99.5 rounded up to 100? (1 Viewer)

[Takuto]

Probably a stupid question but I know that for most subjects your mark is rounded up at the end i.e. a 49.5 rounds up to 50 and you still pass.

Hypothetically though, what if a student gets 99.5? would they be rounded up to 100 (perfect score)?

LOL

 

[Absolutezero]

I don't see why not. However, if your getting 99.5, the extra .5 really doesn't mean much.

 

[SashatheMan]

I would have to be a deity to get a score like that.

 

[Doomah]

49.5 does NOT get rounded up to 50.

i know one person who got 49.70 and still failed. beg, cry, suck dk all they want, they couldnt get it chaged

50.00 is the cut-off for a pass. not 49.99

 

[SAVAK]

49.5 does NOT get rounded up to 50.

i know one person who got 49.70 and still failed. beg, cry, suck dk all they want, they couldnt get it chaged

50.00 is the cut-off for a pass. not 49.99

dont lie m8

 

[SashatheMan]

49.5 does NOT get rounded up to 50.

i know one person who got 49.70 and still failed. beg, cry, suck dk all they want, they couldnt get it chaged

50.00 is the cut-off for a pass. not 49.99

actually in most cases i think the lecturers have a look at all the other work of the student and might decide to scale it up.

 

[krayzie_]

49.5 does NOT get rounded up to 50.

i know one person who got 49.70 and still failed. beg, cry, suck dk all they want, they couldnt get it chaged

50.00 is the cut-off for a pass. not 49.99

Its up to the SC in the end. Some may just put it to 50 and some SC's will fail you, depends how good their day has been

 

[Huratio]

Not rounding it up would be quite harsh. If you get a 49.5 and fail, you might have a compelling case with an appeal.

Just to note, perfect scores are possible. I've seen it happen in an IT subject.

 

[lil_georgie_gal]

Final marks at the end of a semester are always given as a whole number, not halfs, so if the person is getting 49.5 it would be rounded up to 50.

 

[dude01]

49.5 does NOT get rounded up to 50.

i know one person who got 49.70 and still failed. beg, cry, suck dk all they want, they couldnt get it chaged

50.00 is the cut-off for a pass. not 49.99

Thats BS. They almost always round up - depending on the students performance overall (they might have gotten good marks in the assignment but stuffed up the exam), attendence/participation and also if there were large numbers of students failing by a small margin. It's basically just scaling of the final marks. Even though a student might have got 49 overall the lecturer in most cases will just award a 50 on the dot.

In first year accounting I failed/barely passed every single assessment. I attended every single class and made sure the lecturer knew my name. My final mark was 50.00 - obviously my raw marks were a fail (probably by a small margin) but I was scaled up to pass.