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Exam Question-Please Help

  • 10-01-2011 6:42am
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi,
    If you perform very poorly in but don't actually fail college Christmas exams, would you still be allowed to repeat the exam in the summer to try and get higher marks even though you didn't actually fail?
    Say if you have already completed the exams, but know that although you may pass it will be a very low mark, if you explain the circumstances for your difficulty to your college, can they legally allow you to resit the exams if you didn't actually fail?

    Any advice with someone with experience, or knowledge of this scenario would be very much appreciated.
    Thank You.


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  • #2
    dub_3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭dub_3


    I doubt it but you really need to ask the College, if you have a tutor they would be the person to ask. Or try asking the students union


  • #3
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    SomeAdvicePlease wrote: »
    Hi,
    If you perform very poorly in but don't actually fail college Christmas exams, would you still be allowed to repeat the exam in the summer to try and get higher marks even though you didn't actually fail?
    Say if you have already completed the exams, but know that although you may pass it will be a very low mark, if you explain the circumstances for your difficulty to your college, can they legally allow you to resit the exams if you didn't actually fail?

    Any advice with someone with experience, or knowledge of this scenario would be very much appreciated.
    Thank You.
    Is this actually part of your final grade? I mean, could this actually affect whether you finish your degree with a 1.1 or a 2.1? If it is, talk to your lecturer and see. If not, why are you worried about it?

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  • #4
    steel_spine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭steel_spine


    It depends where you are, for example, I'm at NUIG and they wouldn't allow it - mainly because the maximum result for a repeat exam is capped at 40% anyway - so if you fail the first time and get 70% in the 2nd exam, you will only be awarded 40% to pass. Yours may have something similar in place.


  • #5
    Benincasa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭Benincasa


    It will depend on the specific rules of your college.

    In general, the answer is NO, unless you had some very special circumstances (generally medical, and certified) that would allow you to resit the exam as a first attempt. However, if you have actually sat the exam the first time around and passed it, I can't see what those circumstances would possibly be.


  • #6
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    They are just Christmas exams. I think I will speak to the head of my department and perhaps the college counselor.

    Thanks for all the replies everybody.


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  • #7
    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    As said above it depends on the college/university and the system they use, but you sound like you may be eligible for extenuating circumstances. Bring that up at your meeting and see if it is possible.


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