Tutorials

baden

I've missed a few tutorials so far this year. Will I get in trouble or are they relaxed about it all??

gearoidof

That depends on your course, for some courses, you may not be allowed sit exams unless you attend enough tutorials.
What course are you in, what does your handbook say, and how many exactly is "a few"?

Aoibheann

Well, they won't care as such, but they will notice if attendance is taken - and in some courses, attendance can count for some marks.

Now this is robbed from the TSM section on the TCD website but afaik it's similar across the board:

"If you do not fulfill the requirements for your course regarding attendance and course work (Consult your course hand-book!), you may be returned as 'Non-Satisfactory" (N.S.). If your hand-book does not state specific requirements, you may be returned as Non-Satisfactory if you miss more than a third of your classes/lectures or fail to submit a third of the required course-work in any term."

Edit: Yup, pretty much the same from this link.

Aldito

I got 2 NS's in a row last year and nowt happened, not worth the risk though.

Sir Ophiuchus

Two NS's are normally all it takes for you not to be allowed to sit your exams. You were really lucky.

electrogrimey

Friend of mine has missed 4 so far and already got called in by the JF Tutor, but he just told them that he was working late and couldn't get in etc. I'm assuming you have actual excuses for missing them, because if you don't then you're just being silly.

gnl

What exactly is an NS? I've missed 2 seminars so far, related to work that I couldn't miss without serious repercussions for the security of my job.

Aldito

gnl wrote: »

What exactly is an NS? I've missed 2 seminars so far, related to work that I couldn't miss without serious repercussions for the security of my job.

It's a non-satisfactory report. In my course you get one for not handing in over 1/3 of assignments OR missing 1/3 compulsory classes(i.e. tutorials/seminars).

If you get 2 NS's in consecutive terms, you may not be allowed sit yoour exams. Whether or not they have to be in the same subject I don't know.

As I said I got 2 consecutive NS's in the same subject and they just let it go, but it's definitely not worth the risk.

Denerick

I got an NS in third year because I chose to basically boycott tutorials for one course I absolutely loathed (I didn't mind the reading, I did that myself, and the lectures were very good but the TA's didn't have a clue about what they were talking about and we were getting bogged down in theoretical-speak bull****) I've heard stories about people getting two NS' and told not to sit the end of year exams. They're probably just fear driven rumours but I wouldn't take the risk to be honest.

Prof.Badass

Denerick wrote: »

I got an NS in third year because I chose to basically boycott tutorials for one course I absolutely loathed (I didn't mind the reading, I did that myself, and the lectures were very good but the TA's didn't have a clue about what they were talking about and we were getting bogged down in theoretical-speak bull****) I've heard stories about people getting two NS' and told not to sit the end of year exams. They're probably just fear driven rumours but I wouldn't take the risk to be honest.

:eek::eek::eek: You're back?!!! :eek::eek::eek:

I thought you were permabanned?

Denerick

vinylmesh wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: You're back?!!! :eek::eek::eek:

I thought you were permabanned?

Cheers, lovely to see you too!