EXAM HELP : Urgent

OfflerCrocGod · 10-12-2004 11:40AM #1

Those dumb asses in UCD have shut down SIS the only way to get exams outside of UCD that means I can't get any exams. If anyone is in UCD right now and can get exams for me from here http://www.ucd.ie/exams/html/papers/index.html please PM me and help me get my exam papers!!!! PLEASEEE I'll tell you my exam codes (all computer science ones) and if u could just zip them and send them to my gmail address (I'll give it to u). IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I doubt anyone is in UCD right now but if anyone is please help me!

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 11:43AM

I'm in Glenomena on the ucd network.. can open that link so just pm me what u need.. no bother!

uberwolf · 10-12-2004 11:44AM

here as well if cork girl doesn't work out. Boards.ie helping the masses since 1998

why they chose this week to close SIS :rolleyes:

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 11:51AM

am.. uberwolf have you checked the site..
this keeps coming up when I click on any link..
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

uberwolf · 10-12-2004 11:53AM

they've taken the database off line. So it's gone afaik. Shít.

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 11:55AM

oh oh!!am.. hope you all have your exam cards printed off so.. cos they're not being sent out this year are they?

Intel · 10-12-2004 12:07PM

I just came in to college to print off my exam card! This is frustrating!! :mad:
I've a feckin exam tommorow and I don't have my exam card yet.

Does anyone know what I should do?
What if I cant get a card, will I not be admitted into the exam?
Did they forewarn anyone that they were going to do upgrades?? .I really could do without this stress :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 12:10PM

well we were told we had to have our exam cards printed off by the 9th.. but we weren't told why.. so I just did it! sorry.. I really feel for ya.. I'd say go and get it sorted out asap don't leave it cos they can stop u sitting the exam.

best of luck

Intel · 10-12-2004 12:10PM

Who told you that they had to be printed off before the 9th?

Intel · 10-12-2004 12:12PM

Im wondering who I should go to/ who I should ring.?

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 12:13PM

just in lecture.. we were told that this year is the first year they won't be sending out exam cards in the post.. and I'm in 1st yr of Masters.. so had no idea how things worked in UCD.. so just went off and printed it out.. there wasn't any notice up about it though in our dept or anything I don't think.. :rolleyes:

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 12:15PM

Intel wrote:

Im wondering who I should go to/ who I should ring.?

best bet I'd say go into the admin building and explain.. they'll have to give you something or send u in the right direction at least! UCD number is 01-7167777 just in case u need it.. ask for the extension u need then

uberwolf · 10-12-2004 12:15PM

pop into admin. People forget their exam cards all the time, they can figure out your number if needs be. Just don't forget your stu card!!

OfflerCrocGod · 10-12-2004 12:31PM

I can't believe it I am totally unable to get the past papers! Who was the idiot who came up with the genius idea of takeing down the database just before the exams

I can't do any study without those papers. I have 6 exams in a row!!!!! I cannot believe this. Totally mad. Oh well thanks for your kind offers of help people

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 12:33PM

are they not available in the library? yikes that sounds scary offler sorry.. best of luck in exams

uberwolf · 10-12-2004 12:38PM

offler - are you in 4th comp sci?

Haruspex · 10-12-2004 12:42PM

Offler, as Cork_girl says, I'm sure hard copies must exist in the Library. I can't believe that the electronic versions are the only ones out there. Going on my NUI Galway experience we had large bound volumes of exam papers divided into years in the main library. Just about managed to get mine yesterday from SIS before the system went offline. Could they not have done this post-exams?
Best of luck anyway!

Intel · 10-12-2004 12:43PM

I went to the exams office and a nice lady issued me with one. I was ready to give someone a piece of my mind but she was just so nice about it, i couldnt

*Crisis over* Begin study. Thanks for help Cork girl and Uberwolf

Intel :cool:

OfflerCrocGod · 10-12-2004 01:14PM

uberwolf wrote:

offler - are you in 4th comp sci?

Yep.

OfflerCrocGod · 10-12-2004 01:20PM

Cork_girl wrote:

are they not available in the library? yikes that sounds scary offler sorry.. best of luck in exams

I don't know....it takes me 2 hours to get into UCD and I can't really do any study there inside the library because most of my notes come from the web so I need to be at home in front of a computer, do they let you borrow them? - I doubt it. I can't understand why they would choose now to take down the bloody database, it's like they planned it to cause maximum problems.

uberwolf · 10-12-2004 01:28PM

I may have teh 4th comp sci past papers on my archived pendrive stuff in my office. I'll be back there this afternoon and check. Obviuosly won't include the ones I sat in the summer - but it'll be the majority of them.

OfflerCrocGod · 10-12-2004 01:33PM

uberwolf wrote:

I may have teh 4th comp sci past papers on my archived pendrive stuff in my office. I'll be back there this afternoon and check. Obviuosly won't include the ones I sat in the summer - but it'll be the majority of them.

If you do have them it would be brilliant!

Hairy Homer · 10-12-2004 01:38PM

The SIS site is down for a week for a scheduled upgrade. The week before exams start. Good timing guys!!!!!

If you need an exam number for an exam starting at 9:30 on Monday (as I did) ring the admin office, but be quick because it closes at 2:30 today (Friday) That's in two hours time.

uberwolf · 10-12-2004 01:41PM

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

If you do have them it would be brilliant!

pm me your gmail address

I'll get back to you later

10-12-2004 01:56PM

Em, ok I'm not from UCD but I happened to be passing by...

What I do to access college pages which can only be accessed from with in college is change the proxies. I have a seperate Mozilla downloaded - you say you can only access it from within college? Then this might work.

At home, open this page : http://www.ucd.ie/computing/support/posters/internetie.pdf

Go through it piece by piece, temporarily changing the settings so that you're going off the UCD proxies. Then attempt to access the exam papers. It works for me accessing certain Trinity pages at home, and might work for yourself also.

If not, best of luck getting your papers.

OfflerCrocGod · 10-12-2004 02:17PM

Na Ace it doesn't seem to work I'm surprised Trinity lets you away with doing that, oh well thanks for the help anyway

Syth · 10-12-2004 02:33PM

I'm in UCD now and I can follow the link you posted. If you PM me the exam numbers I'll see if I can get them.

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 02:36PM

sorry syth it's a bit trickier than that! read the thread.. good intentions though! hope ur not in trouble too once you've read it!!

Syth · 10-12-2004 02:38PM

Ah yes I see now... Sorry.

Time to fire off a letter to Computer services.

Tiriel · 10-12-2004 02:41PM

Syth wrote:

Ah yes I see now... Sorry.

Time to fire off a letter to Computer services.

yep!!!!

that's the spirit!

uberwolf · 10-12-2004 02:43PM

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Na Ace it doesn't seem to work I'm surprised Trinity lets you away with doing that, oh well thanks for the help anyway

it did work a couple of years ago. But it was a bit messier than described.

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