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Reply 1
I think if we fail with 35-39 we can get a compensated pass, so that we don't have to retake it. Not that I've ever been in that position :biggrin:
Which Uni are you at, if you dont mind me asking?
Reply 3
Frances
I think if we fail with 35-39 we can get a compensated pass, so that we don't have to retake it. Not that I've ever been in that position :biggrin:


thats not fair!!!

if i get lower then 40%, i need to retake it, with the max mark being 40%
Reply 4
We didn't but the modules could be capped at 40 % due to extenuating curcumstances
Reply 5
Frances
I think if we fail with 35-39 we can get a compensated pass, so that we don't have to retake it. Not that I've ever been in that position :biggrin:


And if that's the case throughout your degree then what you'll get here is Pass Degree Classification - An Ordinary degree.
Reply 6
guest1984
thats not fair!!!

if i get lower then 40%, i need to retake it, with the max mark being 40%


Thats not fair!!! Our pass mnark and max retake mark is 50%!!*



















*There's always someone worse off than you :wink: :biggrin:
Reply 7
guest1984
if i get lower then 40%, i need to retake it, with the max mark being 40%

:dito: though overall I don't think that the policy is that unfair. Afterall, 40% is very acheivable in most modules and at least we get the chance to resit even if it is capped :cool:
At my uni (or maybe just one my course) I just needed to pass a year on average in order to move onto the next one.

If you failed a year overall you could resit any exams from individual modules you failed (with a maximum of the pass mark of 35% being awarded to ensure you didn't do any better than people who passed first time).

This counted for all years except the final year. You didn't have to pass this year on average, but to get your degree you just needed to have a pass on average over all your years.

After three years I hadn't failed a module, but in my final year, knowing I'd got a 2:1 in the bag easily I didn't try as hard as I should have and ended up failing one module narrowly by about 5%.
Reply 9
Roger Kirk


After three years I hadn't failed a module, but in my final year, knowing I'd got a 2:1 in the bag easily I didn't try as hard as I should have and ended up failing one module narrowly by about 5%.


did you get a 2:1 overall?

i only need 40% in 3 of my finals to get a 2:2

OR

One 61%, Two 60% to get a 2:1 overall
Reply 10
You have to pass every module each year to progress to the next year/achieve your degree at my university. You generally get one chance to resist, capped at 40%, and if you fail that then you have to retake the whole year. If you fail the year again you are booted out.
AT London met, you have to pass all the modules...i think. You have to achieve over 40% to pass, and anything you fail you can retake in the summer....if you fail that time you have to register to do the whole module the following year, but that kinda screws everything up as youd be doing 5 modules in one term!!!
guest1984
I do, need to pass all 18 modules, 6 per year

:cool:
Well it depends, but in most cases yes. Especially if you're studying medical science, or related like me. Just gotta work hard and keep at it (less TSR, lol I need to ban myself).
Guest1984
did you get a 2:1 overall?

i only need 40% in 3 of my finals to get a 2:2

OR

One 61%, Two 60% to get a 2:1 overall

Yep, I got a 2:1 overall....almost a first in then and if I had tried in that one module I failed and had actually passed it to get something like 40% I would have got the first I think. Annoying now, but never mind.