Hi, is it true that you can't get papers remarked anymore, like say if you're 1ums off an A ?
thanks guys
No, you can still get papers re-marked.
But there have been some changes to the way papers are re-marked that mean you might be slightly less likely to be moved up a very small number of marks - but genuine errors will still be picked up on and corrected.
Remember your marks can go up OR down.
Hopefully you won't have to worry about re-marks! Good luck!
But there have been some changes to the way papers are re-marked that mean you might be slightly less likely to be moved up a very small number of marks - but genuine errors will still be picked up on and corrected.
Remember your marks can go up OR down.
Hopefully you won't have to worry about re-marks! Good luck!
oh ok so I guess I might as well just go for the remark if I'm a mark off or something cause the chances of it going down like 10 marks or something is very slim aha
oh ok so I guess I might as well just go for the remark if I'm a mark off or something cause the chances of it going down like 10 marks or something is very slim aha
The way re-marks used to work is that a senior examiner would re-mark the paper and their mark would stand, whatever it was.
Now if the senior examiner has a slight difference of judgement from the original marker but that difference is the result of a 'legitimate academic interpretation' then the original mark will stand.
That means there will probably be less minor adjustment of marks through re-marks although real 'errors' will still be picked up.
But we don't yet know how this will play out in practice ....
The way re-marks used to work is that a senior examiner would re-mark the paper and their mark would stand, whatever it was.
Now if the senior examiner has a slight difference of judgement from the original marker but that difference is the result of a 'legitimate academic interpretation' then the original mark will stand.
That means there will probably be less minor adjustment of marks through re-marks although real 'errors' will still be picked up.
But we don't yet know how this will play out in practice ....
oh fgs why can't they just be nice and say well lets give them the extra marks as someone not getting into uni for the sake of a few marks is a bit unfair lets be honest... examiners are taught to mark positively so this change in the system is basically saying that if you have a tough marker then thats tough
The way re-marks used to work is that a senior examiner would re-mark the paper and their mark would stand, whatever it was.
Now if the senior examiner has a slight difference of judgement from the original marker but that difference is the result of a 'legitimate academic interpretation' then the original mark will stand.
That means there will probably be less minor adjustment of marks through re-marks although real 'errors' will still be picked up.
But we don't yet know how this will play out in practice ....
Okay so just to clarify... Say a more 'subjective' subject such as Geography is being remarked. If a question is originally marked 14/20, and when remarked the new examiner thinks it is worth 17/20, then these new marks won't be administrated and instead they will only pick up on objective errors? (e.g. if a multiple choice question is incorrectly marked as wrong).
I would have thought that 17/20 compared to 14 is a 'significant error', especially if there is other evidence of undermarking across the paper.
Maybe one or even two marks out of 20 could be matters of interpreting the mark scheme, a difference of four is more likely to be a 'significant error'.
The error needs to be 'significant' rather than 'objective' to get changed.
I would have thought that 17/20 compared to 14 is a 'significant error', especially if there is other evidence of undermarking across the paper.
Maybe one or even two marks out of 20 could be matters of interpreting the mark scheme, a difference of four is more likely to be a 'significant error'.
The error needs to be 'significant' rather than 'objective' to get changed.
Great. So let's say an answer is 14/20 but the new examiner thinks it's a 15/20, they won't change it to that?
I'm getting my geography AS remarked, and I'm 2 raw marks away from an A. So if that's the case, then I'm screwed :\
Okay so just to clarify... Say a more 'subjective' subject such as Geography is being remarked. If a question is originally marked 14/20, and when remarked the new examiner thinks it is worth 17/20, then these new marks won't be administrated and instead they will only pick up on objective errors? (e.g. if a multiple choice question is incorrectly marked as wrong).
If so, this is so unfair.
No. the 17/20 would stand. It means if an examiner read over it and thought, this is very cose to 15/20, but I can see how it misses the 15 and is a 14 but I might have given 15 probably, the 14 will stand.
If the examiner is marking a 14 and end up thinking it is worth 17, then the 17 stands as that is more than just "academic interpretation".
Great. So let's say an answer is 14/20 but the new examiner thinks it's a 15/20, they won't change it to that?
I'm getting my geography AS remarked, and I'm 2 raw marks away from an A. So if that's the case, then I'm screwed :\
It's not so much a question of one question - if the original marker is one mark out on every question, that could end up as a 'significant error' overall.
To be honest, nobody is quite sure how this change of emphasis is going to play out but it is likely that there will be fewer small mark changes.
But there have been some changes to the way papers are re-marked that mean you might be slightly less likely to be moved up a very small number of marks - but genuine errors will still be picked up on and corrected.
Remember your marks can go up OR down.
Hopefully you won't have to worry about re-marks! Good luck!
Hi,
Do you know if you get a remark on a paper and your overall grade goes down but you have a confirmed university place can this university then revoke your place
Do you know if you get a remark on a paper and your overall grade goes down but you have a confirmed university place can this university then revoke your place