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Contesting a degree result

  • 12-10-2011 5:37pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    I am trying to change careers. The new career I need to study for is highly competitive. The results from my original degree will have influence. I completed this degree in 2006.

    I'm wondering if there is even the slightest possibility of it being worthwhile for me to contest the results of my degree now?

    Regarding my original degree, I got 68% - so just 2% away from a distinction. I was leaving the country soon after I got the result and did not have time to argue the result. To be honest, I didn't think there was a need at the time. It was also the overall highest mark anyone got in the year.

    The reason I want to argue the results, is that in the final year of the degree, some students, including myself went to a foreign country as part of an Erasmus exchange. I worked very hard while I was there. I balanced study with fun, whereas the other students from my course spent the whole time partying. When we returned, our university didn't know how to mark us and gave us all a blanket average mark of 60%. This brought my degree average down to 68%, which I don't think is fair.

    It would be excellent to say that I had a distinction in my degree. It would really help when applying for the graduate course I want to do.

    Does anyone have any advice regarding this? thank you!.
    I also posted here, as I wanted to remain anonymous and was unable to find the best sub group via the EDU section.


Comments

  • #2
    muboop1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,025 ✭✭✭muboop1


    What University is the degree from? I ask because some of them have very set timelines, i.e. if you don't contest or appeal a grade in a set amount of time, you lose the opportunity.

    Tbh, this time has almost certainly elapsed...


  • #3
    woodchuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,411 ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    The only way to know for sure is to ask, but to be honest I would imagine too much time has passed. Especially since you’ve already graduated and the final grade would be on your degree parchment presumably. I assume any appeals would have to be made prior to this, but you’ve nothing to lose by asking the question or it may even be stated on the college website.

    In any case, make sure to emphasis that you achieved an upper 2nd class honours degree (on a CV it’s all about the wording, unless they’re awarding points for specific grades?) and definitely that you were top of the class! Some courses are much harder to do well in than others, so the fact that you were top of the class speaks for itself.


  • #4
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    Appeal after 5 years has elapsed ? 2 chances - slim and none.


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