Semester 1 Exam Reults

joey54

Best of luck to everyone today.

I know for me these are very important exams (final year!!)

I'm hoping they come out a bit earlier than advertised, fingers crossed!!!!

SantryRed

Completely forgot about these :pac:

Ishmael

Anyone know what time the results are out?

Do you just check your portal page?

GLaDOS

Said they'd be at 3.

They won't be available through the portal page, instead use this URL: http://examresults.dcu.ie

In final year myself, not feeling great about them

carlowboy

ISS are a joke, new system to release results and the website is still constantly crashing. :mad:

pauraic1990

Exam Result are up online. Still very slow. Still waiting for mine.

UPDATE: System crash. All i got is this Database services are temporarily unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.

collier

Still experienceing crashing... ISS maybe if get this MSc I could talk to you about load-balancing lol

robby^5

They are consistently awful at releasing results promptly.

AlkalineAcid

Is CAPTCHA really necessary?

Konata

pauraic1990 wrote: »

Exam Result are up online. Still very slow. Still waiting for mine.

UPDATE: System crash. All i got is this Database services are temporarily unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Yea I got that first time I logged in but now I can't even get on the site >_< Good stuff.

collier

Konata wrote: »

Yea I got that first time I logged in but now I can't even get on the site >_< Good stuff.

Same as me, looks like the ISS folks need a refresher course on Databases.

Ishmael

ISS:
We are experiencing technical difficulties with the exam results system.
As a result, the system has been taken offline while we attempt to rectify the issues.

Please check the ISS Service Updates Twitter Account for the latest updates.

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Surely it is fairly silly to release all the results at once. Could they not stagger the release of the results by year or something so that everyone is not trying to access at the same time.

SantryRed

Once entered,

It says to not to reload the page, but also says that the database is temporarily unavailable. So do I reload the page or not?

Konata

collier wrote: »

Same as me, looks like the ISS folks need a refresher course on Databases.

Whole thing gone offline now. I can never really understand this, I mean it's not like they didn't know how many students would be trying to access the results or anything.

They should try staggered results - different programmes or maybe years getting results at different times e.g. 4th year results 9am, 3rd year results 11am etc. or maybe all CA results 9am, ALIS 10am, Nursing 11am or whatever.

That or don't state a time when results will be available - stop everyone logging on at the same time.

carlowboy

They should say they're releasing them at 3, but actually release them at 11 or thereabouts. This will prevent everyone logging in at the same time.

Call Me Jimmy

Konata wrote: »

Whole thing gone offline now. I can never really understand this, I mean it's not like they didn't know how many students would be trying to access the results or anything.

That's what I don't get, I can understand it being slow as they mightn't buy the hardware just for one or two times a year of congestion but having to take it offline is incredible... does this sort of thing happen in all universities?

--LOS--

It's just lol that they changed the system so as to avoid this yet it's still a problem

nizo888

How many Phds does it to set up a simple webpage

Ishmael

back now, minus the captcha

pauraic1990

It back and it still crash. all i gor is this again
Database services are temporarily unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.



:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

OctavarIan

Ishmael wrote: »

back now, minus the captcha

Minus any results as well :pac:

SantryRed

Do we reload the page or not when it says the database is unavailable?

nizo888

SantryRed wrote: »

Once entered,

It says to not to reload the page, but also says that the database is temporarily unavailable. So do I reload the page or not?

I have the same message and have not reloaded and nothing new has appeared in the last ten minutes.

I don't need this extra stress!

Call Me Jimmy

I was a good boy and didn't hit reload, but now I am a badass... F5 F5 F5

Ishmael

Just reloaded the page there now, still getting the database message.

pauraic1990

PPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS my exam . Off to the pub now.

nizo888

Just got mine. I#m off to the pub. WHooohahaaaaoooooo

carlowboy

Passed. Phew

Ishmael

Score, nailed all 4 subjects, delighted.

GLaDOS

Couldn't check until 3.30 anyway so didn't bother me First class honour average somehow!

Darren1o1

Wooooooo Second class overall! Finished the masters!

Call Me Jimmy

Question: if all modules are 5 credits except for one, and that one is 15 credits, does that mean that mark will be weighted 3 times as much in the overall calculation for the year?

Darren1o1

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Question: if all modules are 5 credits except for one, and that one is 15 credits, does that mean that mark will be weighted 3 times as much in the overall calculation for the year?

Yes, it is a weighted average of the module credit and grading.

Konata

Well done everyone, especially those in final year/masters etc!

Just a wee question - the results are given in percentages yes? How does one calculate an overall? Ie 1st class honours etc. When I was in UCD we got grades ie A+,A,A- etc which each cared a GPA mark. 1st class honours would then be a GPA above 3.61 or whatever. I'm only in 1st year now in DCU but curious as to how it works!

Darren1o1

Konata wrote: »

Well done everyone, especially those in final year/masters etc!

Just a wee question - the results are given in percentages yes? How does one calculate an overall? Ie 1st class honours etc. When I was in UCD we got grades ie A+,A,A- etc which each cared a GPA mark. 1st class honours would then be a GPA above 3.61 or whatever. I'm only in 1st year now in DCU but curious as to how it works!

It depends on your course, since in my masters we do not have a 2.1 and 2.2 just a second class. I thinking it is 70%+ is a first 63-69% is a 2.1, 55-62 is a 2.2, 50-54 is third class and 40-49 is a pass. That's the way my undergrad was in 07 but that may have changed. It will say on the results form mailed out to you.

The marks and standards doc is here http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/pdfs/M&S_version%202011.2.0.pdf

H2G2

Darren1o1 wrote: »

Yes, it is a weighted average of the module credit and grading.

NO.
Sorry but that not technically correct. It depending on the module weighting. Normally most modules have 100 weight associated with them for grade calculation purposes. But in some cases - particularly final year projects, etc can have a higher weight eg 300. Usually these also have a higher credit, but not always. Eg. 5 Vs 20 credits doesn't have to mean 100 Vs 400 weights. Best to check for your specific programme. Some modules like INTRA can be 30 or more credits and have 0 weight for grade calculation purposes.
Gets more confusing in programme's like CA and EC which have module groups in final year and individual modules have credits but no weight, the weighting belongs to the mother module.
Confused yet

carlowboy

Darren1o1 wrote: »

It depends on your course, since in my masters we do not have a 2.1 and 2.2 just a second class. I thinking it is 70%+ is a first 63-69% is a 2.1, 55-62 is a 2.2, 50-54 is third class and 40-49 is a pass. That's the way my undergrad was in 07 but that may have changed. It will say on the results form mailed out to you.

The marks and standards doc is here http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/pdfs/M&S_version%202011.2.0.pdf

It hasn't been like that since you graduated. 70+ is a 1.1, 60-69 is 2.1, 50-59 is 2.2 and 40-49 is 3.0

Darren1o1

carlowboy wrote: »

It hasn't been like that since you graduated. 70+ is a 1.1, 60-69 is 2.1, 50-59 is 2.2 and 40-49 is 3.0

Yeah I think it changed a year after I left. I would have gone up a grade too!!

redout

When are they putting up the pass lists?

Darren1o1

redout wrote: »

When are they putting up the pass lists?

Mine are up in the portal pages

redout

Darren1o1 wrote: »

Mine are up in the portal pages

Whereabouts exactly?

Is the pass lists appearing at the top of your portal page?

I just have student record update, exam results and general dcu news.

Attol

https://www.dcu.ie/results/passlist.php3

I just get told they're not available.

Darren1o1

redout wrote: »

Whereabouts exactly?

Is the pass lists appearing at the top of your portal page?

I just have student record update, exam results and general dcu news.

Mine are under the examination results, which is underneath Examination Timetable. I am master student graduating so I may have it earlier...

Konata

What's a Pass List?

GLaDOS

Passlists aren't available until the end of the year I think? Same way you aren't given a grade until the end of the year.

thecornflake

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Passlists aren't available until the end of the year I think? Same way you aren't given a grade until the end of the year.

True, I do believe all grades are preliminary until the end of year thus a pass list is not available until end of year.

Gunslinger92

Konata wrote: »

What's a Pass List?

Student numbers of the people who got firsts, 2.1s etc are listed, if I remember correctly!