2 potential twists
I’m looking for some advice or anyone who has been through something similar, especially at a Russell Group uni. This past term has been a complete train wreck health-wise. I had to undergo surgery during the term, and then to top it all off, I got severe food poisoning on the actual day of my exams.
Because of this, my results took a hit and I'm being told I have to resit modules. All of my modules are compulsory (not core). Here is the breakdown:
Module 1: 38% (The uni has already agreed to compensate this one).
Module 2: 32% (Totally understandable given how sick I was, expecting to resit this).
Module 3: 39% (Failing by literally 1% or less than a single mark feel incredibly harsh).
I spoke to my Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) today. He confirmed I currently have to resit both the 32% and the 39% modules. However, he also mentioned something about the exam board potentially "waiving a mark" or looking at balancing out my coursework marks differently to see if they can bump that 39% up to a 40% passing grade.
Has anyone ever had experience with an exam board doing this at a Russell Group university?
Did you have to submit a formal Mitigating Circumstances (MC) / Special Considerations claim for them to do it, or do they sometimes just do it automatically during the final board review because it's so close to a pass?
Any insights on how "waiving a mark" works in practice would be massively appreciated. I'm incredibly stressed out.
Also how easy / lenient are they with the resits
In first year