Cost of repeats

Deise-Girl..xx

Just received a letter from wit saying thats its gonna cost me 150 euro to repeat the two exams that i failed.
Is it just me or does anyone find that outrageous?? In fairness it shouldn't cost that much for someone to sit 2 exams.

Ass

should have thought about that before you failed

Deise-Girl..xx

Was expecting that reply from someone...anyone out there with an opinion?not really interested in people stating the obvious. Clearly i didnt want to fail but sh!t happens

Sully

Ass wrote: »

should have thought about that before you failed

Id appreciate you kept smart comments outside of the forum and just answered the question. For some people, no matter how hard they work, they dont do well for many reasons. Most people dont set out to "fail".

2Bv¬2B

If you fail to prepare....... prepare to fail

littletiger

Ass wrote: »

should have thought about that before you failed

Agree

iseegirls

It is a ridiculous amount of money - I'd love to know where this money is spent really. It takes probably 20cent to print out the paper and a few bob to get em corrected, and another few euro's to supervise the exam. Maybe the rest of the money goes to new flower beds as usual :rolleyes:

rude awakening

Deise-Girl..xx wrote: »

Just received a letter from wit saying thats its gonna cost me 150 euro to repeat the two exams that i failed.
Is it just me or does anyone find that outrageous?? In fairness it shouldn't cost that much for someone to sit 2 exams.

I do agree with what you have just said there, €150 is a bit extortionate. I understand that external examiners, correctors and lecturers supervising the exam need to be paid etc. (even though that might be from the government)
But in saying that I believe €50 is more than enough looking at the amount of students that do repeats, and its not helping the students reputation towards the college with fees like that in getting the college Uni status (Just my opinion, however the Uni part is another discussion for another day)

The Steelman

The price is a bit high, but then the college is almost bankrupt, with little money coming down from the government, so, IMO at least, its better that price than no degree at all.

And like if ya think about it, its a kinda engenious idea to raise money... for a few reasons.

Alot of people, a few here, wouldn't have any pity on students having to pay that sort of price. The inevitable "you shouldnt have failed it so" being bandied about. So a college would generally get away with a high price for repeats without a major public outrage.

Not only that, but from an academic point of few, a high price to repeat any exam would "encourage" students to study harder to pass the first time round.

Sully

I think your last point was the reason for such fees. Its understandable but a complete bitch if you actually put in the work but fail on the day (it can happen).

AdMMM

Well, €150 isn't all that expensive all things considered. A paper must be made out which is of a similar standard to the previous one i.e. it can't just be slapped together in a few minutes. External examiners must be brought in. Supervising staff must be hired. Administrative work behind the scenes must be carried out. The costs of all these add up and I don't think the onus should be on the Government to subsidise them.

In my case, I have so many repeats, I think I'm getting great value for money!

Sully

Repeat papers are made at the same time the main paper is made and usually (not always, but usualy) very similar to the first paper. If you consider it 150 times the amount of students probably repeating, must be a nice bit of money left over.

But ya, great value for more then one but not so much if its just one

emma_lemmedy

listen if ya fail an exam or two no big deal....i think we are getting off light enough having to pay €150 to repeat regardless of the number of exams...if we were up in dublin we'd be dishing out €200 per exam!!!

Sully

emma_lemmedy wrote: »

listen if ya fail an exam or two no big deal....i think we are getting off light enough having to pay €150 to repeat regardless of the number of exams...if we were up in dublin we'd be dishing out €200 per exam!!!

What college/university, UCD? Its €190 in DCU to repeat any exam in August (not per exam). UCD charge €220 per exam (from what I can gather from the jungle that is their website).

The other colleges/university's don't state their exam fees.

Ms Happy

Jaysus €150 is alot, it's only €37.50 in Carlow IT regardless of how many you have to repeat!!!

To Carlow.........

Sully

DIT only charge €60 according to their forum. (Regardless of how many you do).

gobo99

does anyone know when they are on?

Sully

gobo99 wrote: »

does anyone know when they are on?

Still showing "To be confirmed".

gobo99

Sully wrote: »

Still showing "To be confirmed".

Yeah I checked the website earlier. Why cant they have the time tables up or at least the weeks that the exams are on?

ec18

gobo99 wrote: »

Yeah I checked the website earlier. Why cant they have the time tables up or at least the weeks that the exams are on?

the weeks are on the academic calender

Sully

ec18 wrote: »

the weeks are on the academic calender

Repeat examinations, August 2010
Activity Date
Summer Assessment/Exam period tbc

Source: http://www.wit.ie/WITResources/AcademicCalendar/

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61071976&postcount=18 tbh

(Note: It says 2010 for Semester 2 also, so I assume they meant 2009)

gobo99

Sully wrote: »

Source: http://www.wit.ie/WITResources/AcademicCalendar/

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61071976&postcount=18 tbh

(Note: It says 2010 for Semester 2 also, so I assume they meant 2009)

Ok I'm confused now. Surely thats next years academic calender?!?!?
Could they not have left this years one up until the academic year is over?

Sully

gobo99 wrote: »

Ok I'm confused now. Surely thats next years academic calender?!?!?
Could they not have left this years one up until the academic year is over?

I assume its a misprint as it has Semester 1 2009 and Semester 2 2010. The dates for our exams gone by (Semester 2) are correct if the year is 2009 but not if 2010 (which it suggests)

ec18

Sully wrote: »

I assume its a misprint as it has Semester 1 2009 and Semester 2 2010. The dates for our exams gone by (Semester 2) are correct if the year is 2009 but not if 2010 (which it suggests)

That is the academic calender for next year. it would be right for semester 2 to be in 2010.

Sully

ec18 wrote: »

That is the academic calender for next year. it would be right for semester 2 to be in 2010.

So it is. I'm nearly sure the date I checked matched with 2009. :S

Anyway, ill ask on Monday when I am in what the story is. I assume its still a mistake having part of 2009 (the wrong part) and part of 2010 online.

Edit: According to this PDF I found on a quick google its the 17th ending the 24th. Which makes sense as I know repeat essays must be due in on the 25th which is usually after the exams.

SteelyDanJalapeno

To any one that did fail n exam and are repeating,

Can anyone get into the exam entry confirmation page to select the repeats, as i cant?

passingthrough

as bad as €150 is to sit a repeat exam i have to pay that to do a project, i will not be getting any new exam paper, i will not be supervised, i will not be using any college resources other than a letter to say that i need to pay 150 and my project will be looked at for 5 mins and then decided if i pass or fail.

i am going to see about getting some of this money back at least. if you dont ask you wont get, im sick of being f*cked around by the college and this is just another point to add to the list.

Sully

The exact exam repeats are on Aug 17th - 29th (inclusive) of August

AdMMM

Horgan wrote: »

To any one that did fail n exam and are repeating,

Can anyone get into the exam entry confirmation page to select the repeats, as i cant?

Well supposedly the deadline for paying was the 30th June. I got a "hurry up" phone call from them on the 3rd July. I'd just ring them or email them to see what the story is

Sully

AdMMM wrote: »

Well supposedly the deadline for paying was the 30th June. I got a "hurry up" phone call from them on the 3rd July. I'd just ring them or email them to see what the story is

Really? Darn, forgot all about that. Not letting me onto the website to pay from college, so must visit reception I guess.

Sully

Just paid my €150 online btw. No extra fee.

Sully

Exam Dates::17th - 29th August.

Exam Timetables:: Now online at.. http://studentssp.wit.ie/login/?APP=EXMTIMETBL

emma_lemmedy

I have one exam to repeat from christmas, does compensation still count in the repeat exams...desperate to pass this exam like haha...

Sully

emma_lemmedy wrote: »

I have one exam to repeat from christmas, does compensation still count in the repeat exams...desperate to pass this exam like haha...

Must check, but I dont think so.

Sully

I was told by a few (nobody offical) that it does not count and the highest you can get in a repeat is 40%. Ill try get a more offical word on it.

Btw - double check your timetable, one of my exams is now later then originally indicated on the website.

The Steelman

hmmm, if thats true, then thats new on me.

from what i heard, it was that you were going to be marked entirley on the repeat exam, and that the exam was worth however much it would be overall

like if the exam was worth 50% and you made up the rest by CA, then you could only get 50%.

...

actually i think i know what you mean now. If you repeat any exam, then its marked on your transcript as Pass. You cant get recognition as Merit or Destinction even if your grade goes up to that level.

Sully

The Steelman wrote: »

hmmm, if thats true, then thats new on me.

from what i heard, it was that you were going to be marked entirley on the repeat exam, and that the exam was worth however much it would be overall

like if the exam was worth 50% and you made up the rest by CA, then you could only get 50%.

...

Which is what I said In the first attempt, you can pull your grade up using CA.

actually i think i know what you mean now. If you repeat any exam, then its marked on your transcript as Pass. You cant get recognition as Merit or Destinction even if your grade goes up to that level.

Applies to 4th year exams only.

The Steelman

well, sure ya live and learn as it were

Sully

I actually spoke with the School of Science and I was told that;
1) If your CA helps you, they will use it to pass you.
2) Unsure about compensation and repeats.