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Are repeat exams marked easier?

  • 28-08-2011 7:20pm
    #1
    CavanCrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭


    Yeh basically that ^


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  • #2
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,633 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Marked the same as the summer exams in my experience.


  • #3
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    ask the person marking


  • #4
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    No. And you fail.


  • #5
    Paarse Krokodil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭Paarse Krokodil


    Depends on the place but usually not


  • #6
    py2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,844 ✭✭✭py2006


    Seriously doubt it! Usually those sitting them work harder!


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  • #7
    CavanCrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭CavanCrew


    Not what I wanted to hear... :confused:


  • #8
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,528 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Not looking good for you OP if you have to come one here and ask that :D


  • #9
    Bride2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 294 ✭✭Bride2012


    Sorry, no difference. I've corrected both.

    If we go easy it discredits the degree and in turn the university/college.


  • #10
    Eggy Baby!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Eggy Baby!


    I reckon that there's a thread for this somewhere...my spidey senses are tingling...


  • #11
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    CavanCrew wrote: »
    Yeh basically that ^

    you are screwed, sorry...













    * just messing


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  • #12
    CavanCrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭CavanCrew


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Not looking good for you OP if you have to come one here and ask that :D


    I heard that if you are close to a pass they will go back and try find somewhere to give you more marks..

    then another person told me they dont, as it is a way to weed out the people that are not supposed to be on the course.

    Hmmm


  • #13
    Bloody Nipples
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Bloody Nipples


    just pass them first time around like me :cool:


  • #14
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    I hope not.


  • #15
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    CavanCrew wrote: »
    I heard that if you are close to a pass they will go back and try find somewhere to give you more marks..

    then another person told me they dont, as it is a way to weed out the people that are not supposed to be on the course.

    Hmmm

    Maybe next time you'll do a little less "partying it up in the big smoke".

    They're marked harder.


  • #16
    CavanCrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭CavanCrew


    TheZohan wrote: »
    Maybe next time you'll do a little less "partying it up in the big smoke".

    They're marked harder.

    Let me just edit my location.


  • #17
    Gina L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Gina L


    no, cause you either know it or you don't. No marks for not knowing something....


  • #18
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Transport Management and Early Irish is a fine degree.

    Don't mind the naysayers.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Depends on how the course is run, if it's continuous assessment then yes repeats are easier as rather than rely on a number of projects and exams throughout the year you can pass simply by getting 40% in one exam.


  • #20
    CavanCrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭CavanCrew


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Depends on how the course is run, if it's continuous assessment then yes repeats are easier as rather than rely on a number of projects and exams throughout the year you can pass simply by getting 40% in one exam.

    Sadly it's a 50% pass rate, if you fail you are off the course, cant carry it on into next year.

    Cheers for all the answers, Back to the books it is.


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