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Grades

  • 23-08-2011 12:00pm
    #1
    IloveConverse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭


    Out of curiosity, if one is basically 0.2% or so off a grade, will the examiner give you the lower grade rather than the higher one?


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  • #2
    Glowworm4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭Glowworm4


    For music it says on the marking schemes to round down any fractions in the grand total. I don't know about any other subjects though. I hope this helps.


  • #3
    Slow Show
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,248 ✭✭✭Slow Show


    From what I've heard, in the case of the JC, they don't mark you by percent but rather marks, e.g. 510 marks in Maths is an A whereas 509 is a B. However, if you were just a few marks shy of the next grade your examiner might look for a few extra marks for you if they can. If they can't find any they can't really just boot you up a grade for the sake of it, they do have to follow a bell curve.


  • #4
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,315 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Yes you would get the higher grade at E/D - Not always at the other points. It depends on how the grades are falling.


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