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UCL 3rd Year Pharmacy OSCE - Might Fail, EC Rejected

im a 3rd year mpharm pharmacy student at ucl. i’ve passed all modules and components except the osce in the actual exam in may and i only failed by a small margin. this surprised me, but i still retook the exam in the lsa period. i studied hard and had plenty of confidence, until i had a panic attack during 2 of my manned stations that made me unable to get as many points as i’d wish to (you need 3 stations to pass the osce overall, there are 6 stations in the osce totally. i am only confident in passing 2 stations). i immediately notified staff at the teaching and learning team that i was experiencing a panic attack, and per their advice, i applied for an ec, attaching evidence of my ptsd diagnosis from my psychiatrist and a mental health status report from my psychologist. the ec was immediately rejected by the panel after just 45 minutes of consideration on the grounds of “you appeared calm and collected during the exam” which wasnt the truth, as the staff from the teaching and learning team were with me at that time. this situation is causing me a lot of anxiety, my family is grieving with me, and my abusive mother has continued her abuse on me bc of this incident. any advice on what i should do would be very much appreciated

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