FE1 Exam Thread (Read 1st post!) NOTICE: YOU MAY SWAP EXAM GRIDS

Pepp1989

Daryl Strawberry wrote: »

Did people send letters/emails today?

Will be sending one tomorrow evening. Still absolutely gutted over that exam.

Daryl Strawberry

Same as me, just wondering did many people actually go through with it

Pepp1989

Daryl Strawberry wrote: »

Same as me, just wondering did many people actually go through with it

I hope they have/will. No point moaning over how bad a paper was if you won't do anything about it. The more that write in the better for everyone who was unhappy with it which i'd imagine is a high number.

southcounty

Daryl Strawberry wrote: »

Did people send letters/emails today?

Sent a letter and an email yesterday

Lily Belle

southcounty wrote: »

Sent a letter and an email yesterday

Letter and email sent yesterday too. Agreed, giving out is pretty futile if people aren't willing to express it.

Also, any feedback from any of the grind schools on the paper? Any consensus on which school is the best for EU? Seriously need to consider signing up for next sitting.

Troels Hartmann

southcounty wrote: »

Sent a letter and an email yesterday

I'll be writing one today

dashdoll

Wish the Law Society had more than 2 sittings a year of exams.

Would be quicker yo get through these god awful exams and would also be easier from the point or re-sits.

Im sure this wont happen though as it would mean the Law Society having to get the finger out!

dandadub

Has anyone got a response yet? Getting no interviews for internships certainly makes this all seem worth all the effort

southcounty

has anyone who sent emails got a response yet?? Ive heard nothing since yesterday

COH1234

I sent an email and letter today and got a response back straight away saying that it would be passed directly to the EU examiner ( candidate number omitted) Would strongly suggest everyone does the same if they haven't done so already. Fingers crossed he realises how crap the paper was!

Has a petition been set up?

southcounty

I also got an email back after lunch saying that my email would be brought to the attention of the EU examiner (name omitted)!! Its a step in the right direction anyway guys so I would strongly urge anyone who has not yet done so to pop them a fast email, strength in numbers and all that.

As far as I ma aware there is no petition yet but i do feel we need one if we are to get any real remedies. I have no idea how to do one and I have asked people at work but no one has ever set one up. Can anyone do one?

XxMCRxBabyxX

Guys, if you're setting up a petition you need to know exactly what you want and how/why it could be done. Just be sure of that before you go into anything.

Good luck with it though!

FEar1

Sent on a letter today! Hope something is done in response!

Daryl Strawberry

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Guys, if you're setting up a petition you need to know exactly what you want and how/why it could be done. Just be sure of that before you go into anything.

Good luck with it though!

Was just thinking this, what would be the specified aim of a petition that we put forward?

fe1candidate1

Email sent and I'll be putting my letter in the post tomorrow!

I suppose our specified aim would be to have an additional summer sitting of the exam?

Asking solely for leniency in marking might be another one, but we would have no way of knowing whether or not it was followed through with.

southcounty

fe1candidate1 wrote: »

Email sent and I'll be putting my letter in the post tomorrow!

I suppose our specified aim would be to have an additional summer sitting of the exam?

Asking solely for leniency in marking might be another one, but we would have no way of knowing whether or not it was followed through with.

Exactly!! Asking for a lenient marking scheme is no good as we have no way of knowing if it was followed! Petition should call for extra sitting in summer and should be limited to ppl who registered to sit EU in march only. That way it would cut out them rejecting it by saying they need to book out the hotel etc and have numerous supervisors. By limiting it to only ppl who sat exam in March they would know exactly how many ppl, what space they need and how many supervisors all that info is already at their disposal! That's my opinion anyway, maybe people might disagree with that??

fe1candidate1

I totally agree with all that!

Shan89

southcounty wrote: »

Exactly!! Asking for a lenient marking scheme is no good as we have no way of knowing if it was followed! Petition should call for extra sitting in summer and should be limited to ppl who registered to sit EU in march only. That way it would cut out them rejecting it by saying they need to book out the hotel etc and have numerous supervisors. By limiting it to only ppl who sat exam in March they would know exactly how many ppl, what space they need and how many supervisors all that info is already at their disposal! That's my opinion anyway, maybe people might disagree with that??

I agree! There would be no need to even have it in a hotel I'm sure they have sufficient space in Blackhall itself? How do we go about setting up the petition? The sooner it's done the better?

Eveline14

Shan89 wrote: »

I agree! There would be no need to even have it in a hotel I'm sure they have sufficient space in Blackhall itself? How do we go about setting up the petition? The sooner it's done the better?

Guys, I'm sure if you just google it you'll be able to find out how to set up an Ipetition.

LawCQ91

Hi all,

mine is all drafted, will have it sent off tomorrow!!
Even if nothing comes out of this whole thing, at least they need to know how unfair the paper was...
I hope everyone will send them an email / letter and encourage all your friends to do the same too! The more the better!!
we need to be heard !

COH1234

I checked out the website i petitions.com and it appears to be easy enough to set the petition up. I will do so if there is a general consensus for doing so? We are requesting a resit as soon as possible?

LawyrUp

COH1234 wrote: »

I checked out the website i petitions.com and it appears to be easy enough to set the petition up. I will do so if there is a general consensus for doing so? We are requesting a resit as soon as possible?

Hi COH. Thanks for taking the initiative. Yep, I think (open to correction) that the general consensus is for a resit asap as there were alot of people in this EU sitting who were counting on going to Blackhall this September.

In my case that's currently not happening after that joke of an exam.

Personally I think the Law Society are taking the piss. There can't have been much oversight or communication between them and the examiner based on that paper.

southcounty

COH1234 wrote: »

I checked out the website i petitions.com and it appears to be easy enough to set the petition up. I will do so if there is a general consensus for doing so? We are requesting a resit as soon as possible?

Yup that would be great go ahead. Just specify that we need a resit after the results to five people who didn't pass a fair chance. Obviously if anyone did manage to pass it their results should stand! Thanks again. Once prtition is up post link and we'll all get sharing on facebook/twitter etc.

FE1 student

COH1234 wrote: »

I checked out the website i petitions.com and it appears to be easy enough to set the petition up. I will do so if there is a general consensus for doing so? We are requesting a resit as soon as possible?

Great, those of us that did prep course could send link to our colleges for fiewarding to students that may not be on here.

Pepp1989

Has anyone gotten a response from the lawsoc since Tues evening? I sent mine tuesday and have heard nothing. Early days but I read here that some got a response

Shan89

I have received no response either.. It seems from posts on here that those who sent emails on Monday got a reply..

sunshine and showers

Did anyone actually get an opinion from a prep course lecturer on the paper?

COH1234

Guys the petition is done and I'll amend the comments on it to reflect the earlier suggestion that those who pass the exam should have those marks stand etc I cant post a link here but its on the ipetitions website and its entitled "FE1 resit demand" get signing!

Im happy to help as I believe the paper was a joke as compared to previous papers and completely unfair. The Law Soc replied to some people saying that their comments would be passed directly to the EU examiner but god knows when we'll hear anything back if at all.

FeDespair

Email sent!

Lawstudent007

3 signature lads, come on! We need way more than that!