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QCA & Repating!

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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    mud wrote: »
    Is it a core module or an elective?

    None of my modules were optional, so I don't suspect it was elective, but I will check.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭mud


    I hope you get on ok with it. Repeats are a balls and there are a lot of reasons for repeating. Maybe drop your course head a line and see if they can shed some light. Best of luck!


  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭itgirl268


    hey so i repeated a module that i failed first semester. but i don't think it faired so well my overall qca is 1.9. what happens if i do fail it again?


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,077 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    itgirl268 wrote: »
    hey so i repeated a module that i failed first semester. but i don't think it faired so well my overall qca is 1.9. what happens if i do fail it again?

    Your QCA has to be above 2.0 to progress so you will have to do a link in module


  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭itgirl268


    ryanf1 wrote: »
    Your QCA has to be above 2.0 to progress so you will have to do a link in module

    How do I go about that?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,077 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    itgirl268 wrote: »
    How do I go about that?

    Im not sure because Ive never had to do one myself. But I imagine if you do fail the repeat, SAA will instruct you what to do.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    itgirl268 wrote: »
    How do I go about that?

    When the results are out, go to SAA and discuss doing a link in (you might have to talk to your course director, I'm not 100% on that because I had to do it because modules changed when I failed). You then go and get a Link-In Registration Form from those little pigeon holes beside the Fees Office. You fill that out, pay the fees for the module, and hand it in to the Fees Office.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,282 ✭✭✭Slugs


    So, despite my previous thoughts, I did quite well in my final exam and achieved a 2.89 QCA, which has brought a new challenge :P.

    Typically the discretionary section is within 0.10 for application for awards. I'm 0.11... Any idea if it's worth my while still applying for a 2.1 award and how to go about doing it?

    Cheers! :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,652 ✭✭✭Chimaera


    You don't apply for a higher award - the faculty decide at the grading meeting whether you should receive it or not. If you were repeating to clear an I-grade they might consider it depending on your other work, but if you were clearing a fail grade then I'd say you take what you got and run with it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,077 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Slugs wrote: »
    So, despite my previous thoughts, I did quite well in my final exam and achieved a 2.89 QCA, which has brought a new challenge :P.

    Typically the discretionary section is within 0.10 for application for awards. I'm 0.11... Any idea if it's worth my while still applying for a 2.1 award and how to go about doing it?

    Cheers! :D

    You won't be put in front of the exam board if your more than 0.1 away.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4 irishgal07


    hey guys, got my UL results today and I'm not very happy...
    I got 1 F, 1D2, C1,C2 and a C3.
    Qca is 1.64
    If i repeat the F and the D2 and come out with a C3 will i get a @.0 qca?
    Please someone help, I'm so upset! some guidance as to if i can get my 2.0 would make me very happy


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    irishgal07 wrote: »
    hey guys, got my UL results today and I'm not very happy...
    I got 1 F, 1D2, C1,C2 and a C3.
    Qca is 1.64
    If i repeat the F and the D2 and come out with a C3 will i get a @.0 qca?
    Please someone help, I'm so upset! some guidance as to if i can get my 2.0 would make me very happy

    Depends on your sem 1 QCA. Your overall QCA needs to be 2. You have to repeat the F. The D2 is worth 1.4 IIRC, so a C3 is a big boost to a 2.0 if you'd like to repeat it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 irishgal07


    Hi Gumbi,
    It was 2.4 last semester?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    irishgal07 wrote: »
    Hi Gumbi,
    It was 2.4 last semester?

    Technically you could just repeat your F, and you'd have a QCA of 2.08 for the second sem. So your overall QCA would be 2.4 + 2.08 divided by 2 for the overall QCA. You can also repeat your D2, which would bring your second sem QCA up to 2.14.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,317 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Are you allowed more than 2 D1's in a semester without having to repeat one of them?


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    marno21 wrote: »
    Are you allowed more than 2 D1's in a semester without having to repeat one of them?

    Once QCA is above 2.0, yes.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,317 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    Once QCA is above 2.0, yes.
    Fantastic stuff, have 3 of them so not having an extra repeat is brilliant.


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