How to select your outcome choices
Please ensure you make your decision by the decision deadline found on your web results page. For most undergraduate students this is Wednesday 16 July 2025. All decisions should be made before the decision deadline via your results page by clicking on the ‘Click here to view your results’ box underneath your results table.
If you have any issues accessing your results or making your decision via your results page, please email examboards@essex.ac.uk as soon as possible. If you do not choose your outcome by the deadline, an outcome will be imposed, if you would like to change this or your selection, you will need to email examboards@essex.ac.uk to request this.
Please note: if you wish to attend Graduation, you must select a relevant outcome by Thursday 3 July 2025.
Before you select your outcome
Please ensure you have carefully read through what each outcome means on the relevant Board of Examiners’ outcome pages and in your outcome email. For advice on which outcome to choose, please contact either your department or email SU Advice. If you are a Tier 4 or Student visa holder, you should also read the information on how the outcomes may affect your leave status on the Immigration webpages.
You will be asked to select 'Resit' or 'Don’t Resit' in the ‘Make your choice’ column.
Selecting your outcome
This table outlines how to enter your choice on the web results page. You will only be able to select options offered to you by the Board of Examiners. If you are unhappy with your outcomes please see our website for information about the grounds and deadlines for submitting an academic appeal.
| Outcome choice | How to select |
| WRST - Reassessment over the Summer | If your reassessment is all compulsory, you will not need to do anything further. If you have been offered compulsory choice or voluntary reassessment, select ‘Resit’ next to any modules you would like to take further reassessment in and ‘Don’t Resit’ next to those you do not. |
| WTEX – Reassessment required in the following year – without attendance | |
| WRTC - Summer reassessment in current year modules and carry fails in trailed | |
| SUGR - Choose to graduate and also return for reassessment | If you have decided that you would like to graduate and return for further reassessment, you will need to select ‘Resit’ next to any modules you would like to undertake reassessment in and ‘Don’t Resit’ next to those you do not. If you have only been offered compulsory reassessment you do not need to do anything further. |
| WRYA - Reassessment required to raise Stage 1 average to 50 | Select 'Resit' next to all compulsory choice modules you would like to undertake further reassessment in and 'Don't Resit' next to those you do not. You can take a minimum of one module or choose to undertake reassessment in all modules offered. |
| RPTP – Carry fails in trailed modules and repeat current year modules part-time | For all these outcomes, you only need to confirm this choice on your web results page, no further action is required. If you choose an outcome which involves you undertaking reassessment over the Summer in your trailed modules, you will be entered for all trailed reassessments. If you are eligible to carry any of you trailed modules, as per your outcome email, and would like to do so please email examboards@essex.ac.uk to request this. |
| WRWT - Summer reassessment in trailed modules, progression confirmed in September | |
| WTTC – Carry fails in trailed modules and undertake reassessment without attendance in failed current year modules | |
| WTTP – Carry fails in trailed modules and repeat current year | |
| ALRE – Change course and undertake reassessment | For all these outcomes, you only need to confirm this choice on your web results page, no further action is required. |
| ALTP – Change course | |
| ALTR- Transfer to same year of a new course | |
| ALT3 – Change to 3-year course with no reassessment | |
| DRPA – Defer reassessment until after year abroad | |
OTHF – Foundation Degree awarded ORDI – Ordinary Degree awarded OTDW – Diploma of HE awarded OTCW – Certificate of HE awarded | |
| RPCR – Repeat specified modules part-time | |
| RPCF – Repeat specified modules as first attempt | |
| SUCG - Graduate and leave without reassessment | |
| SUCV - Proceed to next year without undertaking voluntary reassessment | |
| SUDI – Graduate on different course due to accreditation rules | |
| SUNA – Pass trailed credits – continue on non-accredited degree | |
| SU15 – Proceed to next year carrying 15 failed credits | |
| SU30 – Proceed to next year carrying 30 failed credits | |
| TAKV - Pass with credits without undertaking voluntary reassessment | |
| TRAN – Failed current year, start Year One of new course | |
| WTYR – Repeat the year | |
| WTYF – Repeat year as a first attempt | |
| WTY3 – Repeat year on 3-year course |
