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My exam results are due...

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2006 08:58

I am very scared in case I have failed and wasted a whole year. People keep saying "Oh Shiny.. you'll have passed with flying colours, don't be silly!" because all my TMA scores were ok.. but I am not good with actual exams.. and it bears no relation to writing an assignment; you do that with your course books and notes in front of you after all!! I did the exam on Friday 13th October and it was the first proper exam I had done since school. It was a Level 2 course, year 2 (part time, so 4 more years to go! ) of my degree with the OU. (Last years courses were just ongoing assessment chosen for exactly that reason!)

I came out of the exam honestly not knowing whether I would have scraped a pass or not.. I wrote plenty but think I went off on tangents trying to make the questions relate directly to what I knew best.. which they did not.. and I forgot a few things; so unless I have got sympathy marks (I don't think those exist!!) then I am worried I may be in trouble...

I also struggled with the whole concept of writing what was essentially 3 essays in 3 hours with no notes and everything having to come out of my very muddled, stressed and anxious head. My revision time was not what it should have been because my MIL died unexpectedly on the 2nd Sept, but this was not in the 'previous 28 days before the exam' (quite!) so I couldn't submit the form that you can submit if you have had a bereavement right before an exam. The rules stated that clearly.

The post is due.. I am crapping myself as I know I will have the result before the 15th, it says so on my online student page. Arrgh.. If I can have just scraped a pass I will be more than happy... I don't expect a nice percentage anything like my 'ok' percentages of my TMAs,.. just a pass grade.....

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7swansaswimmingup · 12/12/2006 09:03

hi shiny,

are you waiting for the postman to deliver today do you think?

im sure youve done ok and passed.

when i did my OU course a few years back i did ok on the tma's and went into the exam petrified at the thought of 3 essays in 3 hours, my hands were shaking and i felt sick but i got a higher percentage than in my tma's!

fingers crossed for you.

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2006 09:10

Thank you 7Swans

There is no way I could possibly get anything like my TMA percentages I'm pretty damn sure (not that any of those were as good as Marsy's one!!! ).. but just need to pass....

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FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 12/12/2006 09:12

Shiny I'm sitting right beside you. My results are due by Friday. I daren't look on my home page [gulp!] My friend (who did the same course) is sitting by her PC and refreshing every couple of hours. So I'm awaiting her call..... oh Lord... and then I'll check mine.

So.... here's hoping we get better results than we are expecting! (I've a feeling that I liked the questions far more than the examiners liked my answers... will find out by Friday).

Luck to you!

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2006 09:18

I didn't even like my questions Marsy.. so that doesn't bode well does it!

I think I am right in saying we receive our results in the post before they appear online...?

Good luck to you too...

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FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 12/12/2006 09:20

Sometimes they appear online first honey! Otherwise my poor friend (an experienced OUer) is refreshing in vain lol!

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2006 09:21

Oh shite and bollo then!

So now I'm refreshing too....!!

(It is still saying.. "Your course result should be available by Friday 15 December 2006" very blackly... arrrgghhhh....)

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2006 09:22

That should be bollox.. or BOLLOCKS!!! Oh dear... I am becoming unglued here...!! But good to know I have company...!

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2006 09:33

Post been.. just Christmas cards and birthday cards (DD is 8 today .. no results... can relax again for today.

But oh no I can't.. just remembered the 'refreshing' on the OU page.. arrgh.. there is nothing refreshing about it.. thanks Marsy!

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2006 09:53

Mars, do you know how many days before the official date can results sometimes arrive.. either in post or online?

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Molesworth · 12/12/2006 16:29

I also have OCD Course Record Page Refresh Syndrome

I have a feeling they'll be out tomorrow ...

Tinker · 12/12/2006 16:34

You'll be fine. Honestly, knowing nothing about how well or not you've done, if you've done well in your TMAs I think the OU pass you in the exam - it's in their interest to keep you interested in OU study. Seriously, my last exam was dreadful, did basic rveision and gambled on "knowing" 3 or 4 subjects only. But I still passed

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 12/12/2006 19:18

Honey relax! They will come when they come and it will be before Friday!

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 13/12/2006 11:00

Nothing yet....

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7swansaswimmingup · 13/12/2006 21:05

they didnt come then shiny

good luck for the morning

Molesworth · 13/12/2006 22:42

I reckon it'll be tomorrow afternoon ...

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 13/12/2006 22:48

Thank you 7swans

Not in the morning's post then Moley, do you not think? I was wondering if it was computer generated and might appear online at the stroke of midnight...??

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7swansaswimmingup · 13/12/2006 22:53

id def sit up till midnite then!

Molesworth · 13/12/2006 23:00

the results will show up online before they turn up in writing, for sure!

I doubt they'll appear at midnight though - lunchtime tomorrow is my bet

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 13/12/2006 23:03

Eeeek.. I don't need this stress... just need putting out of my misery! Gun anyone??

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 13/12/2006 23:44

Am sitting up and waiting for midnight just in case... zzzzz!

Am musing to myself that in great scheme of things I have so many more important things to worry about (even though this is very important to me) but that if I can just get a pass grade on this, everything else will start to go right as well....

If the result does come through at midnight, you lot'll be a the first to know..

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sallyhollyberry · 13/12/2006 23:45

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 13/12/2006 23:48

Me too Sally.. in 13 minutes would be good. I am like one of the overdue pregnant mums on the antenatal threads now.. spent ages worrying about the 'due date' but now I just want it done with!

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Stargazer · 13/12/2006 23:50

Hi Shiny

I know how you feel - it's horrible waiting. I'm on year 4 (level 3 chemistry) of 6. I do hope that you've passed.

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 13/12/2006 23:54

Well done you Stargazer.. I am doing another level 2 starting Feb (well as long as I pass this; not sure I'll have the heart if I haven't...) I thought maybe if I do another Level 2 then by the next year when I have to do a Level 3 I will maybe have a slightly less complicated life and be able to do more study...

Well it's a theory...

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FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 13/12/2006 23:58

How you holding out honey?

I just looked at my student page but nothing there yet. Of course my stressed out friend hasn't called so I know that nothing has been posted online yet!