If I am at university and I am told that my essay has been referred to someone else?

Question

Does it mean it is a fail? Why don't they tell me it is a fail there and then? My friend failed his essay still got it back.

All I was told was the it had been referred to someone else and I will get a letter in the post?

Answer 1

They might need someone to re-grade it

Answer 2

It means it was pretty bad, but not quite bad enough to be an outright fail. Usually there will be another aspect to the overall grade for that subject - an exam or other piece of coursework. If you do well enough on that, you can still scrape a pass. If not you will fail.

If you had failed outright, it wouldn't matter how well you did on the next assessment, you would still fail that subject.

That's pretty much the difference between a referal and an outright fail.

You seem vaguely literate, which gives you the edge over half the students at uni these days. Do a bit of work and you might just make a pass yet. You really do have to be quite thick to actually fail.

Answer 3

Uniersities have to send a a sample of work to an external examiner as a quality control thing. But that's usually at the end of the year.

It could be that they suspect plagiarism - but they should tell you.

This is the second or third time you have asked this - but with different additional information.

Why don't you post the question with ALL the information?

Answer 4

I impression is that no, you haven't failed. Perhaps your instructor was impressed enough to send to a colleague for his or her assessment...in a positive nature.

Is there a university essay program where the best essays are published or presented for academic achievement?

There could be dozens of positive reasons you have not yet received your essay back as yet. Keep a positive attitude and you can always approach your instructor to seek additional information.

When I completed my Graduate thesis at the University of Oklahoma my thesis professor held my thesis for nearly weeks after the other students had theirs returned.
Why? He was presenting it to other thesis professors as an example of a thesis that avoided the pitfalls made by most students in the structure and support conclusions.

He returned it to me with letter of commendation from 3 professors in addition to his.

So keep positive.

Answer 5

My friend got accepted to Harvard and from what I can read you're off to a great start. Just keep everything up. Take advantage of advanced classes, get involved in extracurricular activities and organizations at your school. I remember when I had my interview with Harvard the interviewer told me that he had once interviewed a girl that he thought would fit in great with the school. She had the grades...everything, but she did not get accepted. So, don't be disappointed if in the end you do not get accepted b/c what Harvard and any Ivy league school tries to do is diversify their campus. One piece of advice that I can give you though, is that if you really want to go to Harvard then apply for early admission, that way your chances of getting in are greater.

Answer 6

In my uni, referred means that yes, your essay failed, but they are giving you the chance to do it again. However, the maximum mark you can be awarded at the second attempt will be 40%, the minimum required for a pass.

You should check with your tutor or the Student Programmes office exactly what your uni's rules are.

Answer 7

If the grammar and use of question marks in mid sentence that you used in this question is shown in your report, they may want to know how standards slipped low enough that you were admitted...

Answer 8

A second opinion! It could be a nomination! Don't jump to conclusions!

Answer 9

no use worrying over things you dont know... although i do agree it does sound ominous...

Do you think you did badly? if not, then you maybe did better than was expected of you

Answer 10

Stop worrying until you know for sure.