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  • 17-08-2010 9:50am
    #1
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭


    Ok lets say student 1 passed their exam first time with 75%.
    and student 2 failed and had to repeat but on repeating passed with 75% are both shown as equal or does student 2 get like say 10% dropped off for not passing first time??

    I am just wonderin as it doesnt seem fair if they are both shown as equal.


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  • #2
    JasonMcNulty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭JasonMcNulty


    why wouldnt it be fair. repeats are harder than the summer exam and after all its a mark to show how much you know in a subject...
    if it wasnt worth as much why not just mark them 67% of 50%


  • #3
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    JasonMcNulty wrote: »
    why wouldnt it be fair. repeats are harder than the summer exam and after all its a mark to show how much you know in a subject...
    if it wasnt worth as much why not just mark them 67% of 50%

    No i still dont think its fair like if they didnt want to put in the effort first time they should be penalised.
    Dont understand whats in bold.


  • #4
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Oh right actually i kinda get what u meant by 67% of 50% but if they got that mark that would be 33.5% which would be a fail!
    That way would b a bit unfair on said student but dropping 10% seems resonable to me so do they do that??


  • #5
    JasonMcNulty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭JasonMcNulty


    i dont agree. i think the exam is to test how much you know not just at summer. repeats are always harder than the summer exams because you're expected to know more becuase you get 2 months to revise. i think the difficulty makes it fair without penalising the result aswell


  • #6
    dafunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 817 ✭✭✭dafunk


    If it's an award year you only get awarded 40% on a resit regardless of whether you've got 55% or 90% if it's your second sitting, having said this it's still worth getting a decent mark as your actual mark can be used for job applications or entrance to other courses so the 40% only gets taken into account for your overall average.

    I think if it's not an award year you get the actual resit mark. Whether the resit paper is harder than the original seems to depend on the lecturer, it doesn't always seem harder.


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  • #7
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    What do u mean by award year? Like the last year of college? where u get awarded ur degree or certificate depending on course.


  • #8
    elcy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭elcy86


    If you pass the repeat I don't think you see what exactly you got I think it just shows up as a pass, 40%


  • #9
    dafunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 817 ✭✭✭dafunk


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    What do u mean by award year? Like the last year of college? where u get awarded ur degree or certificate depending on course.

    An award year is any year after which you can leave with a qualification, so if you're doing a three year ordinary level degree it'll be the third year but if you're doing a course that gives you a cert after two years and a higher degree after four then the second and fourth years are both award years. The third year could also be an award year if the marks count towards your overall result. That is my understanding of it anyway but the best thing to do would be to check with your department office.


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