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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1245 on: June 23, 2014, 11:56:53 pm »
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So I'm pretty sure I may have failed my last exam due to difficulty, poor effort, silly mistakes etc. etc.
Anyways, upon calculating possible exam marks I may achieve, I came to the conclusion I might just pass, or just fail.
Is it possible the chief examiner has the ability to take a look at students who achieved say, a 48 and bump them up to 50 based upon their discretion? (e.g. based off other factors such as tutorial attendance, quality of errors on exam etc.) or is this a rare, or non occurring, possibility?  :-\
To give you something positive to look at it, it has been "known" to occur (word of mouth - I have not been told by anyone of authority that they have bumped someone up or that it occurs, but the general consensus among students seems to be it does sometimes occur). However, it certainly doesn't happen in all cases and would be dependent on the situation (e.g. high in-semester assessment marks but just failed exam) and the chief examiner/unit coordinator or whoever it is that is in charge of these things.

Anyway, best to just put it behind you for the time being and enjoy your holidays, then address the issue when results come out, maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised. Best of luck! :)
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1246 on: June 24, 2014, 12:27:00 am »
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So I'm pretty sure I may have failed my last exam due to difficulty, poor effort, silly mistakes etc. etc.
Anyways, upon calculating possible exam marks I may achieve, I came to the conclusion I might just pass, or just fail.
Is it possible the chief examiner has the ability to take a look at students who achieved say, a 48 and bump them up to 50 based upon their discretion? (e.g. based off other factors such as tutorial attendance, quality of errors on exam etc.) or is this a rare, or non occurring, possibility?  :-\

Depends on the faculty - I think some faculties have a thing where if you get 48 or 49, you get a chance to resit the exam and if you pass the second time, your maximum possible mark is 50. Not 100% sure, but don't worry about it for now - cross that bridge if you come to it. Who knows, maybe it was a really hard exam and will get marked up!
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1247 on: June 24, 2014, 12:39:39 am »
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(e.g. based off other factors such as tutorial attendance

I've heard for Maths units that this is the case, so stay cheerful, it could happen for your unit too :)



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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1248 on: June 24, 2014, 12:51:02 pm »
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What does failing a unit entail, exactly? Is it just a term to describe getting below a 50, or are there serious consequences that come with it?

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« Reply #1249 on: June 24, 2014, 12:59:22 pm »
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What does failing a unit entail, exactly? Is it just a term to describe getting below a 50, or are there serious consequences that come with it?

It just means you got below 50. If it is a compulsory unit for your degree or is a pre-requisite for other subjects that you want to do, you will have to repeat it. If not, you're free to forget about it and do another subject instead.

The only time you'll have "serious consequences" (AFAIK) is if you really screw up, i.e. fail multiple units in multiple successive semesters, at which point you'll be called before the academic progress committee to explain why you have not progressed in your degree. And even then you'll still get at least one more shot at it. Being expelled from the course is a last resort and you would have to REALLY stuff up for that to happen (i.e. something like getting multiple 0s for multiple semesters in a row)
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1250 on: June 24, 2014, 06:11:57 pm »
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1251 on: June 24, 2014, 06:16:32 pm »
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It just means you got below 50. If it is a compulsory unit for your degree or is a pre-requisite for other subjects that you want to do, you will have to repeat it. If not, you're free to forget about it and do another subject instead.
Well that's a relief. Partially.

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« Reply #1252 on: June 24, 2014, 06:51:46 pm »
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Well that's a relief. Partially.
Come off it mate! There's not a chance you're getting close to 50 for a unit. What'd you take this semester, MTH3241?
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1253 on: June 24, 2014, 07:19:32 pm »
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Come off it mate! There's not a chance you're getting close to 50 for a unit. What'd you take this semester, MTH3241?
Oh no, haha, I'm not fishing for support or anything, I for-sure know I've failed Korean. I left more than half the exam blank and bombed every other piece of in-semester assessment.

Actually, I'm usually pretty arrogant about my marks, I'm expecting 80+ for every other unit.

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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1254 on: June 24, 2014, 07:38:22 pm »
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Oh no, haha, I'm not fishing for support or anything, I for-sure know I've failed Korean. I left more than half the exam blank and bombed every other piece of in-semester assessment.

Actually, I'm usually pretty arrogant about my marks, I'm expecting 80+ for every other unit.
Ouch! My commiserations.

It's not really arrogant when it's a feasible expectation though (assuming you aren't horrendously obnoxious about it). Good luck for Korean and the rest of your exams though, congrats on finishing your first exam period!
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1255 on: June 24, 2014, 08:19:47 pm »
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I still have French introductory tomorrow and I'm hoping that the exam will be no harder than the other assessments I've had so far.

Can't wait to actually get some reading done! I can't believe I haven't read a decent book in what feels like forever!
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1256 on: June 24, 2014, 08:48:19 pm »
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What even are holidays? Keen to start back on the wards from Monday! Volunteered at some RACP exams (basically the exams for registrar doctors to pass in order to begin specialising!) and had a really good time, got the real gig coming up in a month or so, keen as! :D

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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1257 on: June 24, 2014, 08:56:25 pm »
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What even are holidays? Keen to start back on the wards from Monday! Volunteered at some RACP exams (basically the exams for registrar doctors to pass in order to begin specialising!) and had a really good time, got the real gig coming up in a month or so, keen as! :D
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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1258 on: June 24, 2014, 08:56:59 pm »
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I still have French introductory tomorrow and I'm hoping that the exam will be no harder than the other assessments I've had so far.

Can't wait to actually get some reading done! I can't believe I haven't read a decent book in what feels like forever!
Omg same. At a minimum I need to read The Bell Jar, Brooklyn, The Republic, a bunch of other American classics (lol like I'll find the time), Walden and Civil Disobedience... UGH WHY IS UNI SO CONSUMING

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Re: Monash General Chat
« Reply #1259 on: June 26, 2014, 02:47:02 am »
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you guys know that allocate+ is open, right? I'm getting a very shitty timetable
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