Hi,

I am a student at Western Sydney University studying a bachelor's of sport and exercise science. In my first term I took Human Anatomy and Physiology 1, Culture Diversity and health, fundamentals of exercise science and professional competencies in health. In my results, I achieved a GPA of 6.0 for that term

Now I am almost done my second term (Spring) where I am doing the subjects of Human Anatomy and Physiology 2, Functional Anatomy, Psychology and Health, and Evidence in Health. It is week 14, teaching term ends on Friday this upcoming week and for this whole term I have been experiencing panic attacks, anxiety attacks and stress. I have 5 more exams left, a quiz for psychology and health, an assignment worth 40% of my grade for evidence in health, a spot test on cadavers for functional anatomy (which If I fail, I fail the subject), and one final exam of 100MC on human anatomy and physiology 2, and a computer online test from home which is tomorrow.

I graduated high-school in 2025, I did my HSC achieved an ATAR of 78 which wasn't the best. I got an early entry offer at UTS to study a bachelor of forensic science, I took it upon myself to accept, enrol and then after 6 weeks un-enrol and switch to western sydney uni (hate myself for this decision)

In the first term, this degree seemed ok. I was pretty set out on just becoming a physiotherapist, I like sport, biology and pdhpe in highschool, and I thought I would just go with my strengths which helped me get a 6.0 for my first term. This second term I am doing Ok, I am passing, getting around average 70%+ for my grades, but for the two anatomies, I am just passing (barely).

I am a disability student diagnosed with severe anxiety and panic attacks, the other night I had a panic attack, ambulance called, almost had a heart attack. I have 2 weeks left with those 5 assessments/exams due within these two weeks. I am unsure if I can keep going, my health is at risk and I can't pull myself to do any work. I am stressed because I want to get a good mark, I can't get a good mark so I can transfer courses next term to UTS and try something else out.

This is a choice I am willing to make, but also willing to regret. I could either submit a medical retirement form (WWAP) which eliminates all my study and hardwork this term (if accepted), it erases my study for the term, my grades are waivered (W) on the report card and this term basically "never happened".

Or I can continue for two more weeks, finish the exams off (if I can, as I might experience a panic attack or worse within the exam). this will lower my 6.0 GPA, I will have less options when transferring next year to a different course at UTS, and I will pretty much be stuck at western sydney university, probably ending up staying and doing this course atp.

I don't being at western, I have no friends, the subject isn't great, the anatomy isn't my favourite. and I think I honestly have changed my career path, I don't think physiotherapy is for me.

I'm scared about what other people may think about me, may it be "oh your a year older and studying with us" or "you finished a year late whilst we have full time jobs".

So its either I apply for this WWAP which may get denied, if it does I get all fail grades anyway and I only completed 0.5 years of study which was in the first term, which then means my GPA doesn't mean anything anyway because I failed 4 subjects.

Or I stay for another two weeks, finish off the 5 exams if I can without panic attacks (unlikely) and I could possibly apply to usyd maybe with a gpa around 5.0 (unlikely again)

Btw im pretty sure, they can use my GPA of 6.0 if I were to leave now and get my studies erased this term, so that means I would have a pretty good chance of getting into a course that is well above my 78 ATAR, but if they deny this report, it will publish F grades on my 4 subjects (even though I did quite well so far) so I would just have to resort to using my ATAR, maybe EAS if possible I'm not sure.

My dream also was to go to USYD and study there, but after reviewing this. I'm not too sure about the life there, I think the uni is also very hard.

Anyone have ideas?

Has anyone received their results for AT2? Got the shock of my life when i received my results. Am i the only one struggling with this module because it is really heavy content especially the need to use FR5, Spacegass and Excel and autocad all in one.

Hi everyone,

I submitted an assignment 30 minutes after the due time. When I received the marks back, the marker forgot to remove the late penalty.

The subject coordinator sent an email saying a reviews of marks must have a ‘request for review’ form attached. For reasons to apply, should I select ‘error in the calculation of the final subject mark’ even though this is for an assignment or ‘other’?

Also, they won’t reassess my whole assignment right? I am quite happy with my mark and don’t want it lowered.

Sorry if these questions sound stupid - I am just nervous as I have never done an appeals process.

I intend to double major in Business Analytics and Accounting, but some of my seniors said that both are super hard. If I double major, I should choose one hard major and one easy one. Can anyone who has done both give me a review? Thanks a lot!!!