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Student finance said they can’t pay for my tuition fee

I failed second year twice due to mental health.

And last year I went through the most time of my life, I thought I would pass and I went into my second year prepared just for things to go bad.

What should I do?

How do I get them to help me pay it? I was seriously going through it, self harm and everything.

I didn’t go to the a doctor or anyone to ask for help.

And now I’m facing another issue where I’m losing the chance to graduate and make my parents proud.

Will sfe help me find ways to pay for tuition fee.
Original post by Alia99911
I failed second year twice due to mental health.

And last year I went through the most time of my life, I thought I would pass and I went into my second year prepared just for things to go bad.

What should I do?

How do I get them to help me pay it? I was seriously going through it, self harm and everything.

I didn’t go to the a doctor or anyone to ask for help.

And now I’m facing another issue where I’m losing the chance to graduate and make my parents proud.

Will sfe help me find ways to pay for tuition fee.

To apply for compelling personal reasons you need to find evidence or someone willing to confirm that you had health issues that impacted your ability to study. What about your course tutor? Were they aware of your personal issues?
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Original post by normaw
To apply for compelling personal reasons you need to find evidence or someone willing to confirm that you had health issues that impacted your ability to study. What about your course tutor? Where they aware of your personal issues?

No I didn’t go to university half of the time. If I did it was a miracle. I didn’t tell my tutor. I lived alone in accommodation, and was alone through everything by. No one visited. I locked my self away. Barely ate or talked to anyone, barely got up to shower. It was the worst time of my life. I realised I was truly alone. I realised I didn’t have no one not even the friends that I had. They didn’t even check up on me. I ended up cutting contact with them.
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Original post by Alia99911
No I didn’t go to university half of the time. If I did it was a miracle. I didn’t tell my tutor. I lived alone in accommodation, and was alone through everything by. No one visited. I locked my self away. Barely ate or talked to anyone, barely got up to shower. It was the worst time of my life. I realised I was truly alone. I realised I didn’t have no one not even the friends that I had. They didn’t even check up on me. I ended up cutting contact with them.


To be completely honest, it’s hard, but there’s not much you can do if you didn’t tell anybody that is able to prove / at least vouch for you.

You have to have, specifically: some form of evidence from a healthcare professional or social worker, or a university staff to corroborate your claim

You can still send a cover letter without those standard evidences, but you still need SOMETHING as proof.
I am in the exact same boat as you
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Original post by rsofia
To be completely honest, it’s hard, but there’s not much you can do if you didn’t tell anybody that is able to prove / at least vouch for you.
You have to have, specifically: some form of evidence from a healthcare professional or social worker, or a university staff to corroborate your claim
You can still send a cover letter without those standard evidences, but you still need SOMETHING as proof.

The thing is I haven’t went to gp to tell them I think I have depression. I’m trying to book an appointment but it’s taking long.

I don’t have proof of anything. Except my self harm on my arms.

Do you think they will take a medical evidence if I get diagnosed now?

I really don’t know what to do.
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Original post by lolster96
I am in the exact same boat as you

Sorry to hear that. How is it going? What did they say?
Reply 7
Original post by Alia99911
The thing is I haven’t went to gp to tell them I think I have depression. I’m trying to book an appointment but it’s taking long.
I don’t have proof of anything. Except my self harm on my arms.
Do you think they will take a medical evidence if I get diagnosed now?
I really don’t know what to do.


I want to say probably not.

A diagnosis wouldn’t count under what they request. They specifically ask for a letter from ‘a doctor or a social worker, who can confirm the situation.’ Whoever gives you a diagnosis NOW, can’t confirm what your situation was prior. So I’m not sure they could be used as evidence.
I think really your best option is to call student finance and talk directly to an advisor there.
Reply 8
Original post by rsofia
I want to say probably not.
A diagnosis wouldn’t count under what they request. They specifically ask for a letter from ‘a doctor or a social worker, who can confirm the situation.’ Whoever gives you a diagnosis NOW, can’t confirm what your situation was prior. So I’m not sure they could be used as evidence.
I think really your best option is to call student finance and talk directly to an advisor there.

I really messed up, I already spoke to an advisor, he said I need a compelling reason. I asked him if I can pay with my maintenance loan and he said he can arrange that.

But I need my maintenance loan because living at home is what started everything for me, I live in a toxic household, where I dealt with abuse, physical and verbal.

And I tried to get away without getting help, but living room help me in the end. But the start was hard specially after I experienced something outside my accommodation which is why I started to self harm and stuff. Which lead to not paying attention in uni or wanting to live.
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Original post by rsofia
I want to say probably not.
A diagnosis wouldn’t count under what they request. They specifically ask for a letter from ‘a doctor or a social worker, who can confirm the situation.’ Whoever gives you a diagnosis NOW, can’t confirm what your situation was prior. So I’m not sure they could be used as evidence.
I think really your best option is to call student finance and talk directly to an advisor there.

But I remember when I was asking to repeat the second year, I spoke to advisor in my uni regarding what I was going through, and why I failed. I have one email where I was telling her.

And they allowed me to repeat the second year. Which I failed again.

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