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If you’ve failed in an ACCA exam and passed in the next attempt, the marks of which exam will be considered in deciding the final grade for the B.Sc. degree from OBU?
Hello Mates,
Trust you all are keeping well!
I have just completed OBU BSC degree in September 2019 – Period 38 ,and my transcript and certificate are to be delivered by 31-Dec-2019. Will I be able to attend the OBU Graduation ceremony in Dubai to be held on 22-Feb-2020, as I am based in Dubai?
Thanks & Regards
AtifHi Gillian,
Thank you for you reply.
As of now I haven’t received any email from OBU relating Graduation Ceremony, though I heard that they will send an invitation along with the award letter and certificate.
Would appreciate if you could just confirm about their actual procedure, for instance; they practice to send an email for this or otherwise.
Best Regards
AtifPlease be patient – you will be sent everything in the fullness of time. You have nearly 5 months until the graduation, it’s not like it’s next week.
Mentors right now are busy with their P39 students and / or dealing with P38 appeals!
I failed my first RAP attempt and my grade will now be locked at C. I am worried if this will affect my class of degree. I have average of 68 marks in applied skills papers and even though the page linked below says 68 average marks with a C means First class honors, a friend of mine is not so sure and got me worried. Does anyone here know if I will still get a first class? Thanks!!
68 average mark for what were papers F4-9 ( sorry have no idea what they now call them!) + C grade for RAP = First class honours
This can be checked in the Info Pack (somewhere around p. 72 there is a table) so please ignore the scaremonger /naysayer here who is telling you otherwise
So chill baby, chill!!
(Oh – many congratulations BTW!!!)
thanks!! @trephena
Hello everyone, my average scores from F5 to F8 is 215. Obviously, very low. However, I have been studying FM for 6 months now. I am aiming for a 2:1.
What do I need to do to achieve this?
What do you mean your average score is 215- the Average score must by definition be less than 100.
@gillianm said:
What do you mean your average score is 215- the Average score must by definition be less than 100.I apologise. What I meant to say was, my scores for f5 to f8 add up to 215.
Your average when rounded seems to be 54. To get a 2.1 you would need an average over all six papers of minimum 58 and a report grade of an A. Given that the average report grade worldwide is C (so your likely outcome) would mean the average would need to be at least 60. Currently you are looking at a lower second regardless of report grade.
@gillianm said:
Your average when rounded seems to be 54. To get a 2.1 you would need an average over all six papers of minimum 58 and a report grade of an A. Given that the average report grade worldwide is C (so your likely outcome) would mean the average would need to be at least 60. Currently you are looking at a lower second regardless of report grade.Thank you for your reply. I want to take a chance with FM, which is my last shot. If I get 75 in my FM, my total score could be 290, and average will be 58. I know that given my past performance, this seems quite idealistic, but I am willing to put in the work. Is this worth it?
By all means go for it!
However at the same time try to be realistic so you don’t end up disappointed. I would estimate that only about 3% of reports get an A grade and some markers are mean and rarely if ever give an A. It can come down to who marks it and whether you are lucky there or not. So as I stated above your likely outcome will be a C for your report or possibly a B
Hi, everyone. I would like to confirm my OBU Degree classification.
I was able to achieved these marks for my Applied Skills exam:
F4 – 71
F5 – 51
F6 – 62
F7 – 59
F8 – 67
F9 – 56It totals 366 hence my average mark would be 61. Regardless of what my RAP result is, i would get an upper second classification. Am i correct?
As mentioned above this can be checked in the Info Pack which has a grid to show exactly what is needed both in terms of average mark and report grade. (Somewhere about page 75 I think)
After the OBU Degree is completed. Can we select where we want to go for graduation?
You will normally be invited to attend the ceremony in the country closest to you based on your postal address that is held on ACCA records e.g. for Pakistan this would normally be Dubai. If you wish to attend in another country you would probably have to write to the contact address for all queries in the Info Pack and request a change and they should be able to arrange to accommodate you at a different ceremony.
The next UK ceremony at Oxford is scheduled for 25th May [at 15.00] this will be for P44 graduates [I am not sure if P45 students due to receive their results in March will be included, since numbers attending and their guests usually need to be finalised a couple of months in advance, so there may not be time]. There are some graduation cereonies planned for 7 & 8th September in Oxford and although this does not currently show the ACCA BSc in Applied Accounting it is possible they may allow P45 students to attend then]
Hi Trephena,
Will there be one for P43 Graduates? We have been waiting since March 2022 and are also expecting an event of celebration for our hard work invested in the degree.
Sorry I was just mentioning P44 students because the cut-off for graduation ceremonies for May 2023 will likely not include P45 graduates.
There was a UK ceremony in September 2022 that should have included all students from P43 with Uk registered addresses. So if you were missed off this, you need to contact the University.
If you are overseas then please be aware that overseas graduation ceremonies have been more problematical to organise because of various countries’ Covid and social distancing policies [include travel restrictions] – so again you would have to contact the University to see if and when there is going to be a graduation ceremony that you can attend
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