Ran out of time in an PGDL exam - will I automatically fail?

[1234_aspiring_solicitor]

Hey everyone,

I sat an exam yesterday and it went terribly. I completely ran out of time and therefore left about three aspects (out of six) of the exam quite underdeveloped. In particular, I know that I missed at least one key point.

I was wondering if anyone who has done the PGDL at BPP knows whether I am able to pass the exam? Will they fail me automatically because I didn't get through all of the questions? The stuff that I did write down was up to a decent standard (I think anyway lol).

If anyone has any experience with this area I'd really appreciate your thoughts

From: An anxious law student

 

[James Carrabino]

Hey everyone,

I sat an exam yesterday and it went terribly. I completely ran out of time and therefore left about three aspects (out of six) of the exam quite underdeveloped. In particular, I know that I missed at least one key point.

I was wondering if anyone who has done the PGDL at BPP knows whether I am able to pass the exam? Will they fail me automatically because I didn't get through all of the questions? The stuff that I did write down was up to a decent standard (I think anyway lol).

If anyone has any experience with this area I'd really appreciate your thoughts

From: An anxious law student

I am mid-PGDL at BPP and I have to think you'll be fine! Obviously I cannot say for sure because I know some people who have received randomly low marks for what they thought was good work, but I also know students who have written well under half the word count and missed major areas of an exam and still received merit grades. As long as you hit 5/6 issues, I do not think it is the end of the world that some were underdeveloped.

It is possible we sat the same exam - feel free to PM me if you would like to ask anything more specific to try and put your mid at ease