It has been noticed that a student who appears at lectures and seminars less often than in nightclubs has a dangerous mutation - a “tail” grows. And usually not even one. The multi-tailed monster, which until recently was a cheerful studiozus, nervously rushes from pulpit to pulpit. And in the dean’s office, “many-tailed hunters” are already preparing an order for expulsion ...

The student "tail", or academic debt, is a control event (test, exam, test or term paper) that has been scribbled or passed to "unsatisfactory / not credited". The appearance of the “tail” threatens not only with the loss of the scholarship, but also with the mutant kicking out of the habitat of normal students. If the tailed mutant is male, then it is very likely that he will enter the ranks of our valiant army.

Fortunately, tailing is curable. But only if urgent medical measures are taken in the early stages of the disease.

The treatment process is the elimination of academic debt. Or, more simply, surrender of "tails". Everyone remembers the anecdote about students from Africa who were recommended by the dean's office to take "tails" on the second floor, right?

Well, let's take a closer look - how academic debt arises, how to take it and what to do if self-medication does not help.

Prevention of "tails"

As practice shows, most first-year students could avoid the appearance of "tails" if ... If they just carefully studied the rules for passing the session. Exactly at . Many fly out for the stupidest reasons:

• “But I didn’t know that because of the failed test they would not be allowed to take the exam!”
• “And what if you don’t come to the exam, will they fail? Gosha!"
• “And why, because of an unwritten essay, they didn’t allow me to pass the examination ... Plak-plak-plak!”

And the crown: “Damn, when does the scoring week begin ?! What's gone already?!"

Here are 5 simple rules, knowledge of which significantly reduces the risk of academic debts:

№1. Find out the timing of the session. Pay attention not only to the dates of the tests, but also to the duration of the test week. If you skip it and show up immediately for the first exam, an unpleasant surprise awaits you. According to the rules, Only students who have passed all the tests are allowed to take the exams. Write it down right on your forehead!

№2. Read the conditions for admission to offsets. Many teachers do not allow students who have not written an abstract, report, essay or other work, the implementation of which is included in the curriculum. Non-admission may arise due to failure to pass the control, practical, laboratory. Imagine the state of a student who comes to retake the test, and only there he finds out that he had to write an essay! You don't want to be in his place, do you?

№3. Read the conditions for admission to the exams. In addition to the mandatory submission of all reports, the condition for admission may be the delivery of various academic papers and colloquia. Some teachers vigilantly monitor student visits and force them to "work off" missed seminars, show notes of missed lectures. At Moscow State University, they generally introduced a point system for monitoring progress during the semester and established checkpoints knowledge checks. Missed points? Catch the tail. Beasts! But they are within their rights.

№4. Find out how many exams that are not passed during the main session (namely, during the main one, without taking into account the additional deadline for passing debts!) Are expelled from your educational institution. Usually two, maximum three exams are the critical threshold - they are allowed to pass in an additional session. Yes, somewhere they even allow all exams to be retaken (for example, four). But cool universities have tough rules. A student can easily fly out for two exams if he did not meet the main session.

№5. If you have already acquired "tails", be sure to find out the deadlines for the delivery of debts. It is best if you download on the website of the university or ask directly at the dean's office for the "Regulations on the elimination of academic debt". If you're given another chance, don't at least spit it out.

Is it possible to clean up the "tails" before the end of the session?

If you have not passed a test or an exam, but you still have time to retake it during the exam session, this is, strictly speaking, not a real “tail”. And so, "tail". During the session, one additional day is allocated for retaking each exam.

Interestingly, retaking exams during the main session is far from horror-horror, but a chance to get a good grade. The teachers are more or less loyal to the first retake. Some even allow students who get "good" to retake "excellent". Much more often, however, at the retake, they reduce the grade by a point, but getting “good” instead of “satisfactory” in the test is also not bad. Even the possibility of obtaining a red diploma is not ruled out (it is issued in the absence of triples and in the presence of 75% of fives). So not only losers, but also excellent students go to retake during the exam session.

With offsets and easier and more difficult. Some students manage to come to the teacher's credit 10-15 times during the session!

As a rule, you can retake the test at least once during the test week. This allows even those who could not get the coveted signature of the teacher the first time, to be in time with the closing of all tests by the beginning of the exams.

If you did not succeed, throw all your strength into passing the tests. Until you deal with them, you will not be allowed to take the exams. Therefore, at the time when your fellow students are answering exams, chase teachers who need to retake the test.

Some students consider credits less important than exams. First, they are usually easier to pass. Secondly, there is no evaluation. So the impression arises that, compared with the exam, this is a “trifle”. But this little thing can ruin your life! In an additional session, many universities no longer accept credits.

It is extremely important to deal with the offsets at least until the moment of retakes. In most universities, a student who fails three exams during the main session is expelled. And in some universities even two subjects are enough. Therefore, you need to have time, at least on retakes, to pass the minimum of disciplines that will allow you to finish the rest of the “tails” within the framework of an additional session.

It may be a little comforting to know that the first retakes of exams are usually scheduled for the most last days main session. That's why some students manage to fuck up the teacher with fifteen retakes of the test!

So, to the question of whether it is possible to deal with debts before the end of the main session, we confidently answer: it is not only possible, but also necessary. Do not delay with retakes before the onset of an additional session.

What is an extra session?

After each semester, a period is set during which the "tailers" finish everything that they did not have time to pass during the main session. This time is called an extra session. Its terms are established in accordance with the order on the liquidation of academic debt.

It's not worth letting an extra session with a session extension. The extension is based on good reason. In this case, a conditional transfer is made with academic debt (of course, it should be liquidated in as soon as possible, but the immediate threat of expulsion has not yet appeared). And an additional session is for those who, even from the first retake, did not figure out the exams. And these guys are very, very serious.

A student coming for a second retake is examined not by one teacher, but by an attestation commission. For most students this last chance. Thus, the traditional retake scheme looks like this:

1) surrender;
2) retake;
3) commission.

The third retake, that is, the fourth attempt, is an exceptional case, which is very difficult to achieve. Usually, permission must be sought from the rector himself.

If you do not meet the schedule for eliminating academic debt, you will be expelled. At least in major universities. But in some places, students with academic debts somehow move from course to course. Such concessions are often given to contractors in provincial universities. Well, it’s a pity to send a person to the army for whom parents regularly pay ...

Stop. Don't relax! These dummies walk under the sword of Damocles. As soon as the university begins to tighten the screws (and this happens when the threat of losing a license looms over the university), chronic "tailers" fly out without warning.

What to do with invalids?

Inadmissibility is one of the main reasons for the appearance of "tails". For this reason, academic debt occurs even among very intelligent students. On the way to an exam or a test, especially malicious teachers build whole barricades of abstracts, reports, colloquia, abstracts, essays and other crap.

And now you are all so smart, perfectly versed in the subject (and therefore ignoring lectures and seminars throughout the semester), appear for a test or an exam ... And the teacher blurs into a malicious grin.

Above we gave five tips for the prevention of tailing, and now keep a couple more:

№6. If you suddenly and suddenly, having emerged from the abyss of important matters, noticed the approach of the test week and the examination session, immediately find out if you need to write and pass something in order to get admission to tests and exams. The sooner you learn all this, the more chances that you will have time to write this mountain of essays, control and laboratory before the start of the test week. Well, at least half of the mountain.

№7. Do you feel like you can't handle it? Get a student lancer to help you. The cooperation strategy can be different:

• Someone instructs the studentlancers to write the most difficult tests and essays, which is quite logical.

• Someone dumps all sorts of replies, uninteresting tasks on the studentlancers. And this also has its own logic. If you are really interested in learning, difficult assignments are a challenge. But any nonsense invented by teachers in order to ruin your life is just a waste of time. But the surrender of academic debt is impossible until you clear up this bureaucracy. So it makes sense to delegate unimportant tasks to student lancers.

• Finally, there is such a strategy: we write everything that we have time for ourselves, and at Studlance we order the most urgent works. For example, an essay that you need to bring to the test by nine in the morning ... and which you remembered at three in the morning.

How practice and coursework turn into "tails"

Term papers and practice reports that are not submitted on time automatically become “tails”. By the way, coursework usually you need not only to surrender, but also to protect. If you bring it too late, the teacher may not allow you to defend: they say, I don’t have time to read! Or, as an option: “Well, my dear, you have a small flaw here. Correct - and for protection ... But not together with everyone, but as part of an additional session.

In order not to fly out of the university, it is necessary to invest with repeated protection in the terms of eliminating academic debt. But, as you already understood, academic debt at a university is a solvable problem. Even if you can’t cope with the “tail” in the form of a term paper or practice report yourself, you can always find an assistant among the student lancers. It is cheaper than becoming a sponsor of the department, and most importantly, it is much safer.

Do they offer academic debt scholarships?

Please note that the elimination of academic debt at the university does not guarantee a scholarship. It depends on how quickly you cleaned up the “tails”: did you meet the main session or did not meet.

Most universities have a rule: if you pass all the subjects during the main session, they will give you a scholarship. And if you don’t meet it, you will suck your paw like a bear in a den. The delivery of "tails" in an additional session and the repeated defense of the coursework is a guaranteed absence of a scholarship. After weighing all the pros and cons, many students order term papers and practice reports from student lancers. Economically more profitable!

For example, a coursework costs 1,500 - 3,000 rubles, and a scholarship for half a year is.

That's why some good students who are a little addicted to some subject sometimes turn to student lancers for help. If some essay or test stands in the way of the timely delivery of the session, it is more profitable to pay the student - and then honestly ... well, almost honestly receive a scholarship. And what do you think about this?

A student who has not passed at least one

exam or test set for a given session curriculum specialties.

11. Is it allowed to submit several tests on the same day?

There is no ban. Set by the decision of the university

12. Who schedules the exams?

The schedule of exams for all forms of education is compiled by the university administration

(educational management), is approved by the rector of the higher educational institution and

is brought to the attention of teachers and students no later than one month before the start of the exams.

The schedule is compiled in such a way that the preparation of exams for each

discipline was given at least 34 days.

13. How many exams and credits can students take?

Students studying at a higher educational institution on programs of higher professional education, with intermediate certification, pass within school year no more than 10 exams and 12 credits. This number does not include exams and tests in physical culture and elective disciplines.

14. What actions can the dean's office take if a student fails to appear for the exam?

If the failure to appear for the exam was caused by an unexcused reason, then it (failure to appear) is equated to an unsatisfactory grade.

Students who could not pass tests and exams on time due to illness,

other valid reasons (family circumstances, long-term official

business trips, natural disasters), documented by the relevant

institution, the dean's office sets individual deadlines for passing exams and tests.

15. When can a student with academic debt be

expelled from the institute?

On the recommendation of the dean of the faculty, by order of the rector with the wording “for academic failure”, a student can be expelled from a higher educational institution if:

within the terms established by the order of the rector, he formed a total of three

exam arrears (failed grades, absenteeism for exams without

valid reasons, non-admission to the exam);

after the end of the terms established by the order of the rector, he has one or more

debts on tests and (or) exams.

16. How many times can I retake the same subject?

The grading system during the interim attestation of students, the forms, procedure and frequency of its conduct are indicated in the charter of the higher educational institution.

17. Is it possible to retake an exam to improve my grade?

Retaking the grade in order to increase it in the session is not allowed. Retake no more than two grades in order to receive a diploma with honors is allowed with the permission of the rector or vice-rectors for academic work.

18. What is the duration of the academic year?

The academic year for students of full-time and part-time (evening) forms of study starts from 1

September and ends according to the work plan for a specific area of ​​training (specialty). The Academic Council of a higher educational institution has the right to postpone the start of the academic year, but not more than for two months. (Charter of the state educational institution of higher professional education; Internal regulations of the state educational

institutions of higher professional education).

How many exams can be flunked during one session is not an idle question. If academic debts are eliminated in a timely manner, which include unsatisfactory results of intermediate certification in part or in full of the disciplinary module, there is a chance to stay afloat and not fly out of the university. For excellent students, another problem is relevant: if you are not satisfied with the grade, is it possible to retake the exam, because for a red diploma you need 75% of the fives in the insert. Let's figure it out.

What to do if you failed an exam

First of all, take yourself in hand and do not despair. According to the law, higher education institutions do not have the right to expel for failure to pass one exam: they are obliged to provide the student with the opportunity to re-take the test twice.

Retaking an exam at a university is a routine, well-regulated procedure:

In each educational institution, the period of the session and the liquidation of academic tails is established by order of the rector. University students have the right to re-certify twice in the academic discipline within the allotted time, not exceeding 12 months from the moment that is considered the date of the formation of the debt.

How many times can I retake the exam at the university

If the exam is overwhelmed, in most cases you can eliminate the debt in the first academic month new semester.

The student has two attempts to retake the same subject:

• 1st is accepted by the same teachers during the period allocated for the elimination of tails;
• The 2nd is appointed while maintaining the debt and is accepted by a specially created commission.

If after two retake attempts an unsatisfactory grade is obtained, the student-contractor may be offered an individual training plan for re-passing the problematic discipline. In case of disagreement, the student is expelled.

Students who:

• are in arrears in 80% of academic disciplines;
• at the end of the session have three or more failed exams.

How many exams can be retaken at the university and other rules for eliminating debts are spelled out in the charter of each institution.

Retake an exam at a university to improve your grade

Not only students who fail in the exam resort to retake. University students can come to retake exams to increase their positive grade (for example, to receive a scholarship or honors diploma), if the local certification procedures provide for such an opportunity - some universities categorically object to retaking triples and quadruples, sometimes at different faculties of the same university there is own regulation. For example, philosophers may be allowed to try their luck a second time, but political scientists may not.

In any case, the number of retakes is limited:

• attestation - one discipline of the current semester;
• in the last semester of the theoretical part of training - one retake for two previously studied disciplines;
• during the entire period of study, it is allowed to retake a maximum of three subjects.

Exam retake application

The first thing to do for a student who is faced with the need to retake an exam is to write an application. You can always ask for a sample from the methodologist of the dean's office.

The application must contain a teacher's visa indicating the expected date of taking the exam.

There can be many reasons for rescheduling, for example:

• receiving an unsatisfactory grade;
• the desire to retake for a higher score;
• failure to appear for a valid reason, which is documented.

By law, in all these cases, the university provides the opportunity to retake missed or failed exams. All a student needs to do is write a retake application and prepare well so as not to fail it again.

The Russian Ministry of Education and Science sent a letter to universities explaining the procedure for expelling students for academic failure. This was reported on the official website of the Commissioner for Student Rights in the Russian Federation. Artem Khromov.

Recall that recently the Student Ombudsman has received a large number of appeals related to the expulsion of students for academic failure. Students often complained about being expelled for failing to pass multiple credits or exams without the right to retake them. The human rights activist achieved recognition of such an expulsion procedure as illegal.

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So, in the clarifications of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia it is noted that in accordance with Art. 58 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ "" the university is not entitled to expel a student who received unsatisfactory results in one or more disciplines immediately after the session. Educational organization is obliged to provide such a student with two retake attempts during the year.

It is also emphasized that it is not allowed to charge students for passing intermediate certification (including re-intermediate certification in order to eliminate academic debt).