[HavingCrack]

Originally Posted by 07_12_90

So you can afford to get 3 e's per stage? Once gpa over2?

Your GPA is absolutely ****ed though. You'll struggle to even get to a 2:2 in a lot of cases I'd say unless the rest of your grades are all A's.

[Chet T16]

Originally Posted by HavingCrack

Your GPA is absolutely ****ed though. You'll struggle to even get to a 2:2 in a lot of cases I'd say unless the rest of your grades are all A's.

This is true but then, you're failing 3 modules so its to be expected

[HavingCrack]

Originally Posted by Chet T16

This is true but then, you're failing 3 modules so its to be expected

Agreed, I've found a lot of people who compensate don't appear to realise the effect that it has on their overall result.

[Clegg]

I think I'll have to compensate for 1 of my modules this semester. But I was wondering if I could take up a new module as a replacemant instead of compensating. I know it's more expensive but wouldn't it make more sense to attempt a new module with the chance of obtaining a high GPA, rather than limiting yourself to a 1.6 or whatever?

[cavan4liam]

You have to pass core modules, by passing it or compensating them, it doesn't matter. You can only 'replace' electives and I don't know if your grade in your original choice puts a pass/fail cap on your new choice. If you repeat your failed module you will get a 2.0 on passing it but you will only get 1.6 for a compensation. You have to decide if.4 of one module on a usually 24 module final GPA really matters. Depending on your stage it might be even less than that ie. if you're 3rd stage and 3rd stage only counts for 35 per cent of your final GPA. If thinking of repeating it to get that .4, think about how much the extra study could cost in terms of grades in the other modules you are doing.

[WoollyRedHat]

If I have got 5 E's, one F and a D in stage 1, having chosen to compensate 3 subjects, while repeating the other 3, leaving my GPA at 1.51, is it possible to be able to still compensate, with 5 modules in Semester 2, obviously providing and pass them all. What kind of grades would I need to get in my 5 remaining modules?

If someone can advise me on this that would be great, thanks.

[cavan4liam]

simply put, 5 Es 1 F and 1 D averages at an E, a D average is a pass so you will need a C average for semester 2. You have to decide whether youll be able to put in the work to pass the repeats and get a C average in the rest. You can keep carrying through all the years but it's expensive and will get consistently harder. I know people in fourth year doing modules for the fourth time.

[WoollyRedHat]

Originally Posted by cavan4liam

simply put, 5 Es 1 F and 1 D averages at an E, a D average is a pass so you will need a C average for semester 2. You have to decide whether youll be able to put in the work to pass the repeats and get a C average in the rest. You can keep carrying through all the years but it's expensive and will get consistently harder. I know people in fourth year doing modules for the fourth time.

I made the decision to compensate three of them because of workload/ pressure that would of been on me if I didn't. Two of them were looking likely to be 3,000 word essays, which I didn't like the look of. I already did two 3,000 word repeats, which allowed me to be able to still focus on rest of exams, which is only 5... anyway thanks for that, really appreciate it, has put me in better spirits, have been nervy over it

[JaneLane]

Just a further question regarding the mention of GPA... Does your GPA for first year count towards your degree in any way? I'm wondering that even if I bust my a$$ for the next two years I'll be dragged down by how I did this year!

[beardedmaster]

Originally Posted by JaneLane

Just a further question regarding the mention of GPA... Does your GPA for first year count towards your degree in any way? I'm wondering that even if I bust my a$$ for the next two years I'll be dragged down by how I did this year!

It all depends on what degree you're doing.

[JaneLane]

Originally Posted by beardedmaster

It all depends on what degree you're doing.

Arts! I've applied to do single degree in Archaeology. That shouldn't make a difference, should it? *worried*

[cavan4liam]

In my degree it's the final two years that count towards my GPA and I believe third year (my 2nd last year) was weighted at around 35% of my final GPA. I've never heard of anyones first year counting towards it, it seems to me, in my course at the very least, that first year is just a means of thinning out the herd.

[beardedmaster]

Originally Posted by JaneLane

Arts! I've applied to do single degree in Archaeology. That shouldn't make a difference, should it? *worried*

Your first year result doesn't count towards what degree you get, as in if you get a 1:1, or 2:1. But, for applying for 2nd year subjects, depending on the demand for places in them, the places may well be allocated to the people with the highest GPAs.
Talk to the School of Archaeology and see what the GPA was needed for spots in 2nd year. And who knows, maybe less people applied than was their max capacity - perhaps they'd be more than happy for more people to apply.

[JaneLane]

Thanks for the advise! Finished exams so fingers crossed for the results!