How to get Diploma certificate without resit or retake
As the title suggested, I am going to share my experiences and tips on how to survive Diploma without getting resit or retake once.
Not going to say I am an intelligent student and all, heck I am not even a book prize student. However, I did managed to get my certificate on my hand safety without paying extra money to the college. They are not going to get extra buck from me!
In case, you are new to this college terms and jargon, which you don't know what is retake or resit:
Retake - when you failed the coursework, or getting barred from attend final exam because you skipped classes too many times. Student is required to take the course from the beginning again and study with junior in the next semester or next year.
Resit - pretty simple, if student failed his/her final exam, they are require to sit the final exam again in the next semester or whenever resit is available.
FYI, both of these required money.
Please remember this is for those who study in college in Malaysia, I don't know about the college from other country though.
And this is for Diploma only, Degree is a different level compared to Diploma which is more difficult and tricky.
Let's get going!
1. Focus on your coursework more than final exam.
This may sound stupid to you as you may think both of them are important how could you say that? Well listen to me first.
At first, coursework should be 100%. After that it will be convert into certain amount of percentage.
The percentage of coursework is vary depends on the course, some course may consists of 40% and other may be 60%. So the other part of percentage comes from final exam.
Just like in high school, these coursework help us pass our exam easily.
First of all, if you can't even passed your coursework, you are not obligated to attend final exam. Meaning retake is the only option.
So focus on your coursework, meaning score your assignment.
Assignment is time consuming and tricky when you take 6 different subjects on a single semester. Pressure will get to you by that time.
But we can made it. When it comes to assignment, try to get as many help from tutor as possible.
- Get their feedback on your current progress or ideas.
- Ask them whether you and your team are on the right track.
- Having them to revise your assignment before final submission for improvement if possible.
Don't be shy, booked their consultation hour and ask anything that confuse you. We pay for tuition fees, we have the right to ask for their consultation. Remember that.
2.Study for your midterm.
Some of the students do not take the midterm seriously because it consists of small amount of percentage and student might be crazily prepared for other assignments. However, midterm is a lot easier that final exam.
You only need to study 7 chapters instead of 14 chapters compared to final exam. Other than that, you can also asked for the tips or focus areas from your tutor as well.
You can't even get those from your tutor for final exam.
The reason that I always study for midterm is because it made my revision for final exam so much better.
You will regain all your memories when you revise the early chapters and it made all memorize them easily.
Besides that, this little score might save me from the edge of fail. Think of it as some sort of insurance.
3. Know what is the potential question in each chapter.
The course that I took is Public Relations, so I do not about other courses. However for me, I can identify potential questions from the notes.
Diploma questions tend to be more direct and straightforward, so you can study certain points in the notes.
Look for the key words such as
- feature/ function
- characteristics
- outcome/ effect
- principles
- steps/ procedure/ progress
- types
- guidelines and etc.
Just memorize these points in each chapters could save so much time from reading stuff that will never appear on final exam.
Don't trust the tips or focus areas too much when it comes to final exam. One interesting point for college is that, even tutor/ lecturers don't know what question will be out until the very last moment.
Why? Because each lecturer/ tutor will be set one question for the exam, however the examination department choose the question randomly. Like some sort of lucky draw so even lecturer/tutor do not whether they questions got picked or not.
So better don't trust it too much. At least that's how it works in my college.
4. Keep it cool with friends.
After all, college is an awesome experience for socializing. This is the time for you to make friends that come from other places and with different personality traits.
Different from high school, you get your class scheduled randomly. It might start at 9am to 11am, then having rest from 11am to 2pm, then having class again.
What are you going to use that time for? Study? Nah, you probably do not what is your next chapter in the coming lecture, so we can't prepare upfront.
Best to use this time spend with your friends, duh. Social, communicate with them.
Why is it important? Because you need them in group assignment. Group assignment is pretty common in college, where else high school is full with individual folio.
Maintain a good relationships with them, build a great teamwork, knowing each other characteristics and their specialty. These can actually important when you carry out the assignment.
Assign suitable roles and tasks to each of them so that they can achieve their fullest potential. The same goes with us. Ask your friends which role and task suit you the best, and do your best.
As a result, your assignment should have remarkable score.
And that's is briefly how I survive my Diploma times. It is tough but definitely fun, Unless you are going to further your study, this might be the last chance you get to enjoy student life.
You got to missing that life after you work in society. Some of my friends tell me how they missed the time spending in the college for 12 hours just to finish a single assignment.
Thanks for reading, Everything is rosy.
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