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Christmas Exams Question?

  • 06-12-2010 4:14am
    #1
    eoindrummer
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭


    I was just wondering what happens if you fail any of your Christmas exams? Do you repeat them in January or in September?
    Also, they forgot to list one of my courses in my exam timetable, how do I go about getting this added?
    Any answers are welcome here.
    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    akamossy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭akamossy


    eoindrummer wrote: »
    I was just wondering what happens if you fail any of your Christmas exams? Do you repeat them in January or in September?
    Also, they forgot to list one of my courses in my exam timetable, how do I go about getting this added?
    Any answers are welcome here.
    Thanks in advance.

    You repeat them in August, all repeats are held then. And i would say get onto admin about the course.


  • #3
    killer_penguin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭killer_penguin


    We were told something along these lines;

    You can get up to four 35% - 40% over the 2 semesters as long as you have a 50% average in the other subjects to allow for compensation. Anything < 35% you have to repeat in August.

    Also if you do have to repeat, the grade you get in the august exam is capped at a pass mark I][U]regardless whether u manage to get a 1.1 in that subject[/U][/I for your final average/GPA. This is to stop people failing half their exams on purpose, and repeating them later to avail of a full grade [incentive to pass first time]. Note: it is still possible to get your merit/2.2/2.1 even if you do have to repeat an exam so don't fret too much :)

    That was the gist I got of the whole pass/fail/compensate malarky. Talk to you course co-ordinator if you have any queries - Its part of their job to explain this to you I gather. :D


  • #4
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    i thought if you get around 36% you will pass that Exam no ? anything under 35% is a fail?


  • #5
    Glico Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,282 ✭✭✭Glico Man


    Cork24 wrote: »
    i thought if you get around 36% you will pass that Exam no ? anything under 35% is a fail?

    No, you need to get an average mark that allows you to compensate the failed exam to bring you up to the pass mark



    By-the-by for anyone else wondering, fail 3 then you cannot compensate. That 3 includes christmas and summer exams.


  • #6
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Ok, just done an Exam this Morning, and kind of made an Error, on Q1, part 1. & Question 2 part 2. how tough are they marking errors will they give you marks ? 8 marks were going for Q2 part 2 and 12 was going for Q1 so part 1 would have being 6 marks.


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