Question about overall Grade in Final Year.

veryoriginal

Hi guys,

Does anyone know what happens usually if your overall grade in final year is a 59%? (ie one percent short of a 2.1). I know if that happened in a single subject the lecturer might bump you up, but does it happen overall as well?

Basically my situation is I'm sitting on a 60% grade average but repeated an exam where I did well enough to pass, but probably not enough to get 60%. Worst case scenario is I get 40% and it only drags my average down to 58.3%. So I'm just wondering will I need to get 60 in this exam, or is there margin for error.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Tsipras

veryoriginal wrote: »

Hi guys,

Does anyone know what happens usually if your overall grade in final year is a 59%? (ie one percent short of a 2.1). I know if that happened in a single subject the lecturer might bump you up, but does it happen overall as well?

Basically my situation is I'm sitting on a 60% grade average but repeated an exam where I did well enough to pass, but probably not enough to get 60%. Worst case scenario is I get 40% and it only drags my average down to 58.3%. So I'm just wondering will I need to get 60 in this exam, or is there margin for error.

Thanks in advance for any help.

I know someone who got 59%, 2.2 I'm afraid.. Maybe if the lecturer knew the situation they'd bump it up but how could they know really unless you tell then or something I guess..If you go down to 58.3 then you're a long off 60 in fairness..Best of luck

sammyjo90

It was always my understanding that if you repeated an exam 40% was the highest mark given..even if you did better than that the extra marks aren't awarded.. I don't know if that changes for different faculties though

challengemaster

sammyjo90 wrote: »

It was always my understanding that if you repeated an exam 40% was the highest mark given..even if you did better than that the extra marks aren't awarded.. I don't know if that changes for different faculties though

http://www.nuigalway.ie/academic_records/documents/ms_fulltime_ug_degree_progs_cd_12_m3_4_1_1_edit26nov12.pdf

5.6 Capping of Examination Marks
The marks at a repeat or deferred examination will not be capped unless a cap has
been recommended by the University’s Examination Security Group.

sammyjo90

I stand corrected!

Lockstep

Usually, you'll get bumped up if you're highly borderline (58-59.9%) but this is at the discretion of the examining board. I know people who’ve been given 59s and 69s and not bumped up mainly as they didn’t show up to tutorials and so on.
If you’ve fairly consistently reached a 2.1 standard then I’d say you’d have a good chance of having your grades increased to give you a 2.1. overall. They’re not likely to let you hang for a single bad exam if you’ve otherwise been alright.

veryoriginal

Thanks for the input guys