Universities rely partly on international student funding, and due to COVID-19, they haven't received as many students as usual. You can probably expect some reduced ATARs or 'exemption' things being implemented, if it hasn't already.
Good luck to your studies.
Joining a course mid-way especially Term 3 is never a good thing, it's easier to improve, but that being said, Art (from my perspective) is something that is hard to improve at because ultimately there's always people that are born with a talent to make art pieces of exceedingly high quality.
glhf
I don't have any experience, but I know that it doesn't necessarily be so severe that you have to be hospitalised. I'm fairly sure you can go to the doctors and ask for a Medical Certificate and the school will be like OK. But when you ask, don't ask them to just write "sick". You need to write...
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