u/Yolo4ever8

Sem 1 results drop Monday 13th - what time do they actually show up in SIMO?

The result release page just says results are out "from Monday, 13 July." For those who've been through a couple of semesters- what does "from Monday" actually mean in practice?

Trying to work out whether it's worth refreshing SIMO at midnight or whether that's pointless and it's more of a morning/business-hours thing.

A few specific things I'm wondering:

  • Do results usually appear overnight/early hours, or more like sometime Monday morning onwards?
  • Do all your units update at once, or do they trickle in one at a time through the day? (I've got a few units and not sure if I'll see them together or spread out)
  • Does it vary by School?

Not after the official page, just genuinely keen to hear when they landed for you and roughly what time, so I can stop stress-refreshing at 3am. Cheers 🙏

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u/Yolo4ever8 — 12 days ago

Supplementary after a failed exam, and prereq waivers, has anyone here actually been through it?

Two quick questions for anyone who's dealt with this at ECU.

  1. Has anyone actually been offered a supplementary assessment after failing an exam? I know the criteria on paper (first 60 credit points, 45+, and it's the Panel's call), but I'm trying to get a feel for whether they really offer them in practice or if it's pretty rare. Postgrad experiences especially welcome.

  2. If you failed a unit that's a prerequisite for later ones (which feeds into a few next Sem units), were you able to get a prereq waiver to take those next units while repeating it? Or did they all just get blocked until you passed?

Cheers for any first-hand experiences!

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u/Yolo4ever8 — 1 month ago

How badly does failing a single unit actually screw you over?

Got a question about CSI6199 (Cyber Security) for anyone who's done the Master of Cyber Security here. The exam's 50% and marked "mandatory to pass," and it's a prereq for nearly every unit after it, so a fail looks like it snowballs fast. The handbook and progression pages are vague on the details, so I'm hoping for real experiences rather than the official version:

  1. Is CSI6199 actually a "designated unit"? From what I can tell, failing a designated unit is a much bigger deal (red status, maybe even exclusion) than a normal first fail, but nothing official spells out which one it is.

  2. Has anyone here been given a supplementary for the CSI6199 exam? Keen to know how it went, and how long the result took to come back.

  3. Does it run both semesters, or only once a year? Basically, how fast can it be repeated?

  4. And if someone fails it, can they still take any Sem 2 units (Ethical Hacking, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security Management) while redoing it? Or does the prereq block all three?

Any first-hand experiences would be hugely appreciated, thanks!

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u/Yolo4ever8 — 1 month ago