan for next year while you're at it. Good luck!
Reply 8
Original post by Anonymous
Hi. My uni just released results yesterday, so I'm guessing it's the same one. Obviously I won't disclose which one for privacy reasons. Our uni has good wellbeing support and the staff can be really helpful! Mental health issues are valid and you deserve to be taken seriously. I'm hoping you'll be able to resit and go into next year! Engineering sounds difficult enough as it is without your mental health issues. I'd try and sort an ILSP plan for next year while you're at it. Good luck!
thank you so much for your kind words! i really appreciate it.
I just had my first appointment with the wellbeing service and they were very helpful. I have also been to the GP for my mental health and the mental health nurse had diagnosed me with Mixed Anxiety and Depression symptoms.
I have just realised recently that I have been struggling mentally throughout the year to the extent that it severely impacted my results. At the time, i thought my emotional distress was just because of my acne and so i only went to the gp to heal that. I think that my mental health difficulties had affected the way that I think causing me to not realise I was act struggling mentally, this is what the mental health nurse had noted in my medical cert.
I am just anxious if they would think this reason that I missed my EC submission was good.
Reply 9
Original post by Anonymous
Hi. My uni just released results yesterday, so I'm guessing it's the same one. Obviously I won't disclose which one for privacy reasons. Our uni has good wellbeing support and the staff can be really helpful! Mental health issues are valid and you deserve to be taken seriously. I'm hoping you'll be able to resit and go into next year! Engineering sounds difficult enough as it is without your mental health issues. I'd try and sort an ILSP plan for next year while you're at it. Good luck!
Oh I think we’re not in the same uni as my results was released not yesterday hahah but really thank you for your kind words ❤️❤️
Reply 10
Original post by imperialplease
@gjd800 please help me xx
Just to let you know that they’re on a break from the site and may not respond.
Reply 11
Original post by Admit-One
Just to let you know that they’re on a break from the site and may not respond.
I see. do you know if I can ask anyone else maybe? with expertise? Im very anxious for the process
Reply 12
hi can anyone help pleaseee im very anxious rn
Reply 13
Original post by imperialplease
I see. do you know if I can ask anyone else maybe? with expertise? Im very anxious for the process
Not off the top of my head, but I’ve asked in a helper thread if anyone could assist.
Reply 14
Original post by Admit-One
Not off the top of my head, but I’ve asked in a helper thread if anyone could assist.
thank you so muchh i really appreciate that
Original post by imperialplease
I am just anxious if they would think this reason that I missed my EC submission was good.
Reply 16
Original post by 04MR17
Hiya, thank you for sharing all that you have so far - it's very hard to be open about this so thank you. Just to confirm where we are, have you now submitted an academic appeal? Or are you still seeking reassurance that you should?
I will submit the academic appeal, I was just anxious if the board will find the reasoning good. Cause I heard a lot of the appeals get rejected because they go to the mental health gp after the results. But for me, I haven’t went there before because I thought I was just feeling down from the acne breakout i was having. and i went to the gp for the acne thinking it will manage my emotions when the acne gets better. I had not realised that it was more than just that and i was act mentally struggling and needed professional help. So after the results went out, i went to the gp and i just realised that I was act mentally struggling and that it were severely affecting my studies.
Reply 17
Having experienced a similar situation myself in the past, my suggestions:
Remember just because you're getting information on something like an interruption of studies (or even just the EC claim/appeal process) doesn't mean you need to ultimately do it. It's just to ensure you have all the information available to make an informed decision
For some more detailed information about why I think you should do the above, see under the cut:
•
See your GP now and tell them about the issues, and get a diagnosis, treatment plan in place, and letter from GP to confirm the diagnosis and treatment plan (you'll need this later). This is really the most important step as all the rest doesn't really make much difference if you don't get this stuff started so you can recover!
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Reach out to your personal tutor and student union for support submitting the EC claim/appeal regarding the resits. Further detail:
Spoiler
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Reach out to your personal tutor to discuss if an interruption of studies is possible, and what the implications of that are. Further detail:
Spoiler
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Once you get the ball rolling on those things, try and take the time to thoughtfully reflect on it (avoiding just focusing on negatives and spiralling - it's easy to ruminate instead of reflect!) and think about what is best for you in both the short and long term.
Spoiler
Remember just because you're getting information on something like an interruption of studies (or even just the EC claim/appeal process) doesn't mean you need to ultimately do it. It's just to ensure you have all the information available to make an informed decision
For some more detailed information about why I think you should do the above, see under the cut:
Spoiler
Reply 18
Original post by artful_lounger
Having experienced a similar situation myself in the past, my suggestions:
Remember just because you're getting information on something like an interruption of studies (or even just the EC claim/appeal process) doesn't mean you need to ultimately do it. It's just to ensure you have all the information available to make an informed decision
For some more detailed information about why I think you should do the above, see under the cut:
•
See your GP now and tell them about the issues, and get a diagnosis, treatment plan in place, and letter from GP to confirm the diagnosis and treatment plan (you'll need this later). This is really the most important step as all the rest doesn't really make much difference if you don't get this stuff started so you can recover!
•
Reach out to your personal tutor and student union for support submitting the EC claim/appeal regarding the resits. Further detail:
Spoiler
•
Reach out to your personal tutor to discuss if an interruption of studies is possible, and what the implications of that are. Further detail:
Spoiler
•
Once you get the ball rolling on those things, try and take the time to thoughtfully reflect on it (avoiding just focusing on negatives and spiralling - it's easy to ruminate instead of reflect!) and think about what is best for you in both the short and long term.
Spoiler
Remember just because you're getting information on something like an interruption of studies (or even just the EC claim/appeal process) doesn't mean you need to ultimately do it. It's just to ensure you have all the information available to make an informed decision
For some more detailed information about why I think you should do the above, see under the cut:
Spoiler
thank you for your kind words and help. I truly appreciate it. I understand what you said and that would be the ideal way of approaching my problem, but the issue is im an international student with a government convertible loan. im afraid that if i do repeat year (even if its better for me mentally) it would just affect my visa and/or loan contract. thats why i believe that the best way now is to just resit and appeal for an uncapped resit. with the professional help im getting i am hopeful that i will be able to study better and perform better than before.
Reply 19
Original post by imperialplease
thank you for your kind words and help. I truly appreciate it. I understand what you said and that would be the ideal way of approaching my problem, but the issue is im an international student with a government convertible loan. im afraid that if i do repeat year (even if its better for me mentally) it would just affect my visa and/or loan contract. thats why i believe that the best way now is to just resit and appeal for an uncapped resit. with the professional help im getting i am hopeful that i will be able to study better and perform better than before.
Ah I see, a lot of that was from the perspective if you were a UK/home student. Obviously being an international student complicates things as an interruption of studies may not be possible to reconcile with visa requirements, and repeating a year may not be financially feasible.
I would then focus on considering whether actually doing the MEng rather than just the BEng is the best choice. If you can get uncapped resits and try and do as well as you can in those, just doing one more year and making the most of it to get the BEng may be something to explore as a way to prioritise your mental health whole still getting your degree.
There's also no reason you couldn't get a standalone masters later (potentially after working in industry for a couple years as well)! It's not unusual in the UK to do that - the MEng just tends to be a bit more common due to having a better funding model for UK students (but in your case a standalone masters would probably have a similar cost anyway as an international student).
So that may be something to consider. Certainly in the meantime speak with your GP to get things started with that if you haven't already, and otherwise speak with your personal tutor and SU about support for the EC/appeals process.
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