@patricktiew

negative marking are meant to penalize student for any mistake they did in multiple choice Q. it is obvious that they are there to stop students for not studying at all and try to get away with lucky/smart guessing.

used to be -0.25 for every wrong you get (not sure about the value now) and apparently ucsi sch of pharm and medic is the only place doing that i guess.

so, if you didnt study at all for a particular sub, you might end up with negative marks for that section.

i dont think pharm students get to complain though. at least you still need 4 wrongs to accumulate it to become 1 mark. medic student get penalized 1 mark for every wrong they get. so, they are more likely to end up with negative marks.

the system put students at disadvantage and thus student are expected to know their material.

you should be told more of that before your first quizzes. in my year though, 1 lecturer didnt do that for quiz. so, we are kind of lucky for that subject.

sch of pharm have other requirement such as "student must achieve at least 40% (not sure about the value) in finals". this mean you have to get at least 40% in finals regardless how much you get for other part.

lets say you have 25% for your quiz and tutorials and you just need another 25% to pass that unit and some might get away with that without studying for finals. therefore they have the extra requirement above there. this however is common even in other Uni.

again putting student at disadvantage and try to stop students from not studying

btw...
anyone know about the latest grading for ucsi ???
Some say for Engineering ( 4 years )...
Year 3 subs - 20% cgpa
Year 4 subs - 80% cgpa
dont know how true they are anyway..

That's the correct grading.

So be extra hardworking in ur final year. If u screw up the final year, even full A's before wont bless u because in UCSI, they always believe final year is the most important.

What about Year 1 and 2 ?

Nothing is included into CGPA ?

As told by my head of deparment that time. Only Year 2 and Year 3 are counted. ( For IT 3 years degree)

This post has been edited by Vinci777: Jun 2 2009, 01:50 PM

Which is generally says that the last 2 years are the years counted for CGPA lo ?

Well, i failed a Year 3 subject, and failed again for supplementary...
I wanted to know what happens if i retake the subject...
what will happen to my cgpa ?
The old one vanished and counts for the new one right ? haha, hope so ^^

lol! It does look like a shopping complex now that you've mention it..... but i like it =D I hate those ancient designs >< prefer a more modern structure/design. =)

UCSI advertisement really holiao. lol

haha, why said so macam shopping complex?? which part making it looks like ?

Yes.

The old one doesn't vanish. If that were the case, people will fail the finals if they can't get an A and retry.

Damn stupid policy. First year is the year that all new students are so damn semangat to study...
after the 1st yr, ppl usually start to enjoy and screw their uni years..lol

yes...generally, in all courses in ucsi, 1st year is omitted.... but doesnt apply to medic and pharm students...

ya meh? Altho so much advertising, soooo many ppl dont know abt ucsi...

Thats y they are smart. Semangat for nothing and slack later proved to be dying. . But its nice to fail and pass without effecting ur CGPA. Everyone shud have a second chance. Fail once and get A on the next, the A CGPA shud be reflected. Haha

so what about the lecturer from school pharmacy?
do we have to attend same lecture for a particular subject with other courses?

it will be both organic n general chem.
interview is ok.
study environment is stressful.

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Added on June 3, 2009, 7:54 pmany1 interested in buying over some old notes and text books for year 1 - year 4 pharamcy course in ucsi ?

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Added on June 3, 2009, 7:57 pmlecturers from school of pharmacy only teach pharmacy students.. so u wont be having chances to have students from other course to join un in da class..

the lecturers are good

This post has been edited by cynthia_tss: Jun 3 2009, 07:57 PM

But bear it in mind, you will have to pay thousand over ringgits if you retake...
there are some universities does that....they only take the latest into account...


hmmmph, i think engineering different....
they only count Year 3 and Year 4...

i don't think all the good lecturers have left us ( some did, like Dr. T, mR. j ).. at least, there are still good lecturers with patience, willing to teach .


HMM... I BASICALLY AGREE WITH 2ND TO 6TH POINT WRITTEN BU WSKYLINE. HOWEVER, IN YOUR VERY FINAL YEAR, OR PERHAPS VERY FINAL SEM, U WILL SLOLY STARTED TO LIKE UR HEAD AND UNDERSTAND ALL SHE DID, WAS FOR OUR OWN GOOD. I THINK, SHE IS GOOD.

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Added on June 3, 2009, 8:17 pmmost of the students here would advise their friends not to study here..due to various reasons mentioned..
anyhow, if u have no choice to go here..

this is not very true actually.

i would rather put it this way - come UCSI if u wan to gain a lot of knowledge

This post has been edited by cynthia_tss: Jun 3 2009, 08:17 PM

hey... i have a question here~~ where do we get the books??? from the Uni bookshop or other places?? or any senior plannin to sell their books??

You yourself would be happier if you could retake than get a C-. You aren't the only one.

In any case, your old result doesn't 'vanish.' People will see a SUPP. remark at your grades.

Only if you got the money to retake it over and over again...

And, of course there will be a remark.
I was referring to the CGPA...they only take the latest to the account