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69.6% - is that a first class honors?

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  • 13-06-2012 3:31pm
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    engrish?
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭


    :):):):)Just got my results - please say they round that up....:):):):)


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    syklops
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    I hope not.


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    #3
    engrish?
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭engrish?


    I've always wanted to use the ignore button - wow, thanks! I got to pass my exams and try something new all in one day!


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    spiderman1885
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭spiderman1885


    Congrats! Very Harsh if you don't get it! Check the Award classification I think it is, instead of module grades!


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    engrish?
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭engrish?


    spiderman1885 wrote: »
    Congrats! Very Harsh if you don't get it! Check the Award classification I think it is, instead of module grades!


    Thanks - thats not up yet... Aghhh - they ended my exam wait with more waiting!


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    Spunge
    Registered Users Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


    i got like 68.9 and i got a 1st.


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    G_R
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    syklops wrote: »
    I hope not.

    Either post something helpful or don't bother at all


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    engrish?
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭engrish?


    Spunge wrote: »
    i got like 68.9 and i got a 1st.


    Nice! Thanks for your help


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    ArseBurger
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭ArseBurger


    Surely rounding up diminishes the value of a 1st?


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Grand_Rajnah wrote: »
    Either post something helpful or don't bother at all

    I am sorry, I simply meant if you get 30% of the exam/course incorrect, how can you still get a First??

    I did an course and exam in December and the pass mark alone was 80%.

    No wonder they talk about slipping standards.


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    blackdog2
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    syklops wrote: »
    I am sorry, I simply meant if you get 30% of the exam/course incorrect, how can you still get a First??

    I did an course and exam in December and the pass mark alone was 80%.

    No wonder they talk about slipping standards.

    Because that is not how the grading system works in some colleges.

    70% means that the answers returned were correct and coherent. Anything above 70% is exceptional. This isn't the leaving cert, where defined marking schemes exist.

    All of this was explained by a lecturer in Aungier street. The highest mark from that particular course was 72%, with an accompanying note congratulating the group who submitted that project!


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    Aard
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    AFAIK it's common practice to avoid giving a 69-point-anything final grade if possible. Either they'll bump it up to 70 if it was truly warranted, or they'll knock it back to 68-something just so they're not teasing. I could be wrong, and it probably differs from institution to institution. If you're concerned though OP, perhaps talk to one of the lecturers about it.


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    kirving
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    I got 69% in something ad was told that while it was very good, and I had done nothing wrong, that they gave me that mark to show it was excellent, but not deserving of a first.


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    Kenno90
    Registered Users Posts: 3,184 ✭✭✭Kenno90


    Is 69.6 your overall grade?

    Keep us updated OP would want to know how it turns out.


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    shanered
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    Sounds like it could be an absolute tease, I got 34% in one exam there and was pretty pissed off, if they gave me the 35% I would have passed by compensation! GRrrrrrrr


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    statss
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    Interesting, I'm on 68ish


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    #17
    kirving
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    shanered wrote: »
    Sounds like it could be an absolute tease, I got 34% in one exam there and was pretty pissed off, if they gave me the 35% I would have passed by compensation! GRrrrrrrr

    Getting less than 4 answers out of 10 correct is not deserving of a pass, compensation or not. Sorry to be harsh, but I'd rather have to repeat an exam if it meant that the integrity of my course, and college is maintained.


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    #18
    shanered
    Registered Users Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭shanered


    True that, I can see why they wanted me to sit it again in fairness!
    Just having a little rant to be honest!


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    Martyn1989
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    shanered wrote: »
    Sounds like it could be an absolute tease, I got 34% in one exam there and was pretty pissed off, if they gave me the 35% I would have passed by compensation! GRrrrrrrr

    Yeh when this kind of thing happens the marker cant justify passing you which is why he wont.


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    ThatsAWrap
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    In my last set of exams I got a 68 and a 69... really frustrating! Hope you get the first anyway!


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    thecatspjs
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    My course brought in an external examiner to meet with the students. This means that anyone who is on the brink of a higher classification can be bumped up; if the external thinks they are deserving of it based on a short interview.


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    Kenno90
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    Any one find out if he got a first or not.


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    #23
    engrish?
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭engrish?


    Kenno90 wrote: »
    Any one find out if he got a first or not.

    Hey,

    I should have specified that I am studying part time and it was my first year. My partner did a similar course in DIT full time and each year, her results were given a weighting like FCH etc. When I got mine, they didn't provide that. I asked the college and they said if it was my final year that I probably would have been bumped as one of my subjects had a great result in my CA but terrible in the exam (75%, 46% respectively).

    The reason it was important to me is that my employer looks for my results and I wanted to be able to say FCH. Happy overall, on to next year. Sorry to have not been clearer - appologies to those who may have looked at this as a final year question.


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    #24
    Kenno90
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    engrish? wrote: »
    Hey,

    I should have specified that I am studying part time and it was my first year. My partner did a similar course in DIT full time and each year, her results were given a weighting like FCH etc. When I got mine, they didn't provide that. I asked the college and they said if it was my final year that I probably would have been bumped as one of my subjects had a great result in my CA but terrible in the exam (75%, 46% respectively).

    The reason it was important to me is that my employer looks for my results and I wanted to be able to say FCH. Happy overall, on to next year. Sorry to have not been clearer - appologies to those who may have looked at this as a final year question.

    No problem, best of luck with the rest of college :)


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