Sully04 wrote: Looks great eh? Its a fecking disastor (the college itself) when you get in there. To interested in making the place look nice, and less interest towards teaching courses.
meow wrote: Yeah, I've heard bad things. I certainly don't expect everything to run smoothly. I can tell they're really badly organised down there just from the dealings I've had with them so far... You must be studying down there then???
bp_me wrote: Be prepared to wait several weeks before all your lectures are sorted out....if the nursing dept (or is it science or humanities?? not sure) are any bit as organised as the engineering department anyway. Went 12 weeks without one lecturer during semester 1 last year.
cyberwit wrote: I like the lunches in WIT. The lack of variety sometimes can be a tad annoying. The catering staff are extremly friendly though one in fact always seems to know what i want before i buy it. All my lecturers were extremely understanding especially after loosing semester 2 study week.“The fact that we lost semester 2 study week can be perhaps used as your reason for failing exams i.e. Appeal" If it was not for the hard work of lecturers the lack of a study week in semester two would of been worse. All the assignment briefs I got were detailed and interesting and gave me more then enough time to complete the work I think the lack of organization that you lot claim to have experienced was due to the fact that semesterization was only introduced during 2005.
Newaglish wrote: Sully, I think I recognise you as the person who was putting up posters and posting on the Bebo WIT site when the study period was shortened (not removed).
Perhaps, if you spent more time studying, and less time posting on Bebo and panicking about timetables and administration, you would not have had such problems? I hardly believe it was impossible to pass your exams, nor do I think your poor performance is based on anyone but yourself.
You blame you original failure on the lack of an adequate study period, but it's up to you to stay on top of things throughout the year. It is only 1st year after all; it's not THAT hard, and it's going to get a lot more difficult as years go on.
You also seem to think that if you fail your repeat exam, it's because of the fact that they didn't make the repeat exam easy enough for you. It says alot about you that after a difficult exam, you have to go to your old schoolteacher to ask them whether it was fair or not.
If what you were saying was really true, everyone in your course/department would have failed the majority of their exams and there would be uproar. This is not the case however, and yes, while I do agree that sometimes not everything runs smoothly in ANY college you might be in, sometimes you do just have to suck it up and get on with the work yourself.
Sully04 wrote: I cant study for a whole semester in a week.
Sully04 wrote: Our 1st Year Exams were not very easy. However, I didnt expect them to be and I wouldnt use that to blame my failure in some of my exams. Maybe im not as intelligent as yourself, and you find such exams a walk in the park? Id love your brains, then id have nothing to worry about!
Sully04 wrote: Maths being my weakest subject, in college and in school)
Sully04 wrote: The other chap, was a cousin who lectures in the UK. He just looked at my past exam papers and compared it to the current and found it very different and no walk in the park. They were expressing an opinion after seeing an exam paper they wanted to see. They made those comments but all the same, concluded the exam was still technicaly fair - just different and tougher then past exams. It was that, which threw me off!
Sully04 wrote: My course is completely different to what other years have sat, and are sitting.
Sully04 wrote: We are the first ones to sit the "new" course. There is only about 5 people in my year.
bp_me wrote: Why? But even then you have a whole semester to study for it. An hour each evening in one subject would have prepared you. You readily admitted that you have a weakness in Maths and physics. You could have put in more effort instead of waiting until the end.
Personally I only use the week before and any time between exams to study for subjects (engineering honours degree before you ask) and have never found the exams to be difficult. Did you attend all your lectures?
As said, no truely difficult exams in 3 years there. Doubt the next will be much different. Despite the fact that I will be going into modules that require work done in previous years that wasnt done as the course has undergone a few structural changes recently (and a new title), and a major project that will consume most of my time.
Thats your problem there. My course had 75% drop out over the first 3 semseters because of this.
Its far from unusual for the exam paper to change dramatically. Did you speak with your lecturer about this before the exam? They tend to be very helpful.
What course? And do you really believe they totally changed a course because of semesterisation??
So an engineering degree or physics I presume?
Sully04 wrote: Would you find you dont have to do a lot of study? You learn things quickly?
Sully04 wrote: Ya I know, but what annoys me is that I try very hard - and dont get even a pass rate! Guess its just not meant to be I love everything about the course, but the Maths is a pure ****.
Sully04 wrote: So I got grinds and did a lot of study to combat this, went over all past exam papers etc. "Repetition, Repetition, Repetition"! Then to sit an exam paper that was different, just threw me of. Kinda hard to prepare for that, for me anyway!
Sully04 wrote: BSc (Hons) Applied Computing -- 4 Year Degree. Thats my course title. Its full of Maths, and depending on the stream you take : full of physics (and of course, programing!). I like Physics, but not Maths. That doesnt help!!
meow wrote: thanks everybody, i'm getting the picture.....as good or bad as it may be since posting the original thread though i've had some bad misfortune. long story short i got badly bitten by a dog and had serious surgery, now i'm in an arm splint for the next six weeks+ So, the question is, how do the college respond to ppl in my situation? Are they understanding about time off, inability to carry books to classes and anything else that may arise as a result? I prob won'y be able to attend the first day at this stage, and is it possible to registar over the phone? It would save a huge amount of hassle. thanks for anything you can offer.
tickledpinkfair wrote: ok WIT is not that bad as ye are all claiming it to be, the lectures are extrememly helpful and they know their students on a personel basis! yes college street is a problem but its one that they are sorting out which is evident by their investment in new buildings and constant improvement in the buildings With regards the nursing end of it they have just opened the new nurses building and it is fab. they have invested a lot of money into the college and for those of you who attend WIT and are putting it down shame on you! this is your college you should be supporting it and whatever faults you see with it should be addressed with the Students Union and get together and fight for improvement. Also this whole thing about it being weeks before your first lecture, bull.....you will have lecture definilty by week 2 if you are a fresher for those returning you well no that yu will have lectures from day 2 at least. WIT is a great college, at the end of the year when it comes to marking exams all the lecturers sit and discuss each student individually where else would you get such interest from lecturers and to be honest for you slackers out there this could be to your benefit. ANd its not just WIT that change exam papers at the last minute, remeber you are not children anymore you are adults nothing in this life is for definite . So stop all you moaning and groaning about WIT if you have things you want changed in the college do something about it otherwise be patriotic and support your college its the best time of your life and you will learn some amazing academic and life skills!!!!!!
tickledpinkfair wrote: ok WIT is not that bad as ye are all claiming it to be, the lectures are extrememly helpful and they know their students on a personel basis!
yes college street is a problem but its one that they are sorting out which is evident by their investment in new buildings and constant improvement in the buildings
With regards the nursing end of it they have just opened the new nurses building and it is fab.
they have invested a lot of money into the college and for those of you who attend WIT and are putting it down shame on you! this is your college you should be supporting it and whatever faults you see with it should be addressed with the Students Union and get together and fight for improvement.
Also this whole thing about it being weeks before your first lecture, bull.....you will have lecture definilty by week 2 if you are a fresher for those returning you well no that yu will have lectures from day 2 at least.
WIT is a great college, at the end of the year when it comes to marking exams all the lecturers sit and discuss each student individually where else would you get such interest from lecturers and to be honest for you slackers out there this could be to your benefit.
ANd its not just WIT that change exam papers at the last minute, remeber you are not children anymore you are adults nothing in this life is for definite .
So stop all you moaning and groaning about WIT if you have things you want changed in the college do something about it otherwise be patriotic and support your college its the best time of your life and you will learn some amazing academic and life skills!!!!!!
sully04 wrote: Still waiting on registration - nobody knows when thats going to get done. Apparently the person handling it is out sick.