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For the last time in my educational career i will be taking exams !!! woohooo,
just been working out what i need to ensure a 2.1 . and it isnt too much, need to get thirds!!!!

what are people hoping to graduate with this year .
anyone think that the lectures strike will effect them
anyone have plans for next year.

a poll for laughs ... if uve already graduated what did u get.

rough translation : 1st = A
2.1 = B
2.2 = C
3rd = D
Pass = E


CRAP : fogot poll how do u edit to add one ...

I got a 2:1 in my undergraduate degree. Was only two marks off a First - very annoyed. I'm just finishing classes in my Masters at the minute, but still have a dissertation to do over the summer, with a view to a winter graduation. I expect to pass it comfortably, but I can't see myself getting a Distinction, not that it bothers me much (there's only fail, pass or Distinction in a Masters course)

Good luck with your finals.

CRAP : fogot poll how do u edit to add one ...

It's under thread tools, I think (at the top right of the page, ish)

Also, what country are you in? What uni? What degree subject? etc.?

I got a 2:1 in my undergraduate degree. Was only two marks off a First - very annoyed. I'm just finishing classes in my Masters at the minute, but still have a dissertation to do over the summer, with a view to a winter graduation. I expect to pass it, but I can't see myself getting a Distinction, not that it bothers me much (there's only fail, pass or Distinction in a Masters course).



I feel that pain.

Why winter? Is there not one earlier- Septemberish?

It's under thread tools, I think (at the top right of the page, ish)

Also, what country are you in? What uni? What degree subject? etc.?


wouldnt let me add a poll in edit ohh humm...

in england, studying American Studies at the University of East Anglia, mainly did it cos i got to spend a year in miami, though as been fun......

Why winter? Is there not one earlier- Septemberish?Only July and December at Queen's (http://www.qub.ac.uk). I think the dissertation is due on 24 September or something, so it'd probably be too late to do it around then anyway.

I'm going to miss out on the Queen's tradition of strawberries and cream at summer graduations, since I did my BSc elsewhere (http://www.ulster.ac.uk). It'll probably snow on me or something :p

My dissertation is in, so I can concentrate on my German finals.

I'm looking at getting a 2:1 in terms on the history side of the course (which is 2/3rds of my course in total) and having to limit the damage i do to it with how I do in my german... :(

Only July and December at Queen's (http://www.qub.ac.uk). I think the dissertation is due on 24 September or something, so it'd probably be too late to do it around then anyway.

Aie. That sucks. I'm trying to aim for September so I don't get lumbered with another year of fees. But... meh.


I'm going to miss out on the Queen's tradition of strawberries and cream at summer graduations, since I did my BSc elsewhere (http://www.ulster.ac.uk). It'll probably snow on me or something :p

Pfft. Toffs :p Try going back to UUC and telling them you went to QUB. I'm sure they'll love ya. :D

talking of graduation cermony's, at UEA we arent even getting presented with our scrolls, as they wont be ready yet. so its gonna be a pretty pointless day .....

Aie. That sucks. I'm trying to aim for September so I don't get lumbered with another year of fees. But... meh.Oh good God. I don't know what the position on fees for a course of one calendar year is at QUB...I'd better find out. Hopefully you'll get September, the cost for the sake of another few months isn't worth it!

I hate fees :mad:

Pfft. Toffs :p Try going back to UUC and telling them you went to QUB. I'm sure they'll love ya. :DLOL; I was actually on the Students' Union at UU (it was the Jordanstown campus), and we had a campus rag that lambasted the "University Road Technical College" left, right and centre. As you rightly predict, my former colleagues weren't thrilled when they heard I'd defected to it :D

For the last time in my educational career i will be taking exams !!! woohooo,
just been working out what i need to ensure a 2.1 . and it isnt too much, need to get thirds!!!!

what are people hoping to graduate with this year .
anyone think that the lectures strike will effect them
anyone have plans for next year.
Lucky bugger. I've worked out what I need for a 2:1, and I think it's about 55% in one exam, and an average of 65% in the other two. Plus over 60 in my dissertation, which shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Mind you, I'll be happy with a 2:2.

Mind you, I'll be happy with a 2:2.

If I can get that it'll be good.

That said I've already been accepted on my PGCE course, all i need to do is get a degree of 3rd classification or above.

Lucky bugger. I've worked out what I need for a 2:1, and I think it's about 55% in one exam, and an average of 65% in the other two. Plus over 60 in my dissertation, which shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Mind you, I'll be happy with a 2:2.


yep there aint much wrong with a desmond ...... disseratations are buggars ive spent all year trying to make up for my failings in that. it was unfair to ask me to write one whilst living in miami, so much else to do

If I can get that it'll be good.

That said I've already been accepted on my PGCE course, all i need to do is get a degree of 3rd classification or above.
Ooooh...what's your post-grad course? I'll be applying for a journalism post-grad course in a couple of years, and I only need a 2:2 for it. Just need to earn a bit of money first to make sure I can afford it and live while doing it.

yep there aint much wrong with a desmond ...... disseratations are buggars ive spent all year trying to make up for my failings in that. it was unfair to ask me to write one whilst living in miami, so much else to do
A Desmond? No, hang on, I've got it. http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/images/img_ArchbishopTutupic.jpg
Dissertations are indeed buggers. I'm still writing mine, and it's due on Monday.

yep there aint much wrong with a desmond ...... disseratations are buggars ive spent all year trying to make up for my failings in that. it was unfair to ask me to write one whilst living in miami, so much else to do

I've written two in a year so you'll be getting no sympathy from me :p My first was written whilst working 48 hours a week on my year in Germany too. No time for research there.

Ooooh...what's your post-grad course? I'll be applying for a journalism post-grad course in a couple of years, and I only need a 2:2 for it. Just need to earn a bit of money first to make sure I can afford it and live while doing it.


A Desmond? No, hang on, I've got it. http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/images/img_ArchbishopTutupic.jpg
Dissertations are indeed buggers. I'm still writing mine, and it's due on Monday.

Got mine in a whole week early. See, planning :p

Its a Primary Education specialising in German.

Yup, thats right.

A Teacher.

For the last time in my educational career i will be taking exams !!! woohooo,
just been working out what i need to ensure a 2.1 . and it isnt too much, need to get thirds!!!!

what are people hoping to graduate with this year .
anyone think that the lectures strike will effect them
anyone have plans for next year.

a poll for laughs ... if uve already graduated what did u get.

rough translation : 1st = A
2.1 = B
2.2 = C
3rd = D
Pass = E


CRAP : fogot poll how do u edit to add one ...

Oh gosh..that looks confusing...I am just now doing finals for my fresh man year. I would hope the get the 2:1 or the 1st obviously...guess ill have to wait until I get there to figure everything out.

I'll be hoping for a 2:1 for my graduation (summer 2007).

A 2:2 is looking increasingly likely, but I should be able to easily rescue myself from that situation.

So, hopefully a 2:1 or, if I really pull the finger out, a First.

Kaz...you're lucky your exams aren't in May/June, with the threat of being postponed to August. Joy.

Got mine in a whole week early. See, planning :p

Its a Primary Education specialising in German.

Yup, thats right.

A Teacher.
Eh, I could have managed to get it in early, but I've spent the last three weeks posting on here rather than writing the damn thing. Never mind. I'm practised in writing essays right up to the deadline. And they're generally pretty good.

This country needs more teachers (more than it needs journalists anyway :p), so that's cool. Unless you're going to Germany to teach.

I'll be hoping for a 2:1 for my graduation (summer 2007).

A 2:2 is looking increasingly likely, but I should be able to easily rescue myself from that situation.

So, hopefully a 2:1 or, if I really pull the finger out, a First.
If you've got over a year left, you should easily be able to get a 2:1. Unless, like me, you're lazy.

If you've got over a year left, you should easily be able to get a 2:1. Unless, like me, you're lazy.
Yeah. Laziness is my major problem. I've always been too lazy to work for school/uni/exams. Problem is, now I figure that if I've been fine this far, I don't really need to work.

Lucky lot, I've still got another three years till I graduate. First year exams start in a couple of weeks, and I'm looking for 2:1s and up. Anyone affected by the marking boycott?

Lucky lot, I've still got another three years till I graduate. First year exams start in a couple of weeks, and I'm looking for 2:1s and up. Anyone affected by the marking boycott?

*waves*

*waves*

International forum!

What boycott? What? Don't do this to me! WHAT?! TELL ME!
*grabs Turquoise Days and shakes him*

Lucky lot, I've still got another three years till I graduate. First year exams start in a couple of weeks, and I'm looking for 2:1s and up. Anyone affected by the marking boycott?
Not yet, but if I am I intend to sue my university for my fees back.

Lucky lot, I've still got another three years till I graduate. First year exams start in a couple of weeks, and I'm looking for 2:1s and up. Anyone affected by the marking boycott?


yeah what uni u at. some of my teachers arent official marking essays, but a few have verbally told me what i got. this happened last year, but was resolved in time.

striking for more pay, greedy greedy lectures.

*waves*

*waves*

International forum!

What boycott? What? Don't do this to me! WHAT?! TELL ME!
*grabs Turquoise Days and shakes him*
Hee hee hee.

A union in good old blighty has decided that it's lecturer members aren't getting enough money from fee increases, and is boycotting marking as part of it's action. Haven't paid it that much attention, as my first year doesn't count towards my degree, but there was some possibility that graduations might be delayed.

*waves*

*waves*

International forum!

What boycott? What? Don't do this to me! WHAT?! TELL ME!
*grabs Turquoise Days and shakes him*
I assume you heard about the increase in tuition fees in universities in Britain?

Basically, the universities had promised the lecturers etc. that a significant percentage of the income from increased fees would go to the lecturers, as a pay increase. But now the fees have been introduced, the universities have said to the lecturers, 'Oh, we've spent the money on other stuff instead.' So the lecturers are now on a marking boycott, until the dispute is resolved.

yeah what uni u at. some of my teachers arent official marking essays, but a few have verbally told me what i got. this happened last year, but was resolved in time.

striking for more pay, greedy greedy lectures.
Striking for more pay that they had already been promised, actually. Personally, I side with the lecturers. Their pay isn't that great anyway.

Kaz...you're lucky your exams aren't in May/June, with the threat of being postponed to August. Joy.It's entirely based on coursework, some of which is due later this month and next month. I bet the bastards don't mark it until August. But yes, I know I'm much more fortunate than many other students. I hope it doesn't come to that for you. I'm sick of the Vice-Chancellor tossing on about how the students are the university's main priority.

Anyhow, I never thought I'd get a 2:1 either, because of my laziness. I'm sure you'll have no problem getting it or a First in the end :)

Yeah. Laziness is my major problem. I've always been too lazy to work for school/uni/exams. Problem is, now I figure that if I've been fine this far, I don't really need to work.
I know that feeling. And believe me, it'll get worse next year when you realise that you actually don't give a shit that you've got your finals coming up.

I assume you heard about the increase in tuition fees in universities in Britain?

Basically, the universities had promised the lecturers etc. that a significant percentage of the income from increased fees would go to the lecturers, as a pay increase. But now the fees have been introduced, the universities have said to the lecturers, 'Oh, we've spent the money on other stuff instead.' So the lecturers are now on a marking boycott, until the dispute is resolved.

Holy shit! I didn't hear that at all! Mostly we've being 'campaiging' (I use that term very loosely) to keep 'free' fees over the past several years (undergrads only).

Hope that gets resolved for you guys soon.

p.s Is it across the entire UK or only England?

Striking for more pay that they had already been promised, actually. Personally, I side with the lecturers. Their pay isn't that great anyway.

i know was beibg flippant. i support them, but some at my uni there is a mix of support amongst the lecturers themselves. some are totally for it, others couldnt care less

Holy shit! I didn't hear that at all! Mostly we've being 'campaiging' (I use that term very loosely) to keep 'free' fees over the past several years (undergrads only).

Hope that gets resolved for you guys soon.

p.s Is it across the entire UK or only England?
Erm, I don't know. Definitely England and Wales, but I don't know about Scotland or N. Ireland.

Striking for more pay that they had already been promised, actually. Personally, I side with the lecturers. Their pay isn't that great anyway.
Yeah, thats my view of the situation too. The universities can't really beat them, as without the lecturers, the Uni's just cease to function.

Eh, I could have managed to get it in early, but I've spent the last three weeks posting on here rather than writing the damn thing. Never mind. I'm practised in writing essays right up to the deadline. And they're generally pretty good.

This country needs more teachers (more than it needs journalists anyway :p), so that's cool. Unless you're going to Germany to teach.

Damn straight we do.

Nah, I'm gonna stick around here for a few years to teach. Maybe move away after a while.

Besides, all primary schools will require a teacher who can teach a foreign language by 2010. And considering I'm a bloke and they want more men in Primary education, i'm sorted :D

It's entirely based on coursework, some of which is due later this month and next month. I bet the bastards don't mark it until August. But yes, I know I'm much more fortunate than many other students. I hope it doesn't come to that for you. I'm sick of the Vice-Chancellor tossing on about how the students are the university's main priority.

Aye, another e-mail from him the other day.

I give you my personal assurance that the University will do whatever is necessary to ensure students are not disadvantaged by this industrial action, and that graduation takes places as normal.

My thoughts? Bullshit. If there's industrial action there's nothing thu Uni can do to "ensure students are not disadvantaged"

Anyhow, I never thought I'd get a 2:1 either, because of my laziness. I'm sure you'll have no problem getting it or a First in the end :)

Aye, well hopefully. I've decided this semester I'll put some actual work in, so I get better marks than my usual just-about-the-average exam results.

Of course, the fact that final exam timetables still haven't been published, despite the exam period starting in a little over two weeks, doesn't help.

I know that feeling. And believe me, it'll get worse next year when you realise that you actually don't give a shit that you've got your finals coming up.
My problem next year will be that for two of my modules there'll be no classes.

I mean, I skip enough as it is, but at least knowing there were classes I might go to made me do a bit of work. Having no classes and being left to write a dissertation cannot be a good thing.

Erm, I don't know. Definitely England and Wales, but I don't know about Scotland or N. Ireland.
Yeah, it's a problem here as well. Lecturers/tutors are all just saying prepare for exams as normal, but that there's still the possibility of being postponed until August.

should be doing my finals this year if i hadn't cocked up uni by failing a year, starting afresh, and now this year dropping out... bah. though i was on course for a 2.1 apparently before things started fucking up.

most of my friends will be getting their degrees this summer... gonna be the thickie of the group again :( ah well at least i have a pile of money and a load of real-world business experience to my name...

should be doing my finals this year if i hadn't cocked up uni by failing a year, starting afresh, and now this year dropping out... bah. though i was on course for a 2.1 apparently before things started fucking up.

most of my friends will be getting their degrees this summer... gonna be the thickie of the group again :( ah well at least i have a pile of money and a load of real-world business experience to my name...
You know that dropping out was the best thing to do for you and your well-being at the time :fluffle:
And it doesn't effect the fact that you are intelligent. You know you're not a "thickie".
A degree doesn't necessarily mean something, and not having a degree doesn't necessarily mean something either.

For the last time in my educational career i will be taking exams !!! woohooo

Wow, I pity you~ I have been done mine for over half a month (Although I must admit, I ended pretty early compared with some of my pals, who wrote up to the end of April). Congratulations on being finished, though!

But anyway, as to your question, I think I had an A- average during my undergraduate degree (On a scale with A+ being the best possible mark, one above and beyond course requirements).

I am not done my master's yet, but so far I have something around a B or B+ (Each programme is different, but in mine the high Bs are the by far the most common).


P.S.: I do not think we have a mark 'E' in our system, and we might not have 'D' either. They may just cut if off at under 50%, seeing as that would be a failure (At least in undergrad, in graduate school they bump the minimum passing mark up a few notches).

My problem next year will be that for two of my modules there'll be no classes.

I mean, I skip enough as it is, but at least knowing there were classes I might go to made me do a bit of work. Having no classes and being left to write a dissertation cannot be a good thing.
I didn't have any classes for my dissertation modules either and I now have to write 4000 words in 5 days. Go figure. If I do crap in my degree, at least let me be a warning to someone else.

I didn't have any classes for my dissertation modules either and I now have to write 4000 words in 5 days. Go figure. If I do crap in my degree, at least let me be a warning to someone else.

That all? Dissertation must mean something totally different here.....

My dissertation (called a thesis in the US) is a short one- only about 15,000. But I had to do five 5,000 shorter pieces during the year.... worth 30%.

*sigh*

I hate busting my ass for such a low percentage.

That all? Dissertation must mean something totally different here.....

My dissertation (called a thesis in the US) is a short one- only about 15,000. But I had to do five 5,000 shorter pieces during the year.... worth 30%.

*sigh*

I hate busting my ass for such a low percentage.
No, I've already done part of it. 4000 is just what I have left. I have to do 8 2500 word essays during the year as well. I never understood why they repeatedly tell us to spend a couple of weeks writing an essay when I can do them in a night. Maybe I'd have a better chance of getting a 2:1 if I spent two weeks per essay...

Meh. I should be writing my dissertation.

I never understood why they repeatedly tell us to spend a couple of weeks writing an essay when I can do them in a night. Maybe I'd have a better chance of getting a 2:1 if I spent two weeks per essay...


Pffft. They just say that to worry us. Knocking one out a night is healthy. :p

That all? Dissertation must mean something totally different here.....

My dissertation (called a thesis in the US) is a short one- only about 15,000. But I had to do five 5,000 shorter pieces during the year.... worth 30%.

*sigh*

I hate busting my ass for such a low percentage.

I've had to do 2 15,000 word dissertations (thesis) (68 pages for one and 49 for the other), 2 2000 word essays and god knows how much on German practice.

If I was doing a straight European Studies: History degree I would have another 6 essays to do.

Meh.

I've had to do 2 15,000 word dissertations (thesis) (68 pages for one and 49 for the other), 2 2000 word essays and god knows how much on German practice.

If I was doing a straight European Studies: History degree I would have another 6 essays to do.

Meh.

Yours a one or two year Masters? (Taught or research) It would make sense with that work load to be a research one.

Pffft. They just say that to worry us. Knocking one out a night is healthy. :p
Lol! And I do!

Yours a one or two year Masters? (Taught or research) It would make sense with that work load to be a research one.

I'm an under-grad, not a masters for me.

I'm an under-grad, not a masters for me.
Oh.

Nevermind then :D

Oh.

Nevermind then :D

Yeah, my course is a little strange.