Please explain QCA!!

rebel105

Hi!
Can someone please explain how qca works and how I'm meant to know whereabouts my average is at from the qca???
my qca is 3.16 which i know is a 2.1 but what im wondering is what sort of a 2.1 is it??
thanks in advance!

PeakOutput

3.6 is a first so up to 3.59 is a 2.1 so your nearer the lower end of a 2.1

what year are you in? if your in first year your qca is reset at the start of second year so it dosnt matter

if your in 2nd year its weighted to only be worth 25% of the total as is 3rd year(which is usually only one semester) and 4th year is worth 50% of the total qca

also in case you didnt know fyp is worth two modules pretty much so if you get an a its like you got two a's when it comes to calculating your qca

if you use the ul.ie search toolbar and search qca you get a pdf which explains it all

rebel105

thanks for your reply...
im doing a masters actually so its gonna count.
iv looked up all those handbooks but they still confuse me!
is qca out of a total of 5? so if im dividing 3.16 by 5 is that where im at?
also one of my grades has changed (for the better) since i checked them first on friday....strange?? the qca has stayed the same all along tho.
thanks again

mid

PeakOutput wrote: »

3.6 is a first so up to 3.59 is a 2.1 so your nearer the lower end of a 2.1

I think it might be 3.4 not 3.6

First class honours 3.40
Second class honours grade 1 (2.1) 3.00
Second class honours grade 2 (2.2) 2.60
Third class honours 2.00

PeakOutput

mid wrote: »

I think it might be 3.4 not 3.6

First class honours 3.40
Second class honours grade 1 (2.1) 3.00
Second class honours grade 2 (2.2) 2.60
Third class honours 2.00

i thought that too(and i hope its true) but thats not what this link pdf from ul says

that same pdf says the ops 3.16 is a 2.2 not a 2.1. if it is 3.4 that makes my next two years a little easier

also op qca is out of 4 not 5

edit; op your best bet is to speak with the head of your course and get them to tell you exactly what grades you need to get the qca you want thats what i plan on doing when i get back this week, iv tried to figure it out for myself and i think i know what it is but its so unclear i dont think its unreasonable to get the heads of courses to sort it out for you

mid

rebel105 wrote: »

is qca out of a total of 5? so if im dividing 3.16 by 5 is that where im at?

its out of 4.

I presume you add your semester 1 and semester 2 QCA's and divide by 2 to get the average for the year..

mid

PeakOutput wrote: »

i thought that too(and i hope its true) but thats not what this link pdf from ul says

that same pdf says the ops 3.16 is a 2.2 not a 2.1. if it is 3.4 that makes my next two years a little easier

also op qca is out of 4 not 5

I got it from page 13 of this "Handbook of Academic Regulations and Procedures"

http://www2.ul.ie/pdf/388196739.pdf

hi_im_fil

PeakOutput wrote: »

i thought that too(and i hope its true) but thats not what this link pdf from ul says

that same pdf says the ops 3.16 is a 2.2 not a 2.1. if it is 3.4 that makes my next two years a little easier

also op qca is out of 4 not 5

edit; op your best bet is to speak with the head of your course and get them to tell you exactly what grades you need to get the qca you want thats what i plan on doing when i get back this week, iv tried to figure it out for myself and i think i know what it is but its so unclear i dont think its unreasonable to get the heads of courses to sort it out for you

I think that link is for Mary I? MIC is in the address.

It says 3.4 is for a 1.1 in the link anyway. 3.6 is the QPV awarded, not QCA

PeakOutput

hi_im_fil wrote: »

I think that link is for Mary I? MIC is in the address.

It says 3.4 is for a 1.1 in the link anyway. 3.6 is the QPV awarded, not QCA

lol completely missed that alright ignore that link so and that has improved my prospects considerably lol

rebel105

this qca system is totally weird in my opinion anyway!!
dunno whats wrong with ordinary percentages and telling people what mark they actually got in an exam...

PeakOutput

rebel105 wrote: »

this qca system is totally weird in my opinion anyway!!
dunno whats wrong with ordinary percentages and telling people what mark they actually got in an exam...

well its the standard system in the states as far as i know and iv been told internationally its in far more use than the 1.1 2.1 2.2 system

having said that in all my results transcripts i have been given my mark (a,b,c) just not the percentage

bazkennedy

Very simple (kind of) explanation here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=102843