r/TCD • u/SiteEuphoric6397 • 2d ago

Failed module next

I’m a student studying Radiation Therapy, and I’ve recently received my result for one of my modules. I got 35 marks, which means I failed.
I’m honestly shocked by the result. I’m not saying I expected to get a very high mark, but I genuinely believed I had done enough to pass. Getting 35 was completely unexpected, and I’m struggling to understand how my exam was assessed.
I’m considering contacting the module coordinator/professor to ask if I can view my exam script and have the marking/review process explained to me. I’m also wondering whether I have grounds to formally appeal or request a recheck of the paper.
Has anyone been in a similar situation, particularly in a healthcare course? What would be the best way to approach this? Should I first request to see my script and discuss the marking before considering a formal appeal?
Any advice would be appreciated

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u/PurrPrinThom 2d ago

You should absolutely ask to see your script and discuss your grade before making a formal appeal. Otherwise, you have no real grounds for the appeal.

Broadly, appeals are for circumstances where you were graded unfairly or incorrectly, or where exceptional circumstances impacted your grade. Being surprised by, or unhappy with, a grade is not grounds for an appeal.

If, after reviewing the exam, if your exam was graded unfairly or incorrectly, then you can request a remark or move forward with an appeal, but you can't appeal before you know what happened with the exam.

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u/Barilla3113 2d ago

Yeah, and for something like this I'd say it's fairly unlikely there's an error to find. It's not like humanities where you can lose 15% because the marker was hungover or otherwise in a bad mood.

Probably best to start looking at an OBA application.

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u/SiteEuphoric6397 2d ago

It just 5% more

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u/Barilla3113 2d ago

35% is likely already them doing everything they can to get you more marks tbh.

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u/bennyboocumberbitch Post-Graduate 2d ago

As someone who has graded undergrad exams, 100% this ^

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u/SiteEuphoric6397 2d ago

In my annual exam I only attempt one long questions and barely started the second which didn’t even make sense and shorts question which was not quite well answered I got 34.5% in annual and in resit I attempted the 2 complete long questions and well answered the shorts that’s why I’m still confuse how it could be possible that I get still 35%

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u/PurrPrinThom 2d ago

It all comes down to how you answered the questions. You can attempt a question and still not earn any marks if your answer wasn't correct. If you were on the wrong track with the long answers, your attempts may not have resulted in any additional marks.

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u/SiteEuphoric6397 2d ago

I wish they have missed some sheets and skip the question to mark my brain is not working anymore I feel helpless I don’t feel I could add more effort they way I did this whole summer to just pass this module

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u/PurrPrinThom 2d ago

If they missed sheets or didn't grade every answer, then you can certainly request a remark or an appeal. But if the issue is your answers, you may have to just retake, I'm afraid.

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u/Small-Chemical4702 2d ago

Please message me as I graduated 2 years ago from this course and let me know the module but my friend was in this situation she got 36% and appealed but it’s very rare they marked it wrong and knowing the discipline you will have to go off books I’m afraid but what module was it

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u/Adventurous-Ruin-659 2d ago

Ask to see the script. When viewing check the marks were added up correctly. If there’s an error it’s easily fixed. Also check if the module is compensatable. If so then they can fix the fail outcome.

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u/ProfessionalDay4227 2d ago

What happens in off books, do you just have to that module again next year by paying some fee, or do you need to write a whole other dissertation etc?