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Deadmoney2 wrote: »

gotten over 40% in everything else

I think you have to average 45% overall, it says something relating to this in the marks and standards guidelines:

"The precision mark is normally defined as the overall average weighted mark for the first full presentation of marks for an academic session. For continuous programmes, the precision mark is defined as the overall average weighted mark for the first full presentation of marks for an award."

Make of that as you will. I think it means in June when we get our final exam results for semester one and two then the average of all our results must be higher than 45% for any exam to be elgible for compensation. Then the exam cant be worth more than 1/6th of your ECTS credits.

I got 38% in one exam and a 2.2, 2.1 and 2.1. It's only worth 5 credits so when (yes, when!) I pass my semester two exams I'll hopefully be compensated.

OrionsBelt wrote: »

Ok bare with me. I failed one module last year, badly, and had to repeat it this year. i had already started an INTRA placement so I was allowed to remain on INTRA while repeating. I'm registered as a third year though the exam i took this year was a second year one.

I have again failed :mad: though not by much. i got 37%. Since it failed the first time in second year and this time while technically being in third year, would i be compensated this time?

(btw, i am aware that failing the same subject three times is pathetic, but i've passed everything else, i just do not get this subject)

As far as I know you can only be compensated on a full set of results you may have to resit it again in August........


Compensation is only applied when all of the following conditions are met:

the modules are being attempted for the first time, i.e. where a full set of exam marks is presented for the first time; compensation is not applied in relation to modules being attempted at a second or subsequent sitting

a minimum precision mark of 45% must be obtained
a maximum of 1/6 of the available marked ECTS credits have been failed (regardless of the semester in which the failure(s) occur or of how these ECTS credits are made up in terms of modules) in the academic session
the marks obtained in the individual failed module(s) is/are greater than 35%

OrionsBelt wrote: »

Ok bare with me. I failed one module last year, badly, and had to repeat it this year. i had already started an INTRA placement so I was allowed to remain on INTRA while repeating. I'm registered as a third year though the exam i took this year was a second year one.

As you are a repeat student for that module, the new Marks & Standards don't apply, for this year only. Sorry to say it looks like you have one final attempt to repeat in autumn and then you are out.

You should really talk to your programme Board chair directly.

BogMonkey wrote: »

56 in biology, 77 in physics. ****in hell this is a hard college I knew everything on that physics test inside out but I only manage to get 77. Then again its still a pretty good mark so I suppose I shouldn't really be complaining.


I know what you mean I'm guessing its a near impossibility to get above 90% in this college. I swear to god on my physics test I knew every single aspect of every question that was on the test yet I somehow only get 77%. In the long run when employers are looking into your record do they see a list of all the marks you got during your time in college?

Is it not sort of common knowledge that colleges never give over 80% or so? I'm not saying this can't be gotten but I think it is unbelievably rare. The exams you expect to get like over 90% for you usually get over 70. I got 99% last year in a first year accounting module in NCI but I assumed that this was because it was number for number accurate and the paper was out of 100%. In other words they couldn't give me less than 99 as everything was done correctly i.e, all numbers in the right place etc.

Find it strange though with anything else where written answers are required as it just seems impossible to get much over 70%. Even in the Leaving cert lots of people score 95%-100% regularly but colleges seem way tougher in their marking.

Grr, failed one. I expected to though, not attending lectures + trying to write a 3000 word essay in one night was a bad idea in hindsight :pac:

Does anybody know what happens when you fail a module that's completely CA? Do I repeat it?

Grr why is the link there then?