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37.5% to pass?

  • 17-06-2012 3:12pm
    #1
    smithy77
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I've been hearing people at my school saying all week "Need 37.5% to pass a subject'. Is this true? Because this could be seriously handy for accounting:p


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  • #2
    bladet1delta
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭bladet1delta


    this would be amazing haha, although accounting is my 7th subject it'd still be nice to pass


  • #3
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    It's 38% - 38 is a D3 :)


  • #4
    bladet1delta
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭bladet1delta


    not meaning to burst anyone's bubble here, but on the inside of any of my exam papers it says a D3 is 40 but less than 45. An E is then 25 but less than 40, for which there are no points awarded.


  • #5
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    According to the booklet they give you a D3 if you get 38%. If you get 37.5% they don't round it up. You need 152 marks out of 400 to get a D3, so if you get 151 - 37.75% - they won't round it up and give you a D.


  • #6
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    bladet1delta wrote: »
    not meaning to burst anyone's bubble here, but on the inside of any of my exam papers it says a D3 is 40 but less than 45. An E is then 25 but less than 40, for which there are no points awarded.
    As Togepi said, the booklet says otherwise, so if you got an E for 39% you'd probably be able to appeal it.


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  • #7
    smithy77
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭smithy77


    Togepi wrote: »
    According to the booklet they give you a D3 if you get 38%. If you get 37.5% they don't round it up. You need 152 marks out of 400 to get a D3, so if you get 151 - 37.75% - they won't round it up and give you a D.

    Thanks for that! Might be some hope of passing accounting after all!:p


  • #8
    bladet1delta
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭bladet1delta


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    As Togepi said, the booklet says otherwise, so if you got an E for 39% you'd probably be able to appeal it.

    Cool, what booklet?


  • #9
    pajero12
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    Togepi wrote: »
    According to the booklet they give you a D3 if you get 38%. If you get 37.5% they don't round it up. You need 152 marks out of 400 to get a D3, so if you get 151 - 37.75% - they won't round it up and give you a D.
    That said, You might get a sound corrector who'll see if the can find an extra mark somewhere!


  • #10
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    pajero12 wrote: »
    That said, You might get a sound corrector who'll see if the can find an extra mark somewhere!

    True, especially in the likes of English where it's easy to add/subtract a few marks here and there.


  • #11
    klaudia0
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭klaudia0


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    As Togepi said, the booklet says otherwise, so if you got an E for 39% you'd probably be able to appeal it.

    how will you know you got 39% if it only says E on the results paper? it doesnt state the percentage


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  • #12
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    bladet1delta wrote: »
    Cool, what booklet?
    Emmm it's just called LC 2012, my school gave it to me on grad - you should have it but it definitely says it :)
    klaudia0 wrote: »
    how will you know you got 39% if it only says E on the results paper? it doesnt state the percentage
    Well I know if I got an E in anything I'd view the script, and thats how you can find out.


  • #13
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    klaudia0 wrote: »
    how will you know you got 39% if it only says E on the results paper? it doesnt state the percentage

    You can choose to look over your scripts in September, you can calculate your percentage then.


  • #14
    MathsManiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    bladet1delta wrote: »
    Cool, what booklet?

    This booklet, which you should have got:
    http://www.examinations.ie/candidates/Candidate_Info_2012.pdf

    See page 16, under number 4.


  • #15
    n0ak
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 127 ✭✭n0ak


    Wow seems to be interesting :D


  • #16
    bren2001
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    Just note that it states a tolerance of UP TO 2%, the question is how do they decide on what the tolerance is? If you get 39% you are not gauranteed to pass. 2% extra isnt that much to get really, its only 6 more marks (or 12 on two papers).

    They dont round up, if you get 37.9%, you dont get 38%. As stated above the pass mark is done on the number of marks you get i.e. 40% of 300, if you dont reach that you dont get the grade. In my leaving I missed out on an A1 by 3 marks, appealed and got the same grade back again. Dont assume the examiner will spend extra time trying to get you to pass, they have too many papers to correct.


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