What happens if i dont sit an exam?

shocxxxxxx

Hi i'm doing first year science..im in the middle of my exams at the moment but im having a serious problem with one of my subjects..i just cant grasp it..i know if i go into the exam i wont be able write ANYTHING..it really is that bad!! What would happen if i didnt sit that exam? Id like to put all my effort into the other two subject that are left which i might pass if i try hard enough..

Could i just do the repeat in August?

Any help is appreciated!

emt16

as far as i'm aware, you will not be able to sit a repeat if you dont turn up to the original (now i'm open to correction but am fairly sure on that). Your better of going in for the half hour and at least attempting something. if nothing else at least you'll have the paper and the repeat will more than likely be very similar to the original exam

skelliser

what subject is it?

i agree, sit the exam and do your best, you never know! you might do well enough to pass by compensation with your other subjects!

shocxxxxxx

Computer Science..:|

shocxxxxxx

Id be v. lucky if i passed the other ones..thats why i want to make more of an effort with them..theres a small possibility of a pass..:) just absolutely no hope whatsoever with CS

skelliser

when is the exam?
have you considered getting grinds?

shocxxxxxx

skelliser wrote: »

when is the exam?
have you considered getting grinds?

29th april..cant find any grinds..mostly because i dont know what im lookin for! im that confused..plus no one seems to know how to teach python!

skelliser

go to the SU and ask about the grinds register, they usually have a list of postgrads who will give grinds. Find one and go tell him your story, ie. a crash course in python, bring some of your friends maybe who need grinds as well to reduce the cost.

most of the postgrads i knew where sound and will help out if they can.

reckon if you got 4/5 hours of grinds between now and then you would pass!

shocxxxxxx

skelliser wrote: »

go to the SU and ask about the grinds register, they usually have a list of postgrads who will give grinds. Find one and go tell him your story, ie. a crash course in python, bring some of your friends maybe who need grinds as well to reduce the cost.

most of the postgrads i knew where sound and will help out if they can.

reckon if you got 4/5 hours of grinds between now and then you would pass!

One small problem..i moved home from galway a month ago nd im only goin up for exams now..i had no choice but thats no good to me now..:|

skelliser

u still got loads of time!
10 days is an age when your cramming!

either way sit the exam and if it goes pear shaped leave after an hour but do sit it cause if you dont your just creating hassle for yourself.

rivalius13

You have loads of time, give it a lash, if you pass, boom, Summer free, nothing worse than repeats in August. And 10 days? Christ, that's more than I'd study for all my exams combined.

IsThisIt???

Who is the lecturer (just wondering for previous exam papers)?? I did computer science in first year and thought it was impossible until I found out my exam was tailored to my course. Made things much easier.

LAVADUDE

emt16 wrote: »

as far as i'm aware, you will not be able to sit a repeat if you dont turn up to the original (now i'm open to correction but am fairly sure on that). Your better of going in for the half hour and at least attempting something. if nothing else at least you'll have the paper and the repeat will more than likely be very similar to the original exam

I think its up to the lecturer you have if you can sit the repeat, I am as well open to any correction as well on this matter

Raging_Ninja

You can always go to the exams office and defer.

However, that only puts the problem off for a few months. If I was you, man up, put your head down for the next few days and go into the exam.

TheCosmicFrog

shocxxxxxx wrote: »

no one seems to know how to teach python!

Go into Computer DISC, the programming drop-in support centre in the IT Building. Very friendly guys in there and very knowledgeable.

Computer Science covers digital logic, doesn't it? AND, OR, NOR, NAND operators, etc. Learn how to make truth tables for each operation. Very easy once you learn them off

Raging_Ninja

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

Go into Computer DISC, the programming drop-in support centre in the IT Building. Very friendly guys in there and very knowledgeable.

Computer Science covers digital logic, doesn't it? AND, OR, NOR, NAND operators, etc. Learn how to make truth tables for each operation. Very easy once you learn them off

DISC is closed. According to an email I got, they will be open on the following dates so long as there is enough uptake:

Fri 29 April (2pm-6pm)

Tue 3 May (2pm-6pm)

Fri 6 May (2pm-6pm)

Mon 9 May (2pm-6pm)

Mon 16 May (2pm-6pm)

Best thing you ncan do when it comes to the programming is to download python onto a laptop (its free) and do out the labs you did throughout the year a few times, learning what everything does. Then do exam questions with your notes beside you. Since you have a while yet, you can do every question a couple of times.

Croppy Bhoy

Never really understood why they make you sit there doing nothing for an hour just so you can repeat the exam.

Surely they would just be happy ripping us off for the €200 and let us repeat anyway?

shocxxxxxx

Raging_Ninja wrote: »

Best thing you ncan do when it comes to the programming is to download python onto a laptop (its free) and do out the labs you did throughout the year a few times, learning what everything does. Then do exam questions with your notes beside you. Since you have a while yet, you can do every question a couple of times.

I actually wouldnt know where to start...its all complete gibberish too me! i cant answer a single question on any paper for every year there is a past paper...ive given up..:(

beagle001

I missed both maths exams last Friday due to sickness,I have a doctors cert will this be ok as I thought I would just have to repeat it,now I am worried.

shocxxxxxx

beagle001 wrote: »

I missed both maths exams last Friday due to sickness,I have a doctors cert will this be ok as I thought I would just have to repeat it,now I am worried.

Who did you give the doctors cert to?

Columc

beagle001 wrote: »

I missed both maths exams last Friday due to sickness,I have a doctors cert will this be ok as I thought I would just have to repeat it,now I am worried.

that is a legit reason, you need to hadn in the doctor cert into the exam office however and explain, or email your lecturer and explain.

for shocxxxxxx you need to ether expalin why you didnt goto the exam, or else just sit it, fail it and leave aft erht 30 minutes. Or just cram in 10 days, I have done my entire first year course in under 14 days and that included 2 programing languages. Just go on blackboard/the libabary and search through the old exam papers for that module and do them out.

beagle001

Cheers for the response as I presumed that I would not need to contact them if I was absent as they would just mark me absent and I would just have to do it again in the Autumn.
I will contact them tomorrow and hope it is ok,does the same paper crop up in the repeats as the summer exam out of interest.
Anyone got a good strategy to tackle the repeats as I do not want to leave it too late and not getting them is not an option.

emt16

they might not be open tomorrow with it being holy thursday. no the autumn exam will be different. more than likely the same format with different numbers (depends on your lecturers though)