Schols Schols Schols, information and venting thread.

mathew

at least you've got the first of it over with... In a way Im looking forward to getting started.. Closer to finishing it then :P

Podge_irl

Good luck to everyone taking schols. Whatever happens don't get too disheartened and keep giving it your best. I had one absolutely God awful exam (as in I thought there was a chance I could have failed), but it went poorly for everyone and they were all marked up! Some lecturers are unsure of the difficulty to set the papers at and so they can vary quite a lot, but just remember that its not the end of the world if one exam doesnt go right - people have gotten schols while failing one exam before.

mathew

Podge_irl wrote: »

Good luck to everyone taking schols. Whatever happens don't get too disheartened and keep giving it your best. I had one absolutely God awful exam (as in I thought there was a chance I could have failed), but it went poorly for everyone and they were all marked up! Some lecturers are unsure of the difficulty to set the papers at and so they can vary quite a lot, but just remember that its not the end of the world if one exam doesnt go right - people have gotten schols while failing one exam before.

Cheers... Keeps the spirits up!

tolosenc

Thanks for the well wishes.

But, for the record, you can't get schols if you fail an exam, and exemptions will only be granted on a subject by subject basis.

JC 2K3

Does that not depend entirely on the department?

Podge_irl

obl wrote: »

But, for the record, you can't get schols if you fail an exam, and exemptions will only be granted on a subject by subject basis.

It entirely depends on the course. Exemptions were all or nothing for me despite my course being split between two depts. In other cases its a subject by subject thing.

And when I say people, I mean I've heard of one particular incident. AFAIK the dept have some discretion as to who they put forward for schols. Of course, I could also have got it wrong.

JC 2K3

Yeah, AFAIK in CS it's all or nothing for exemptions. And I mean, the exams don't directly correspond to individual courses.

Podge_irl

Exemptions are never (again as far as I am aware) given for individual courses. However, in Science for example you can get exemptions in individual subjects (i.e. if taking physics, maths and chemistry, you can get exemptions in each individually - well two of them anyway cause that's all you take for schols).
I had one exam for each course in maths, and two general physics papers (the same papers the physics people took), however I couldnt get exemptions in just physics - only overall.

mathew

In engineering its all or nothing too... Once you get over the 60% average you get exemptions.
Dont know how failing an exam comes in to it... Presumably if you fail an exam, thats pretty much it.. Dont know about compensation at all

tolosenc

A scholar surely shouldn't fail an exam...

JC 2K3

Unless it's a Hardware Practical....

Podge_irl

obl wrote: »

A scholar surely shouldn't fail an exam...

Scholars are not some kind of uber smart genii, Christ knows I amn't. They are merely people who have done well in a particular set of exams. Don't put them on a pedestal.

tolosenc

Podge_irl wrote: »

Scholars are not some kind of uber smart genii, Christ knows I amn't. They are merely people who have done well in a particular set of exams. Don't put them on a pedestal.

It was a sarcastic comment. In reality, they are human beings, but, y'know, in theory...

Prof.Badass

I signed up for schols ages ago with some friends on a whim. I quickly realised that I had no interest whatsoever in doing schols. Fast foward to today and i've done nothing. I'm going away on the week schols is on(i.e next week). What will happen when i don't turn up?

mathew

nothing.. you will fail the exams tho....
Just means you have to sit the summer exams..

It brings the class average in the exams down... Thats why they allow people to withdraw....

tolosenc

vinylmesh wrote: »

I signed up for schols ages ago with some friends on a whim. I quickly realised that I had no interest whatsoever in doing schols. Fast foward to today and i've done nothing. I'm going away on the week schols is on(i.e next week). What will happen when i don't turn up?

There may be reprocussions if you were the only one sitting a particular paper. Apparently.

Sir Ophiuchus

If a lecturer had to write a paper just for you, they will hate you if you miss it.

pisslips

You've all put me in a mood to study now, even though I'm too old to do schols now.
All I need now is the smell of grass and the sound of kids playing football in a far off field.A bee passes the window.....I wonder where he's going........STUDY!
NOW!

Brian

I can't believe I toasted in a Schols bread

Karlusss

studystudystudystudystudystudystudy

need to spend less time thinking about what i still need to learn and more time LEARNING what I still need to learn.

Randomness

I would like to wish all those doing schols over the next 3 weeks the very best.

You may not realise it but your friends/classmates/family have a huge respect for you and your drive to take on the challenge that is schols. In my opinion congrats on getting to the start line and good luck in the race, hmmm I think I shall insert some sport-speak here such as, pace yourself, continue to the end, don't give up, eat bananas!

Never forget what Mr. Wilde said -

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught"



Good Luck,
Randomness

scruttocks

Alright Logic, let's ****ing have you.

Sir Ophiuchus

Bloody Critical and Cultural theory!!!

Liquorice

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

Bloody Critical and Cultural theory!!!

Now that's just blasphemous, it's so much fun! If there's nothing I can work Foucault (<3) into I'm gonna cry.

ApeXaviour

Some good luck vibes to you all. Remember to keep eating well, and at regular times. Don't want any blood sugar dips or spikes going on. Get decent regular sleep too. These things will actually help you do well, unless you want to do serious night-before-cramming.
Also, if you were a smoker before and you think you can give them up easily enough, I endorse taking it up again for a few weeks.*




*Disclaimer: officially, I do not endorse this.

Sir Ophiuchus

Liquorice wrote: »

Now that's just blasphemous, it's so much fun! If there's nothing I can work Foucault (<3) into I'm gonna cry.

Hush, I've been cramming feminist criticism all day, so I hope it gets its usual complement of questions!

bright

That is it- Shit is going to get SO real tomorrow morning.

JC 2K3

bright, are you taking schols in JF, or did you not change course after all?

tolosenc

JC 2K3 wrote: »

bright, are you taking schols in JF, or did you not change course after all?

There's a girl in JF French taking schols...

Come on Formal Linguistics, gonna beat the **** out of ya!

mathew

an so it bigins.. well in 11ish hours time..
Best of luck everyone.. everyone seems to have put in loads of work.. Hope it all goes well