does a pass include labs, assignments

guitarman1

If I have 30 or 40% already from my work during the year , does that mean I only need another 10% in my exam .Someone said I still need to get 40% in each exam on top of this to pass. Will make a big difference for physics or maths

ciano1

guitarman1 wrote: »

If I have 30 or 40% already from my work during the year , does that mean I only need another 10% in my exam .Someone said I still need to get 40% in each exam on top of this to pass. Will make a big difference for physics or maths

In first year anyway, you're pretty much already passed..
Go in to the written exam and bullsh*t your way through that 10% needed!

wallpaper12

College of science brought in the rule two years ago that you need a minimum of 30% in exams to pass. It was to basically stop people doing what your trying to do.

guitarman1

ciano1 wrote: »

In first year anyway, you're pretty much already passed..
Go in to the written exam and bullsh*t your way through that 10% needed!

Thanks ciano , have you heard of anything like wallpaper12 said applying to the CS&IT course .Maths is my biggest concern as it would be tough going to get 40% in the exam ,I'd still need 30% to be safe I'd say.

TheCosmicFrog

guitarman1 wrote: »

Thanks ciano , have you heard of anything like wallpaper12 said applying to the CS&IT course .Maths is my biggest concern as it would be tough going to get 40% in the exam ,I'd still need 30% to be safe I'd say.

In the College of Engineering and Informatics (which is what CS&IT is under), you need to get at least 25% in the written exam to be eligible for compensation.

Assignments/Labs can make up a maximum (actual percentage is at lecturer's discretion) of 30% of the total module grade. Most (all?) IT lecturers exploit this to the full 30%, mostly because they seem to fundamentally disagree with the written exam system of testing for IT courses i.e. writing code by hand in a Programming exam is absolute bollocks and of no use to anyone, anywhere.

In summary, if you get 20 out of 30% for your assignments/labs and get a 25% grade in the written exam, you get 20 + 25 = 45% and pass the module.

Raging_Ninja

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

In summary, if you get 20 out of 30% for your assignments/labs and get a 25% grade in the written exam, you get 20 + 25 = 45% and pass the module.

that seems a bit off. Would it not be more like:

(written exam % * 0.75) + (total assignment % * 0.25)

TheCosmicFrog

Raging_Ninja wrote: »

that seems a bit off. Would it not be more like:

(written exam % * 0.75) + (total assignment % * 0.25)

Perhaps. It's never been very clear how they break it down.

Reillyman

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

Perhaps. It's never been very clear how they break it down.

Sure it is, in the above example you gave, if you only got 25% in the written exam your total grade would be (25/100)*(.7)=17.5% then add on your 20% CA and your total is 37.5%

TheCosmicFrog

Reillyman wrote: »

Sure it is, in the above example you gave, if you only got 25% in the written exam your total grade would be (25/100)*(.7)=17.5% then add on your 20% CA and your total is 37.5%

I'm in IT. Maths isn't my strong point :pac:

Squeeonline

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

I'm in IT. Maths isn't my strong point :pac:

write a program to work it out.

I never really cared about passing grades. Stop wasting time figuring out how to scrape by and do the work to get a good grade.

ciano1

Squeeonline wrote: »

write a program to work it out.

I never really cared about passing grades. Stop wasting time figuring out how to scrape by and do the work to get a good grade.

Honestly, there are some classes in courses that are there just to fill up the last 10/15 credits for the year. Classes we couldn't give a sh*t about! Like maths....

TheCosmicFrog

Squeeonline wrote: »

write a program to work it out.

# ask user to input weight for assignments and exam
assignment_weight = input("What percentage of your final grade is made up of assignments? (0 - 100): ")
exam_weight = (100 - assignment_weight)

# output a general overview of the final grade breakdown
print("Your final grade breakdown looks like this: " + str(exam_weight) + "% exam / " + str(assignment_weight) + "% assignments")

# ask user to input their assignment and exam scores
exam_score = input("What percentage did you receive in your exam? (0 - 100): ")
assignment_score = input("What percentage did you receive for your assignments? (0 - 100): ")

# calculate final grade (division by 100 gives decimal form of percentage, e.g. 0.7 for 70%)
final_grade = (exam_score * exam_weight/100) + (assignment_score * assignment_weight/100)

# output final grade
print("Your final grade is: " + str(final_grade) + "%")

# output whether user passed or failed
if final_grade >= 40: print("You passed!")
else: print("You failed.")

Ficheall

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

# ask user to input weight for assignments and exam
assignment_weight = input("What percentage of your final grade is made up of assignments? (0 - 100): ")
exam_weight = (100 - assignment_weight)

# output a general overview of the final grade breakdown
print("Your final grade breakdown looks like this: " + str(exam_weight) + "% exam / " + str(assignment_weight) + "% assignments")

# ask user to input their assignment and exam scores
exam_score = input("What percentage did you receive in your exam? (0 - 100): ")
assignment_score = input("What percentage did you receive for your assignments? (0 - 100): ")

# calculate final grade (division by 100 gives decimal form of percentage, e.g. 0.7 for 70%)
final_grade = (exam_score * exam_weight/100) + (assignment_score * assignment_weight/100)

# output final grade
print("Your final grade is: " + str(final_grade) + "%")

# output whether user passed or failed
if final_grade >= 40: print("You passed!")
else: print("You failed.")

Does Python not use "end if"s?

Nach n-úsáideann Python "end if"eanna?

TheCosmicFrog

Ficheall wrote: »

Does Python not use "end if"s?

Nach n-úsáideann Python "end if"eanna?

Nope. It uses whitespace and colons as delimiters.

Ficheall

Ugh.

Úgh.

Raging_Ninja

Ficheall wrote: »

Does Python not use "end if"s?

Nach n-úsáideann Python "end if"eanna?

Only time I've seen End if was in VB.Net. They don't exist in Java, C, C++ or Python (dunno about C#).

Squeeonline

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

# ask user to input weight for assignments and exam
assignment_weight = input("What percentage of your final grade is made up of assignments? (0 - 100): ")
exam_weight = (100 - assignment_weight)

# output a general overview of the final grade breakdown
print("Your final grade breakdown looks like this: " + str(exam_weight) + "% exam / " + str(assignment_weight) + "% assignments")

# ask user to input their assignment and exam scores
exam_score = input("What percentage did you receive in your exam? (0 - 100): ")
assignment_score = input("What percentage did you receive for your assignments? (0 - 100): ")

# calculate final grade (division by 100 gives decimal form of percentage, e.g. 0.7 for 70%)
final_grade = (exam_score * exam_weight/100) + (assignment_score * assignment_weight/100)

# output final grade
print("Your final grade is: " + str(final_grade) + "%")

# output whether user passed or failed
if final_grade >= 40: print("You passed!")
else: print("You failed.")

:-D well played!

TheCosmicFrog

Raging_Ninja wrote: »

Ficheall wrote: »

Does Python not use "end if"s?

Nach n-úsáideann Python "end if"eanna?

Only time I've seen End if was in VB.Net. They don't exist in Java, C, C++ or Python (dunno about C#).

Nope, C# is syntactically identical to Java in most ways. Another language that uses end statements at the end of a code block is Ruby, which itself looks a lot like Python. Maybe that's what you were thinking of, Ficheall?

Ficheall

Nah, I've only ever used "fi;" - just wasn't sure if you'd know what I was talking about if I used that :P

Aon t-aon rud a bhfuil úsáidthe agam ná "fi;" - ach ní raibh mé cinnte go dtuigfeása cad a raibh mé ag caint faoi dá n'úsáidfinn sin.