Exam marking

Maybe_Memories

Right let's assume 20% of your grade goes for homework assignments and 80% is for the final exam.
If you were to hypothetically get 0 in the homework, how much do you need in the final to pass overall?

Is it 50%, because 80% of 50% is 40%, which is what you need to pass, or is it 60%, because 60 minus 20 is 40? As for where I got 20,
100-80=20.


Also, again hypothetically, if you weren't handing in the home assignments could they not let you sit the finals?

Mark200

You'd need to get 50% in your written exam. Don't know about your last question... but I guess they could if they wanted.

brownacid

Check your course handbook or whatever, I know that for engineering if you don't pass the coursework they dont have to let you sit teh exam

Maybe_Memories

There;s nothing about the coursework on the course page. All it says is

"Students who do not attend regularly, who are absent from tests and examinations without good cause may be returned to the Senior Lecturer's office as non-satisfactory for the relevant term. Non-satisfactory students may be refused permission to take their annual examination and may be required to repeat their year by the Senior Lecturer".

Nothing about coursework. So, any ideas?

nervous_twitch

I failed SF year for lack of attendance/coursework (TSM). One of my departments wouldnt have enforced it, but the other was pretty strict. €6K later, I never miss a class

Maybe_Memories

Which departments were they?

Up until November I handed everything in, then there was a considerable gap in the amount of assignments I handed in, but lately (start of March) I've been handing everything in again.

But like I've been there for all the exams and things.

nervous_twitch

Languages.

..I think if you havent gotten an NS thus far, you should be OK. Once all major assignments are done they don't really care.

Maybe_Memories

nervous_twitch wrote: »

Languages.

..I think if you havent gotten an NS thus far, you should be OK. Once all major assignments are done they don't really care.

I'm doing Maths so we don't get anything major, just a few problems to solve every week in all the modules. I've only ever had 3 majour things to do and I've been there for all that.

I was reading on the tcd website, and it says the only way you wont be allowed sit the exams is if you're deemed NS for both Michaelmas and Hillary term. Is that correct or did I pick it up wrong?

aas

If you're doing maths but don't know how percentages work then you probably have bigger things to worry about.

Fringe

As an example, lets say you get 15% in the final exam and 0% in homeworks. If you are using the second method, then you would get -5%. This doesn't make sense. It's the first method.

Pete told us last year that they keep an eye on your homeworks/tutorials and they do have the ability to fail you if you do not do/go to them but I don't think this is actually done in practice.

Sir Ophiuchus

Maybe_Memories wrote: »

Right let's assume 20% of your grade goes for homework assignments and 80% is for the final exam.

The formula for your overall percentage grade would be:

0.2*(grade on homework) + 0.8*(grade in exam) = final grade

So, if you have a zero in homework, and want a 40% final grade:

0.2*(0) + 0.8*(x) = 40
0.8*x = 40
(multiplying across by five) --> 4x = 200
x = 50

You would need 50% on the final exam.

Also, seconding that if you're reading Maths you should be able to do a calculation like that in your sleep.

Charlie Sheen

lol yeah.

ive heard you can fail a few subjects and you can just repeat them,that true? hope so lol

PurpleFistMixer

TP here but I know of plenty of people who did no/few assignments and weren't failed automatically. There might be some connection between not doing assignments and failing, but it's not enforced by the department to the best of my knowledge.

Maybe_Memories

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

TP here but I know of plenty of people who did no/few assignments and weren't failed automatically. There might be some connection between not doing assignments and failing, but it's not enforced by the department to the best of my knowledge.

Okay, thanks for the info!
Presumably not doing any assignments means you wont have had any practice doing questions so you'll fail the finals from lack of practice..

Although I'm in a different boat - I've done all the assignments, multiple times I might add, just didn't hand them in

PurpleFistMixer

Maybe_Memories wrote: »

Although I'm in a different boat - I've done all the assignments, multiple times I might add, just didn't hand them in

Why on earth did you do that?

Maybe_Memories

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Why on earth did you do that?

Excellent question. To be honest I've no idea.