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Old School Vs. Horizons - How do repeats work?

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  • 01-02-2007 10:44pm
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    Economaniac!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭


    Hey guys,

    I'm a final year arts student and just wondering if i choose to repeat the year to get a higher grade will my degree be old school ucd "cothrom na féinne" or will it be UCDD Horizons??

    surely someone out there must know whats gunna happen seeing as though we can't repeat our exams in august?


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    #2
    Stepherunie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭Stepherunie


    You got an email from Philip Nolan to your UCD connect email address a while back - read that.

    From said email sent 26/01/07:
    This guidance relates to all non-modular programmes and, typically, covers final stages of all currently modularised programmes.


    If your programme has not yet been modularised, or if your programme is operating under transitionary rules, the traditional repeat rules apply. This means that where autumn repeats were available in the past they are still available, and where they were traditionally not available they are not available this year (for example, the final year of the BA, and the BSocSc programmes have not offered Autumn repeat examinations).


    Please contact your Programme Office or the Student Desk at +353 1 716 1555 or by email at studentdesk@ucd.ie.


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    Sarn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,083 ✭✭✭Sarn


    Usually when you resit you can't get over a certain grade i.e. an honour. As pointed out above, in most degrees you can't repeat your finals and end up getting a pass degree (unless you've deferred the entire year). Essentially you only get one shot.

    Exceptional circumstances are taken into account and would need to be documented. Deciding not to turn up to your finals is not going to work.


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    Vainglory
    Closed Accounts Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Vainglory


    If you drop out before you do any exams I don't think you're capped at 40%, it's just if you've already done the exams and want to repeat them then you are capped.


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