Oh no. That happened to DD during her last A level paper. Again luckily she made up sufficent marks on other papers, she was the last of the AS generation, that her overall mark was OK, but I remember quite a lot of running around to ensure that the paperwork was in place should she need it.
Exams are not until next week. It appears that hers is the only first year course who have not finished. Food stealing has reached epidemic proportions now that others are having friends round. The nearest supermarket is quite a trek, so DD plans to stock up on things like muesli bars, long-life milk, fruit and nuts that she can keep in her room. I still drink black tea, the result of milk disappearing at University. Indeed you used to be able to walk past my hall and see Tesco back hanging from bedroom windows, as no one trusted the communal fridge. Perhaps things have not changed that much.
Because of delayed placements and four weeks of second year placements which start in August, she does not get much time off. Two weeks will be taken up with attending a family wedding overseas, and she needs to visit grandparents. Her results only come out a week before the resit dates, which hopefully has provided an incentive for her to make sure she passes first time. She is also signed up for a weeks volunteering with a holiday scheme for disabled adults which she has done before, and found really rewarding. She had planned to take driving lessons and get a small car, partly because her August placements could have been some distance away. Luckily she has got a Bristol one, but may not be so fortunate next time, and memories of having to set out at 7.30 the morning after the athletics union social night through her first year, stay with her.
One silver lining is that she wont really have time for work. She had a few good ideas, but next year is her last year of pre-clinical so this may be her last chance of a "proper" summer holiday. Pacing is going to be important. Still the end of her first year is in sight. It was tougher than it should have been, but she got to the end.