Word count – Report and SLS (Self-reflection)

Mam my question is should I check the plaegeurism for rap and sls only or should I check the plaegeurism for all my files example appendices Excel file resubmission statement etc please reply me as soon as possible

I don’t think you should do the check on your report as that was fine last time. The way these programmes work is they match against previously submitted work worldwide so it should show a high score to your report (because you are resubmitting) so it won”t be much use to you.

However as you were told to rewrite your SLS it might be useful to run this through the checker. Use WriteCheck not Turnitin.

I think it is fine to use other people’s cards for the actual payment as long as you use your name on the application and ensure you keep a copy of the checking report ( in case of subsequent problems).

For submissions there should normally be no issues if a third party makes the payment on your behalf and any problems would need to be addressed to the ACCA Brookes Office (email address in the Info Pack )

Oh do stop worrying about your report !!!! (were you always a worried child???) In fact the marker will be expecting to see some similarities between your two reports because you are resubmitting and therefore a low score is NOT a good idea. So forget about a benchmark – for a resubmission at least 25% would be NORMAL even if you are updating some of the financials. Personally I wouldn’t even bother putting it through WriteCheck as advised previously

As for your other questions these are administrative matters which are dictated by OBU and at Open Tuition we cannot give you definite answers on these so you would need to contact acca@brookes.ac.uk to get reliable information on these aspects

I suggest to my mentees not to exceed 7,450 (better still stick at nearer 7,400) as markers are getting stricter. That way there is a ‘margin’ for the inserts graphs and charts. If you are up at 7,494 this will be apparent to the marker and they could add the other words back to this so your word count realistically is about 7,600. Markers are instructed to stop marking at 7,500 words so possibly part of your Conclusions may not be marked and Conclusions form part of the Assessment Criteria (No. 3 Evaluation, Analysis & Conclusions) you have to pass.

I know from my own experience that students paste things in as images to try to get around the word count and the odd one will be ignored but if the marker thinks the student is taking this too far they will come down hard.

As it is, I bet there are far more words in Parts 1 & 2 (repetitions or superfluous comments) that could very easily be taken out – so my advice is to do so as it is better to be safe than sorry and you don’t want to pay GBP 340 and all your effort to be failed for exceeding the word count!.

That should be sufficient – just ensure that the MS Word word count comes up at about 7,400 (or lower) to allow 100 for the graphs and charts and you should be OK. Up to you if you want to count the other words but a marker will rarely have the time and would normally only do so if they are convinced that 7,500 words have definitely been exceeded (which your original word count at 7,494 would have indicated that it did!)

The number of pages is immaterial. Spacing is always a good idea as you say it makes it easier to read and other students should follow suit.

7,400 words should be fine provided that you do not have many pasted images and graphs that are not included in this total.

It is not the actual number of graphs but the actual total words in them!

As mentioned in one of my posts above the rule is that markers stop marking at 7,500 words roughly and,therefore the Conclusions have to be mostly within that limit.

As long as you did not post your contents page as an image and had tables pasted as images you should be fine. However if there are such devices used to circumvent the word count then a marker could be strict about those as technically they also count. For this reason I advise my students to keep their words to about 7,450 so the report falls with the limit and allows for words in graphs.

BTW with the SLS the word count is not so critical for although the counting stops at 2,000 words, as long as there is adequate selfreflection and all 4 questions have been attempted (and there are some appropriate,sentences in the last question before the 2,000 words have been met) then it should pass

I have sent stating word count of 7471 as it was shown on the word document, but after sending the file, I went to count words through review (review-word count) there was box untick that was whether to include footnotes or headnotes, I ticked that box then it showed word count of 7503.

Is this going to be an issue for me I they count word by manually by going to review section then word coun. As I have mentioned 7471 this also word count visible.

hi there,

I submitted my rap in May 2019 (Period 38)

The word count from the start of the title page till the end of conclusion in part 3 was 7151 words, and I have mentioned the word count on the title page as 7151 words.

However, in the Research Report file I have also included the reference list and appendices which will add up to 7640 words.

I am confused on whether:
– the markers will consider the 7151 words on the title page (word count from title page to research conclusions)
– the markers will keep checking till the word count is 7500
– or will 7640 in the MS word count will result in a fail

looking forward for any reply. thanks in advance