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1st Year Joint honours Exam Clash

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Mumwithbaggage · 09/05/2023 19:32

Dd3 has two first year exams next week - 24 hours Wed 10am-Thurs 10am, then 24 hours Thurs 10am till Fri 10am. Bonkers obviously.

Just want a bit of advice from someone working at a university please - I assume this isn't normal or good for grades or student mental health? She's emailed her academic tutor (who she doesn't really know) but who should she be sending her request for a change to?

Many thanks

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burnoutbabe · 15/05/2023 18:38

RampantIvy · 15/05/2023 17:24

it generally meant for me 3-4 hours per question - time to plan it, then edit it to be better english, more evidence to back things up, check cohersive overall argument.

That's pretty much how DD approached it. She did take less than 24 hours though. She knew she needed to pace herself and finish before going to bed because she didn't want to risk oversleeping or waking up feeling over fatigued and therefore missing the hand in deadline.

We were allowed to upload any number of times before the deadline.

So a v1 before bedtime that answers all required in a competent way. Then a v2 wit maybe slight tweaks in the morning.

But yes 3 hour exans would be better. I have a professional one coming up -3 hours but online so I can type rather than hand writint.

Having to learn the content off by heart is the hard part!

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Mumwithbaggage · 16/05/2023 00:24

DD has got her head round it now. At least the easier subject is on day 1 and is 2 x shorter essays. She has sorted good food she doesnt have to faff with. Really don't think with all the strikes/Covid dd3 is getting the course her older siblings got but whatever. She's happy. It was much worse for those starting their degrees in 2020.

I do think a big part of her worry is the lack of exams they have had in the last few years. DD1 had public exams every year from Y9 to the final year of her degree. DD3 had KS2 SATs, A levels then university. No excuses and not saying either one is right, it's just different.

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