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Bumping up my grade for next year

Hi everyone,

I'm currently on placement and due to return to uni this September to start my final year...

In my 2nd year i did very badly with an average of 52.8%, this is mainly due to personal circumstances at the time...

Anyone have any idea what bearing the 3rd year has against my degree? i've heard its as high as 70% of the final mark comes from the 3rd year?

I'm hoping to push this up to a 1st... Is it possible?

Appreciate your advice... cheers.

Reply 1

Jennie1987

17

D4ftpunk

Hi everyone,

I'm currently on placement and due to return to uni this September to start my final year...

In my 2nd year i did very badly with an average of 52.8%, this is mainly due to personal circumstances at the time...

Anyone have any idea what bearing the 3rd year has against my degree? i've heard its as high as 70% of the final mark comes from the 3rd year?

I'm hoping to push this up to a 1st... Is it possible?

Appreciate your advice... cheers.

lol its all dependent on your degree, your faculty and your uni its not one size fits all.

Reply 2

bella127

11

It depends. My uni is weighted 25/75. Some universities are entirely 3rd year based. It's possible :smile:

Reply 3

D4ftpunk

OP

ah ok... thanks for the replies guys, i've messaged my personal tutor, hope he replies soon...

if its 50/50 i've have to achieve an average of over 90% next year to obtain a final grade of above 70% :s

Say its 30/70 what will i have to average next year?

Reply 4

Jennie1987

17

D4ftpunk

ah ok... thanks for the replies guys, i've messaged my personal tutor, hope he replies soon...

if its 50/50 i've have to achieve an average of over 90% next year to obtain a final grade of above 70% :s

Say its 30/70 what will i have to average next year?

Dont start guessing youll get your hopes up, it says in your student handbook or your uni site how it is all weighted.

Reply 5

hobnob

14

D4ftpunk

ah ok... thanks for the replies guys, i've messaged my personal tutor, hope he replies soon...

if its 50/50 i've have to achieve an average of over 90% next year to obtain a final grade of above 70% :s

Say its 30/70 what will i have to average next year?

Slightly over 77, so this probably isn't a terribly realistic scenario, I'm afraid...

Reply 6

D4ftpunk

OP

77 hmm... well thats better than 90... i'd say do-able... and in the worst case... i'll get a very high 2:1...

To the person who said don't get my hopes up... i need to set myself high goals... otherwise i won't acheive at all unfortunately, i love putting a number on everything so if i know what i need to get, i'm more likely to acheive it.

Thanks everyone :smile:

Reply 7

D4ftpunk

OP

Just found out my uni is 25/75... so guess less than 77%, if hobnob could adjust that figure for me i'd appreciate :smile:

(76% right?)

Reply 8

hobnob

14

D4ftpunk

Just found out my uni is 25/75... so guess less than 77%, if hobnob could adjust that figure for me i'd appreciate :smile:

Slightly over 75, but surely you could have figured that out for yourself? I'm genuinely surprised at the number of people here who apparently can't do simple percentages. :s-smilie:

Edit: Oh, OK, you edited your post while I was writing mine. I take it back. :p:

Reply 9

hobnob

14

D4ftpunk

77 hmm... well thats better than 90... i'd say do-able... and in the worst case... i'll get a very high 2:1...

Well, it really depends on your subject... 75-77 is only a 'doable' kind of average if you're doing a sciency subject; for humanities or social sciences it's practically impossible to average that. There may be a handful of exceptions, but it really isn't very likely to happen, so unless you're the kind of person who doesn't really mind if they end up missing overambitious goals by a mile, it'll probably be more realistic if you aim for a highish 2.1. :dontknow:

Reply 10

Jennie1987

17

D4ftpunk

77 hmm... well thats better than 90... i'd say do-able... and in the worst case... i'll get a very high 2:1...

To the person who said don't get my hopes up... i need to set myself high goals... otherwise i won't acheive at all unfortunately, i love putting a number on everything so if i know what i need to get, i'm more likely to acheive it.

Thanks everyone :smile:

I didnt mean setting goals, i was referring to working out percentages for all the possibilities of how your uni decide your degree - dont get your hopes up that it will be the easiest for you to obtain, it could be any.

Of course now you found it on the website you know. I thought I was pretty clear in replying to your question that this is what i meant.

Reply 11

D4ftpunk

OP

I'm doing Computer Science, so although some work is coursework based where its hard to obtain high marks, there is a "right answer" for most of the exam papers... meaning you can turn out with results like 80-90% per exam.

Fingers Crossed eh!?

Bumping up my grade for next year

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