Do you have to pass all units of your mods, or just get 40% overall?

Think I used six booklets in my three hour exam yesterday , I write a lot and also as it was an essay exam was advised to write on every other line.

For my engineering exams though I often get into four booklets quite easily, even though we only answer five questions , but then I write a lot (and I mean a horrendous amount) to ensure I get every single little mark that I can.

Sounds impressive. I bet the examiners are going to hate you, though, for giving them so much to mark.

Also in arts subjects, its difficult to get much over 70% (first class). I remember reading one of the MHE examiners reports and they said that they had been able to award one distinction at the exceptionally high level of 75%.

So for all intents and purposes, 75-80% is like a glass ceiling.

you can't really compare marks across subjects, though- what does it mean to be as good at physics as french, anyway?

I did four mods papers for my course (CAAH) and whilst I think I got good marks in three of them, I totally flunked my latin paper (we're talking about 10% here.) Does this mean I fail? Resit? Or might the examiners deem that since i don't need to do latin ever again if the other papers are good enough they will round it up to a pass? I just don't know.

you can't really compare marks across subjects, though- what does it mean to be as good at physics as french, anyway?

Is it common for people to fail the exams and get kicked out, or is this for the realllllllllllllly lazy people!?

I found the exams so bloody difficult, worse than collections despite having done loads more revision than for collections. I think that's a bad sign. I really wanted to get a first but now I think I'll be lucky to get a 2.1

Agripinna are you a CAAH person?

(ignore this if you're not):
What was so bad about yours? I feel like the exams this year were a lot harder than the past papers in terms of questions. Whether thats because they thought we could handle it or because they were being harsh I don't know. But so long as you answered the questions, even if the answers weren't amazing you should pass: remember Albert's speech about only needing to write two points and you're done, according to P Hareer. Although P Hareer is the man responsible for me (still) doing latin and is therefore on my most hated list. I really wish this logic applied to latin, although that said since I neglected to answer a whole section (out of three parts) I still don't think that would save me....

Bloomin' Fricker! How nasty was populations sob. Also realised that I've been writing in the wrong bit of the answer booklet, over the bit where it says "For Examiners' Use". I do hope they mark it!