{"id":3081,"date":"2016-06-30T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=55935"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:10","slug":"sacrificing-summer-for-polak-study-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/06\/30\/sacrificing-summer-for-polak-study-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacrificing summer for Polak Study Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Polak building <\/span><\/p>

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While some have just completed their first year and others are already flying back from a week of much needed sun in Mexico, other students are still battling with resit examinations. At some faculties, holidays only start by the end of July.<\/p>\n

Most logically, students retake examinations at the end of the year because they failed to pass a course earlier on. This was the case for Carme Bis Thobi, first-year IBA student. She has to retake four courses, the maximum IBA allows, because of failure. \u201cI failed all my second trimester courses and one from the third. I made a mistake in setting my priorities as I was always busy with ASAH (the Association of Students of African Heritage) and learning new languages that I often forgot to dedicate time to my courses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 19-year old Spanish student explains that the pressure is on. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0in or out, I have to pass theses four or I will have to leave RSM. I made peace with failure in the beginning of the second trimester by booking my flight home for after the resit period. I made sure my vacation wouldn\u2019t interfere with my education.\u201d Carme\u2019s last resit is on the 22nd<\/span><\/sup> of July.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only four weeks of summer<\/h3>

Students retake an exam because they have to, but second-year International Psychology student Ligia Monn\u00e9 decided to sit through the stress of studying once more for a higher average. Rather than talking about the resit, Ligia emphasized that she would rather have the retakes earlier in the summer. \u201cI won\u2019t study for four weeks now, instead I\u2019ll just hang around with friends and start studying once the exams are a lot nearer. It\u2019s a waste of time, I can\u2019t really go on vacation and neither can I do an internship. My summer is only four weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ligia Monn\u00e9<\/span><\/p>

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Ligia is retaking for a higher average, but can imagine the stress of students who have to pass. \u201cI think the end of July is too late. If students don\u2019t pass their retake, they\u2019re out of the programme and it\u2019s too late to apply for other courses because the application deadline was in May. I really dislike the system; it makes no sense to me.\u201d The last International Psychology resit is at the very end of July.<\/p>\n

Missed the exam<\/h3>

Taking a resit during the summer period because you\u2019ve missed the original exam? It almost sounds like a bad joke. For IBA Pre-Master Student, Jasper van den Dungen, it was reality. \u201cIt was a Saturday morning and I was on my way to my girlfriend, convinced that my exam was on Monday. When I checked my phone for the details of the exam, I saw that it was scheduled for Friday. I had missed it completely because I focussed on another course too much\u201d, he tells. \u201cIt is what it is now and I\u2019m confident that I will pass the resit.\u201d If he fails to succeed, Jasper won\u2019t be able to start his Master degree in Global Business and Sustainability in September.<\/p>\n

No pressure<\/h3>
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Andrew Gebahrd<\/span><\/p>

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Andrew Gebhard is a second-year IBEB student and is facing the stress of studying in the summer months for the second time now. \u201cThe fact that the resits are at the end of July works in my advantage as it gives me enough time to study. Also, I feel no pressure to pass as the study will just get delayed by a year if I don\u2019t obtain my 60 credits. Its not like the first year, where I was required to pass everything.\u201d Andrew\u2019s last exam is on the 22nd<\/span><\/sup> of July. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t

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