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Semester 1 exam results

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭hopalong85


    Cheers I've emailed the lecturer anyway so will see what she says.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭public_enemy


    Shiny wrote: »
    You are looking at a repeat.

    If you had qualified for compensation it would have been applied before
    you got your results and you would have got a "pass by compensation".

    A pass by compensation can still come up in the summer results if you do well in the remaining modules. If you do well in one or two subjects (over 70%) and fail nothing else in semester 2, you'd have a very good chance of compensation.

    I got 26% in one subject this semester and am hoping I can compensate so I don't have to return in August. I have one friend who was compensated in a subject he got 26% in, but it seems very rare that they do it for anything less than 30%. I'm not sure if they'll be more or less lenient with this sort of thing in final year :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭snowyeoghan


    Failed one by failing a Coursework Element - BUT I know I got higher than others in the coursework element and they STILL managed to pass.

    How can this be????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shiny


    A pass by compensation can still come up in the summer results if you do well in the remaining modules. If you do well in one or two subjects (over 70%) and fail nothing else in semester 2, you'd have a very good chance of compensation.

    I got 26% in one subject this semester and am hoping I can compensate so I don't have to return in August. I have one friend who was compensated in a subject he got 26% in, but it seems very rare that they do it for anything less than 30%. I'm not sure if they'll be more or less lenient with this sort of thing in final year :(

    I thought it was maximum 10% 10/15 credit module and 5% for 5/7.5 credit modules.

    I have never heard of anyone getting compensated more than that....

    Usually people do much better in their second semester results.
    This is especially true for final year.

    I don't want to be filling peoples heads with false hopes either. :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭public_enemy


    There probably are some sort of official rules on compensation, but from what I've seen over the years, it seems to be pretty flexible. I imagine it differs based on the subject, the lecturer, the degree, your other results and pure luck. I have seen plenty of people compensated more than 5% for 5 credit modules though.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Malteaser!


    There probably are some sort of official rules on compensation, but from what I've seen over the years, it seems to be pretty flexible. I imagine it differs based on the subject, the lecturer, the degree, your other results and pure luck. I have seen plenty of people compensated more than 5% for 5 credit modules though.

    Same here!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭Limerick Dude


    Obviously i should get info off my lecturer and course leader about passing an exam on comp.

    But i had 6 exams, this semester, failed chemistry which was 35%

    Got over 60% in everything else.

    What do i need to get in the summer to pass this by compensation.

    All my modules are 5 credits each


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 549 ✭✭✭declan_lgs


    Shiny wrote: »
    very little chance. :)

    Also have a 2.1 overall, about 0.5% off a 1.1 :(
    Are you in final year is that why this matters to you??


    When they're calculating your degree do they weigh your results according to the number of credits for a module?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shiny


    I'm a Postgrad and I'm trying to get a 1.1 this year. I have analysed
    it like that as I'm only an average student and if I have a chance at
    a 1.1 it will be VERY close! :o

    My results would be weighted in a similar way to my final year.

    Sem1 - 30%
    Sem2 - 30%
    Project - 40%


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭AlkalineAcid


    cocoa wrote: »
    oh, too bad. Tell you what, PM me your username and password and I'll.... umm... let you know your results! yeah, that's what I'll do...

    *wanders off*
    Haha, thanks... I got them during my chem lab. A few groups were making graphs on Excel and I stole a computer. :rolleyes:


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