Exam results
Only a 2i, sadly.
38th in the year. 278/400.
Paper 7 - 81% (Predicted 72%)
Nice surprise here. Gained a couple of marks on everything.
Q1Q4Q6Q12Q13
Predicted1412141616
Actual1617181814
Paper 8 - 63% (Predicted 69%)
Pretty much as expected except for VLSI Design, where I've lost a huge raft of marks. I suspect my logical effort calculation was flawed - I added it, rather than multiplying - but I'd already deducted for that in the prediction. Even assuming no marks at all for that part, that means I've still lost 4 marks on the rest, despite having produced exactly what was asked for.
Q1Q2Q3Q5Q8
Predicted161415717
Actual20616516
Paper 9 - 64% (Predicted 77%)
What. The. Fuck. Again, a ten mark difference in VLSI Design. I answered every part of that question (on dual-rail logic), and I'm confident I did so correctly, even deducing the behaviour of the "mystery circuit" in dynamic CMOS. Advanced Graphics was even more painful than I'd expected, but mostly balanced out with extra marks in AST and Spec&VecII.
Q2Q5Q7Q12Q15
Predicted1814141714
Actual816111316
Dissertation - 70% (Predicted 77%)
Quite a surprise here, as well. Both of my supervisors and my DoS said it was well-written and gave me the impression that it was a good dissertation, yet that mark puts it squarely in the middle of the year.
So, overall, it looks rather like Peter Robinson's marking has made the difference between a 2i and a 1st. I've no problem with getting a 2i through dropping too many marks, but to have dropped all of those marks due to a single assessor's quirks seems cruel and unusual.
38th in the year. 278/400.
Paper 7 - 81% (Predicted 72%)
Nice surprise here. Gained a couple of marks on everything.
Q1Q4Q6Q12Q13
Predicted1412141616
Actual1617181814
Paper 8 - 63% (Predicted 69%)
Pretty much as expected except for VLSI Design, where I've lost a huge raft of marks. I suspect my logical effort calculation was flawed - I added it, rather than multiplying - but I'd already deducted for that in the prediction. Even assuming no marks at all for that part, that means I've still lost 4 marks on the rest, despite having produced exactly what was asked for.
Q1Q2Q3Q5Q8
Predicted161415717
Actual20616516
Paper 9 - 64% (Predicted 77%)
What. The. Fuck. Again, a ten mark difference in VLSI Design. I answered every part of that question (on dual-rail logic), and I'm confident I did so correctly, even deducing the behaviour of the "mystery circuit" in dynamic CMOS. Advanced Graphics was even more painful than I'd expected, but mostly balanced out with extra marks in AST and Spec&VecII.
Q2Q5Q7Q12Q15
Predicted1814141714
Actual816111316
Dissertation - 70% (Predicted 77%)
Quite a surprise here, as well. Both of my supervisors and my DoS said it was well-written and gave me the impression that it was a good dissertation, yet that mark puts it squarely in the middle of the year.
So, overall, it looks rather like Peter Robinson's marking has made the difference between a 2i and a 1st. I've no problem with getting a 2i through dropping too many marks, but to have dropped all of those marks due to a single assessor's quirks seems cruel and unusual.