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Is repeating a year okay? Uni degree
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<blockquote data-quote="Dheepa" data-source="post: 86945" data-attributes="member: 1572"><p>Hey there,</p><p></p><p>I’m really sorry to hear about everything you’ve been through, my heart really goes out to you. There are plenty of people that bounce back from poor first year grades and go on to secure a first overall. I think this comes down to how much weightage is placed on each year towards your overall average. As far as I know most unis don’t take into account/place only a 10% weightage on your first year results when calculating your overall grade. I don’t know much about the barrister route but for most MC/US/city firms if you’re second and third year grades are strong and you explain the clearly valid mitigating circumstances you have, you still stand a good chance at getting a TC. So no I don’t think your modules alone will hold you back, especially if you have strong grades in the coming years, good extracurricular etc.</p><p></p><p>On whether or not you should move back to Birmingham, I think this should be less dependent on the grades situation and more dependent on what will make you happy. Ultimately, wherever you are happier at is where you will perform better academically and while you don’t know what will make you happy at the moment, you do know that Birmingham did make you unhappy. While I know it’s not a great feeling to be re-doing something you’ve already done, this way you are still studying at a place you want to be at, you get a head start over everyone else having already done the material before and you get the certainty of knowing you can perform well this year and finish with the grades you want. It sounds like you’re going through a little bit of an adjustment period with redoing the year and you probably need to give yourself some time to adjust to all the emotions that come with that. If you can I would try to talk to a mental health counsellor at your university about this too.</p><p></p><p>One final thing, something I do personally myself when I can’t decide on a huge life changing decision is: I take a piece of paper fold it in half and on one side write down what the side in favour of Decision A has to say and the on the other side counter with what the side in favour of Decision B has to say in response to A’s points. I hope this makes sense but essentially, follow the conversation with yourself through to the end on paper because sometimes just going over it in your head alone isn’t enough. It may help you see what you really want to do more clearly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dheepa, post: 86945, member: 1572"] Hey there, I’m really sorry to hear about everything you’ve been through, my heart really goes out to you. There are plenty of people that bounce back from poor first year grades and go on to secure a first overall. I think this comes down to how much weightage is placed on each year towards your overall average. As far as I know most unis don’t take into account/place only a 10% weightage on your first year results when calculating your overall grade. I don’t know much about the barrister route but for most MC/US/city firms if you’re second and third year grades are strong and you explain the clearly valid mitigating circumstances you have, you still stand a good chance at getting a TC. So no I don’t think your modules alone will hold you back, especially if you have strong grades in the coming years, good extracurricular etc. On whether or not you should move back to Birmingham, I think this should be less dependent on the grades situation and more dependent on what will make you happy. Ultimately, wherever you are happier at is where you will perform better academically and while you don’t know what will make you happy at the moment, you do know that Birmingham did make you unhappy. While I know it’s not a great feeling to be re-doing something you’ve already done, this way you are still studying at a place you want to be at, you get a head start over everyone else having already done the material before and you get the certainty of knowing you can perform well this year and finish with the grades you want. It sounds like you’re going through a little bit of an adjustment period with redoing the year and you probably need to give yourself some time to adjust to all the emotions that come with that. If you can I would try to talk to a mental health counsellor at your university about this too. One final thing, something I do personally myself when I can’t decide on a huge life changing decision is: I take a piece of paper fold it in half and on one side write down what the side in favour of Decision A has to say and the on the other side counter with what the side in favour of Decision B has to say in response to A’s points. I hope this makes sense but essentially, follow the conversation with yourself through to the end on paper because sometimes just going over it in your head alone isn’t enough. It may help you see what you really want to do more clearly. [/QUOTE]
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