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Is appealing worth it?

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  • #102
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    4 of my students appealed.
    3 had their grades upgraded.
    A2 to A1
    B1 to A2
    B3 to B2

    Alas, the 4th student, 1 mark, or 0.25% away from an A1 didn't get upgraded.

    It's a cruel system when the difference between a quarter of one per cent is 10 points and a college place.


  • #103
    siebey123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭siebey123


    I didn't feel that my French exam was worth appealing after I viewed it so I decided against it. Then my teacher randomly called my parents and tried to convince them to convince me to send it off, so I was like okay okay I'll just try. I just got my results back and turns out that I was upgraded and I've been offered my dream course - on random selection!

    So yes, appealing is worth it :) Hope everyone got what they wanted and deserved.


  • #104
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    Geography wasn't a subject I was great at in my leaving cert. got a grade E. long story short, I appealed. Came back the same.


  • #105
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,398 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Inspector Coptoor wrote: »
    4 of my students appealed.
    3 had their grades upgraded.
    A2 to A1
    B1 to A2
    B3 to B2

    Alas, the 4th student, 1 mark, or 0.25% away from an A1 didn't get upgraded.

    It's a cruel system when the difference between a quarter of one per cent is 10 points and a college place.

    But where does the cut off point stop? There's no rounding in the Leaving Cert so 89.75 is an A2 and 90 is an A1. If we were to round up from 89.5 then the student on 89.25 would be the one feeling hard done by.


  • #106
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    But where does the cut off point stop? There's no rounding in the Leaving Cert so 89.75 is an A2 and 90 is an A1. If we were to round up from 89.5 then the student on 89.25 would be the one feeling hard done by.

    As a LC examiner for the past 6 years, I am acutely aware of the cut off points.

    I just don't think they are fair.
    The new H1-7 system will
    Do little to alleviate this issue.

    I would like to see a fairer system where a student is given points based on the percentage they achieve in each subject, i.e. 91% gets 91 points.
    Round up from .5 of a per cent.


  • #107
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,398 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Inspector Coptoor wrote: »
    As a LC examiner for the past 6 years, I am acutely aware of the cut off points.

    I just don't think they are fair.
    The new H1-7 system will
    Do little to alleviate this issue.

    I would like to see a fairer system where a student is given points based on the percentage they achieve in each subject, i.e. 91% gets 91 points.
    Round up from .5 of a per cent.

    I think that would exacerbate the problem rather than alleviate it. Students would be appealing grades along every percentage point rather than grades bands. High points courses would lead to students appealing all grades in the hope of going up a percentage pint of two to get into a desired course


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