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Masterpost of Writing Advice

Hey, I know it feels really bad when you get a low grade and don’t know why, but first take a deep breath and just remember that you’re doing absolutely great balancing everything with your uni life anyway. Now try and make an appointment to see your personal tutor (if you have one) or you teacher and ask if they can go through that particular essay with you. Even if you can’t redo it, it’ll help you learn where you might be going wrong. Don’t panic about your final grade, most U.K. Universities allow you to disregard your two lowest module marks in years two and three so that they won’t account to what you finally graduate with. Also, if you’ve previously done well on essays but are struggling now, try and see if there’s any changes in your life recently. Have the style of essays changed? Have you missed any lessons? Any external stressors in your life? (Planning a wedding is definitely one!) Has your diet changed at all? Sleep pattern? Have a look through the essays you’ve previously done well on and compare them with your recent ones. If, excluding the actual content of the essay, you can spot some differences in structure or grammar etc, then maybe just brush up on some of that. If it’s definitely the content then take a look at what you can do for future modules that may contain the same information and how you can revise that for them.

Hey, I know it feels really bad when you get a low grade and don't know why, but first take a deep breath and just remember that you're doing absolutely great balancing everything with your uni life anyway. Now try and make an appointment to see your personal tutor (if you have one) or you teacher and ask if they can go through that particular essay with you. Even if you can't redo it, it'll help you learn where you might be going wrong. Don't panic about your final grade, most U.K. Universities allow you to disregard your two lowest module marks in years two and three so that they won't account to what you finally graduate with. Also, if you've previously done well on essays but are struggling now, try and see if there's any changes in your life recently. Have the style of essays changed? Have you missed any lessons? Any external stressors in your life? (Planning a wedding is definitely one!) Has your diet changed at all? Sleep pattern? Have a look through the essays you've previously done well on and compare them with your recent ones. If, excluding the actual content of the essay, you can spot some differences in structure or grammar etc, then maybe just brush up on some of that. If it's definitely the content then take a look at what you can do for future modules that may contain the same information and how you can revise that for them.

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