Repeat exam dates

disssco

Does anyone know what dates the Xmas exams are repeated, or how I would go about finding this out?

I want to go to Creamfields in England 29th and 30th of August. Will it be possible or will I just have to forget it for this year?

Thanks!

projectmayhem

Dates won't be announced for a while but they're usually spread from the last week of August through into September

BC

lecturers aren't officially back until september 1st so most repeat exams start then. The odd one or two happen at the end of august though. You're unlikely to get the dates until a lot nearer the time but you could try asking the exams office if they have an idea or when they were last year.

PrettyInPunk

Ive never really heard of any end of Aug most beginning of Sept

Creamy Goodness

it totally depends on the faculty, some of last year ones for the school of computing were in August as far as i remember.

mark renton

Is it possible to repeat an exam even if I have passed??

And worse case scenario - I dont pass the repeat, can I have my previous grade reinstated ??

Kensington

john47832 wrote: »

Is it possible to repeat an exam even if I have passed??

And worse case scenario - I dont pass the repeat, can I have my previous grade reinstated ??

There's no point repeating an exam you've passed. When you repeat any exam, the repeat grade is capped at 40%, so even if you manage to walk out of a repeat exam with 100% in the bag, it only counts as 40% when it's being counted in your degree award. Dates are usually last week of August and first week of September, and in typical DIT fashion don't be surprised if you find out you have to sit a repeat three days before it happens (as happened me last year).

BC

Kensington wrote: »

There's no point repeating an exam you've passed. When you repeat any exam, the repeat grade is capped at 40%, so even if you manage to walk out of a repeat exam with 100% in the bag, it only counts as 40% when it's being counted in your degree award. Dates are usually last week of August and first week of September, and in typical DIT fashion don't be surprised if you find out you have to sit a repeat three days before it happens (as happened me last year).

Not true anymore.

The rules were changed, you can now get a 2.1, first or whatever even if you repeated an exam.

In relation to repeating an exam you've passed - you don't get to decide if you repeat or not, the exam board does and they will only let you repeat if you fail.

FreeOSCAR

Surely thats not fair on the people who passed their exams in the first place. So now Joe Bloggs can just fail one examine on purpose just to dedicate all the time in the summer to it, then go in get a great mark and it stands better against the guys who worked hard to pass the exam in the first place?

mark renton

BC wrote: »

In relation to repeating an exam you've passed - you don't get to decide if you repeat or not, the exam board does and they will only let you repeat if you fail.

Then why does the exam board get to decide? Surely - you fail entitles you to repeat. Does anyone have an email address for the exam board?

Jim236

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

Surely thats not fair on the people who passed their exams in the first place. So now Joe Bloggs can just fail one examine on purpose just to dedicate all the time in the summer to it, then go in get a great mark and it stands better against the guys who worked hard to pass the exam in the first place?

Don't be stupid, why would you dedicate a whole summer to studying? 90% of people who have to repeat at the end of the summer didn't fail for the convenience of having longer to study, and won't be spending their whole summer studying to take the exam again, so I wouldn't have such a big chip on your shoulder about it.

Kensington

BC wrote: »

Not true anymore.

The rules were changed, you can now get a 2.1, first or whatever even if you repeated an exam..

I didn't say you couldn't

If you fail an exam, you repeat it. If you pass the repeat you get 40% as your grade in that subject, no matter how well you actually do in it. This will bring your total exam average down though, when they go to determine your degree award so you'd need to work your ass off in other subjects to bring your average in all of the grades back up.

As for the exam board deciding can you repeat, it's a little irrelevant since if you've passed your exam, there's no benefit in repeating it since you can't do any better than you did first time around, since you can only either pass the repeat (get 40%) or fail it. If you fail it, you repeat in August. Fail the repeat in august, then it goes to the exam board as to whether you can carry the subject into your next year and repeat it a second time, or they may hold you back from going into your next year and make you repeat the module.

FreeOSCAR

Jim236 wrote: »

Don't be stupid, why would you dedicate a whole summer to studying? 90% of people who have to repeat at the end of the summer didn't fail for the convenience of having longer to study, and won't be spending their whole summer studying to take the exam again, so I wouldn't have such a big chip on your shoulder about it.

Don't call me stupid Jim. I'm not be egotistical here either Jim, I know people who gladly do that. And guess what Jim ? That is all.

Jim236

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

Don't call me stupid Jim. I'm not be egotistical here either Jim, I know people who gladly do that. And guess what Jim ? That is all.

When did I ever say ya were egotistical? I clearly said that the vast majority of people don't purposely fail exams for the convenience of repeating it at the end of the summer and would be pissed off enough at failing exams and having to spend part of their summer studying without gobsh*tes like you coming out with stupid statements like:

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

So now Joe Bloggs can just fail one examine on purpose just to dedicate all the time in the summer to it, then go in get a great mark and it stands better against the guys who worked hard to pass the exam in the first place?"

So good for you, you know people who purposely fail exams to buy them time to study, that doesn't mean everyones like that or that you should take a dig at everyone who has to repeat.

FreeOSCAR

Jim236 wrote: »

When did I ever say ya were egotistical? I clearly said that the vast majority of people don't purposely fail exams for the convenience of repeating it at the end of the summer and would be pissed off enough at failing exams and having to spend part of their summer studying without gobsh*tes like you coming out with stupid statements like:



So good for you, you know people who purposely fail exams to buy them time to study, that doesn't mean everyones like that or that you should take a dig at everyone who has to repeat.

I didn't say everyone, I said Joe Bloggs. Also, don't call me a gob****e, thats twice now Jim. I agree if people fail they should be allowed repeat fair enough, but they shouldn't be allowed to get more than 40% towards a degree mark. And that applies to anybody who has to repeat an exam unless they were sick or had another valid reason.

And Jim if you were one of the people who have to repeat or had to repeat before, good luck in the exams but you should only get a mark of 40% no matter what you get in the repeat unless you have a valid reason.

projectmayhem

Lets calm down the personal insult trading ladies & gentlemen, keep it civil

Jim236

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

I didn't say everyone, I said Joe Bloggs. Also, don't call me a gob****e, thats twice now Jim. I agree if people fail they should be allowed repeat fair enough, but they shouldn't be allowed to get more than 40% towards a degree mark. And that applies to anybody who has to repeat an exam unless they were sick or had another valid reason.

And Jim if you were one of the people who have to repeat or had to repeat before, good luck in the exams but you should only get a mark of 40% no matter what you get in the repeat unless you have a valid reason.

Actually I only called you a gobsh*te once . But I agree you should only be allowed achieve 40%, and I never argued against that, but in your first post you never argued for that either:

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

So now Joe Bloggs can just fail one examine on purpose just to dedicate all the time in the summer to it, then go in get a great mark and it stands better against the guys who worked hard to pass the exam in the first place?

You're clearly just taking a dig at anyone who has to repeat and accusing them of failing just for the convenience of getting a whole summer to study.

FreeOSCAR

Jim236 wrote: »

Actually I only called you a gobsh*te once . But I agree you should only be allowed achieve 40%, and I never argued against that, but in your first post you never argued for that either:



You're clearly just taking a dig at anyone who has to repeat and accusing them of failing just for the convenience of getting a whole summer to study.

I wasn't clearly doing anything Jim. You read my first post wrong, understand the bold statement before you have another go at me again. I'm not taking a dig at anybody either. You agree with me on the 40% point son that's grand and it ends our little discussion.

Jim236

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

I wasn't clearly doing anything Jim. You read my first post wrong, understand the bold statement before you have another go at me again. I'm not taking a dig at anybody either. You agree with me on the 40% point son that's grand and it ends our little discussion.

I didn't read anything wrong, you're clearly just an arrogant bollox.

joeybloggs

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

Surely thats not fair on the people who passed their exams in the first place. So now Joe Bloggs can just fail one examine on purpose just to dedicate all the time in the summer to it, then go in get a great mark and it stands better against the guys who worked hard to pass the exam in the first place?

I Wouldn't dare return to DIT in August, I always aim to pass exams first time....:D

Kenno90

good change there on at that time , either late august or early September

FreeOSCAR

joeybloggs wrote: »

I Wouldn't dare return to DIT in August, I always aim to pass exams first time....:D

Of course you wouldn't Joe, I meant another Joe Bloggs.

joeybloggs

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

Of course you wouldn't Joe, I meant another Joe Bloggs.

I wasn't born yesterday, its quite obvious I was christened 'Joe Ahzaab Bloggs'.

Your in deep trouble, Jim is small fry compared to me.
Im going to write a very in depth letter to Mr ProjectMayhem about your lack of sensitivity on the matter of my grades.....

Why can't we all just get along........

The Sweeper

Jim236 banned for three days for personal abuse - forum mods can overturn that or extend it. FreeOSCAR, your response to Jim236 deleted (you're not banned because it wasn't abusive) but in future, use the report post function instead of rising to someone else's abuse.

projectmayhem

Minesajackdaniels wrote: »

Jim236 banned for three days for personal abuse - forum mods can overturn that or extend it.

Got in just before me

Lads, I did say calm it down beforehand... how about we actually do that instead of having to dish out a load of bans in a thread about exam results...

BC

Kensington wrote: »

I didn't say you couldn't

If you fail an exam, you repeat it. If you pass the repeat you get 40% as your grade in that subject, no matter how well you actually do in it. This will bring your total exam average down though, when they go to determine your degree award so you'd need to work your ass off in other subjects to bring your average in all of the grades back up.

This is what my post was referring to. This is no longer true. You don't just get the 40%, you can get 70, 80 or whatever your repeat mark is and this new mark then counts towards the award. The 40% cap no longer exists.

I agree with freeOscar that its completely unfair on the students who try to pass everything first time around.

Naikon

BC wrote: »

This is what my post was referring to. This is no longer true. You don't just get the 40%, you can get 70, 80 or whatever your repeat mark is and this new mark then counts towards the award. The 40% cap no longer exists.

I agree with freeOscar that its completely unfair on the students who try to pass everything first time around.

It does not mention this anywhere in the revised examination guidelines.
Of course, if people want to fail exams on intent, let them.

I am not one for advocating that people sit supplemental exams unless
they really need to. But even in that case the 40% cap is a bit harsh.

temana

does the 40% cap not apply anymore??!