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How bad is an "FM" fail?

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  • 09-11-2011 12:12am
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    justified
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭


    Apologies I'm a firstie so haven't a clue what the grade system is i failed a test and the grade I got was "FM". Is this a bad fail or was I in anyway close to passing?


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    RandolphEsq
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    Failis Mediocritis


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    WeeBushy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭WeeBushy


    No you weren't very close I'm afraid. An FM is between 23.33 and 26.66 percent. The grade descriptor describes it here (page 5): http://www.ucd.ie/registry/assessment/student_info/explanationofmodulargradedescriptors.pdf


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    pljudge321
    Registered Users Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭pljudge321


    ~25%


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    justified
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭justified


    thanks guys :) eh oops I may want to get more acquainted with the library


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    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    FM is just an artefact of the change to the modular system - there was P and F before, so FM is just Fail on the Modular grade scale. You can't pass by compensation with an FM.


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    [Jackass]
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    sorry to go a bit off topic, but what grade can you pass with compensation and can you compensate to pass core modules? And if so do you need to compensate with marks from another core module or can you do it from electives?


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    Blut2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭Blut2


    How bad is an FM fail? Just a little bit less bad than an FML fail.


    Hiyoooo, couldnt resist sorry


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    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,612 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Thought this post was about Belfied FM.

    (Which I like, but gets a lot of stick.)


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    WeeBushy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭WeeBushy


    [Jackass] wrote: »
    sorry to go a bit off topic, but what grade can you pass with compensation and can you compensate to pass core modules? And if so do you need to compensate with marks from another core module or can you do it from electives?

    You can compensate any module (except ones that explicitly say they must be passed - check the module descriptor for that. They tend to be medical/veterinary modules, but other courses do have modules that can't be compensated).

    An E grade (30 - 40%) can be compensated, so long as your GPA is above 2 for the stage, and you have passed more than 75% of the modules in that stage, which is usually 45 credits.

    It's explained here (page 4): http://www.ucd.ie/registry/assessment/student_info/modulargradesexplained.pdf

    Edit: you can search for your course here: http://www.ucd.ie/students/curriculumarchive.html although I see from another thread that you're studying for a BA which, afaik, doesn't have (m)any module that can't be compensated.


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