I’m struggling. I lost family members I was very close with to COVID. Because of the nature of COVID, the progression was long and draining. I was the point of contact at the hospital. They died within 3 weeks of each other during our last organ system block. I told student affairs and did not receive much support. My class size is small, so students don’t really get “lost” in the mix.
I initially had told student affairs that i found out one of the relatives was hospitalized the morning of an exam and then didn’t hear from them again until after both my relatives were already gone and I reached out to them to update. I really struggled through this last organ system trying to focus, despite the deaths, and failed the exam. I likely failed the retake as well. I wasn’t offered even a day off to process. Student affairs and support staff have not reached out to me. No one has checked on me. I feel very alone and drained and completely fried. I tried so hard to catch up and to focus, but I’m so tired. I had hoped for time off to relax over thanksgiving and Christmas but like I said, COVID progression is long and they were in the hospital the entire time so it was very stressful.
I’m almost certain that failing a retake doesn’t show up on my transcript or anything. I was just wondering if this was typical of student affairs to be like this. I’m just really frustrated and exhausted.