69.6% - is that a first class honors?

engrish? · 13-06-2012 2:31pm #1

:):):)Just got my results - please say they round that up....:):):):)

syklops · 13-06-2012 2:32pm

I hope not.

engrish? · 13-06-2012 2:42pm

I've always wanted to use the ignore button - wow, thanks! I got to pass my exams and try something new all in one day!

spiderman1885 · 13-06-2012 2:44pm

Congrats! Very Harsh if you don't get it! Check the Award classification I think it is, instead of module grades!

engrish? · 13-06-2012 2:50pm

spiderman1885 wrote: »

Congrats! Very Harsh if you don't get it! Check the Award classification I think it is, instead of module grades!

Thanks - thats not up yet... Aghhh - they ended my exam wait with more waiting!

Spunge · 13-06-2012 6:46pm

i got like 68.9 and i got a 1st.

G_R · 13-06-2012 10:56pm

syklops wrote: »

I hope not.

Either post something helpful or don't bother at all

engrish? · 14-06-2012 7:50am

Spunge wrote: »

i got like 68.9 and i got a 1st.

Nice! Thanks for your help

ArseBurger · 14-06-2012 7:54am

Surely rounding up diminishes the value of a 1st?

syklops · 14-06-2012 8:00am

Grand_Rajnah wrote: »

Either post something helpful or don't bother at all

I am sorry, I simply meant if you get 30% of the exam/course incorrect, how can you still get a First??

I did an course and exam in December and the pass mark alone was 80%.

No wonder they talk about slipping standards.

blackdog2 · 14-06-2012 8:32am

syklops wrote: »

I am sorry, I simply meant if you get 30% of the exam/course incorrect, how can you still get a First??

I did an course and exam in December and the pass mark alone was 80%.

No wonder they talk about slipping standards.

Because that is not how the grading system works in some colleges.

70% means that the answers returned were correct and coherent. Anything above 70% is exceptional. This isn't the leaving cert, where defined marking schemes exist.

All of this was explained by a lecturer in Aungier street. The highest mark from that particular course was 72%, with an accompanying note congratulating the group who submitted that project!

Aard · 14-06-2012 12:03pm

AFAIK it's common practice to avoid giving a 69-point-anything final grade if possible. Either they'll bump it up to 70 if it was truly warranted, or they'll knock it back to 68-something just so they're not teasing. I could be wrong, and it probably differs from institution to institution. If you're concerned though OP, perhaps talk to one of the lecturers about it.

kirving · 14-06-2012 10:10pm

I got 69% in something ad was told that while it was very good, and I had done nothing wrong, that they gave me that mark to show it was excellent, but not deserving of a first.

Kenno90 · 15-06-2012 12:10pm

Is 69.6 your overall grade?

Keep us updated OP would want to know how it turns out.

shanered · 18-06-2012 1:49pm

Sounds like it could be an absolute tease, I got 34% in one exam there and was pretty pissed off, if they gave me the 35% I would have passed by compensation! GRrrrrrrr

statss · 19-06-2012 12:10pm

Interesting, I'm on 68ish

kirving · 19-06-2012 12:17pm

shanered wrote: »

Sounds like it could be an absolute tease, I got 34% in one exam there and was pretty pissed off, if they gave me the 35% I would have passed by compensation! GRrrrrrrr

Getting less than 4 answers out of 10 correct is not deserving of a pass, compensation or not. Sorry to be harsh, but I'd rather have to repeat an exam if it meant that the integrity of my course, and college is maintained.

shanered · 19-06-2012 11:12pm

True that, I can see why they wanted me to sit it again in fairness!
Just having a little rant to be honest!

Martyn1989 · 24-06-2012 8:31pm

shanered wrote: »

Sounds like it could be an absolute tease, I got 34% in one exam there and was pretty pissed off, if they gave me the 35% I would have passed by compensation! GRrrrrrrr

Yeh when this kind of thing happens the marker cant justify passing you which is why he wont.

ThatsAWrap · 12-07-2012 3:53pm

In my last set of exams I got a 68 and a 69... really frustrating! Hope you get the first anyway!

thecatspjs · 14-07-2012 1:24am

My course brought in an external examiner to meet with the students. This means that anyone who is on the brink of a higher classification can be bumped up; if the external thinks they are deserving of it based on a short interview.

Kenno90 · 19-07-2012 9:23am

Any one find out if he got a first or not.

engrish? · 26-07-2012 8:38am

Kenno90 wrote: »

Any one find out if he got a first or not.

Hey,

I should have specified that I am studying part time and it was my first year. My partner did a similar course in DIT full time and each year, her results were given a weighting like FCH etc. When I got mine, they didn't provide that. I asked the college and they said if it was my final year that I probably would have been bumped as one of my subjects had a great result in my CA but terrible in the exam (75%, 46% respectively).

The reason it was important to me is that my employer looks for my results and I wanted to be able to say FCH. Happy overall, on to next year. Sorry to have not been clearer - appologies to those who may have looked at this as a final year question.

Kenno90 · 26-07-2012 8:52am

engrish? wrote: »

Hey,

I should have specified that I am studying part time and it was my first year. My partner did a similar course in DIT full time and each year, her results were given a weighting like FCH etc. When I got mine, they didn't provide that. I asked the college and they said if it was my final year that I probably would have been bumped as one of my subjects had a great result in my CA but terrible in the exam (75%, 46% respectively).

The reason it was important to me is that my employer looks for my results and I wanted to be able to say FCH. Happy overall, on to next year. Sorry to have not been clearer - appologies to those who may have looked at this as a final year question.

No problem, best of luck with the rest of college

69.6% - is that a first class honors?

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