Dissertation grade due and convinced I have failed :(

[PumpkinPie2016]

OK, I realise there is nothing anyone can do but I'm so stressed out and just need a vent 😔

For the last 2 years, I have been doing a taught MA online. Part time on top of a young son and a full time, full on job.

I have done well on the course up to now - merit and distinction grades all the way through.

Handed in my dissertation in August. Grades are due this week and I am so utterly convinced that it's crap and I have failed 😥😥😥😥

I did try to implement feedback from my supervisor as well as I could. He never said 'PumpkinPie2016 this is totally awful/you're way off the mark/I'm concerned you may not pass'.

However, as I said, I work full time in a demanding job so my time was limited throughout the course. I felt it was a bit of a rush at the end and I am so sure I have failed. I feel it did tie together from lit review to the conclusions I made. I don't know, I just feel my conclusion wasn't as strong as it could be/I could have linked to other areas.

I can resubmit if I have but obviously that's not ideal. I just want it over with 😔

Has anyone been in a similar situation and been OK? I flit between massive anxiety and just refusing to think about it.

It helped me to figure out what marks I need to pass. I am sure you have done well but if you have achieved good grades in all your work then a bare minimum pass in your dissertation is all that is needed. Good luck!

If you had decent contact with your supervisor throughout and he was helpful, it is extremely unlikely that he wouldn't have let you know if he thought you were not going to pass. Would it help to read through the marking criteria? I'm pretty sure 'conclusion not as strong as it could have been' is not actually grounds for a fail. So I think even if it were crap (which I bet it isn't) it won't fail.

The grading criteria for the course for pass does say things like 'some errors or omissions' so hopefully I have enough to pass.

I do think he would have said if it was way off the mark.

To be honest, as long as I pass, I'd be happy.