So... dd just found out she failed her year abroad for degree in mfl. She has "borderline" aspergers and, amongst other things, this mostly manifests itself in social anxiety and terrible organisation. She had to apply to do the year abroad and had a choice between teaching assistant, attending a university abroad or work o. Industry. She missed the deadline to apply to be a teaching assistant and just randomly chose a university. The universities all promote the year abroad as a fantastic time but she got very, very little support it seems. None whatsoever at the host uni and not much from her home uni. She relied entirely on emotional support from me and dh. If she'd done the teaching assistant she could have taught in English for 12 hours a week and then submitted a project. As it was she had to attend lectures and seminars with native speakers in the foreign language and do exams with little warning with seemingly no proviso for her not being native. So yesterday she was told she hadn't got enough marks from these exams and had consequently failed. She is now able to graduate for a differently titled degree with a Mickey Mouse sounding name. She hated the year abroad and the only thing I can do is say how amazing she is for sticking it out when she felt that way (which is true). These fucking universities take thousands of pounds from naive youngsters and can't be bothered to provide support. Why didn't someone guide her to do her application better? She was (unusually) uncommunicative with me at that time. She seems pretty stoical considering and it's her life but I can't do anything about it to complain on her behalf because she's 21. She's just not got enough confidence to appeal herself. She sent back an email to her university to day she understands and accepts this. I'm just so cross - the choice between teaching assistant and attending university seem entirely without comparison. . Just had to vent.