Help - Holidays booked prior to applying for Uni. Exams!

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Hello,

I booked some holidays in January for 2025, a year in advance. A few months later I applied for university and got a place and been really excited to retrain etc. As time nears, I realised there will be exams and I have come to find out the holiday coincides with the exams. If I pull out, I will not only lose 000’s but my elderly parents and my kids will all have to cancel - as they will not travel without me and thus lose their money too. ie. Cancelling is not an option.

I won’t be able to study from this September, will I? Will I need to defer to next year? 😭

My place was only confirmed this month after an interview - I had sent my application in March.

3 & 5 😅

Thanks for replies all. Just going to speak today hopefully and see what they say. Then chat to family members and go on from there.

Oh definitely start and then work it out with your course tutor. Gaily wedding booked before application? We find a way around it with resits etc. they're not going to want to lose you and your fees over this when you could have been unwell and had the same issue. We had someone who got stuck because of cancelled flights and missed an exam--no big deal. Universities have a lot of autonomy about exams so it's actually easier than GCSEs or A levels where there's zero leeway!

Family not gaily! Autocorrect weirdness

A holiday is not likely to count as a Mitigating Circumstance. If it does not, the Resit mark will be capped at the minimum Passing mark, often 40%.

I don’t mean to bring you down, OP. I certainly wouldn’t mind being wrong on this.

I also apologise for writing before realising that this is a PG course, OP. I hope that may give you a bit of leverage. I also hope your family will be able to come to some other arrangement if necessary, because I believe it exists

Thanks for replies all. I spoke to the course leader and received peace of mind. All is good and I will be starting in September as normal!

Great news, enjoy the trip and best of luck with your course!