{"id":8961,"date":"2014-04-09T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?p=25365"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:28","slug":"rather-pay-a-fine-than-redo-a-course-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2014\/04\/09\/rather-pay-a-fine-than-redo-a-course-year\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rather pay a fine than redo a course year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u2018fine\u2019 which allows students who have registered for an exam too late to nevertheless partake in the exam will remain in force for the time being. The Executive Board will as of yet not change the regulation, to the contentment of students: \u2018Abolishment goes way too far.\u2019<\/p>\n

In Leiden, a student paid 225 euros to nevertheless participate in three exams. In Rotterdam the costs are not that high, but at the EUR, students also pay to register for exams past the deadline: 13,50 up to two days prior to the exam and at three faculties, it is possible to register even later for 50 euros. Recently, Secretary Bussemaker called that possibility for post-registration for a fee \u2018not according to the law.\u2019 The idea here was that universities should not put additional financial strains on their students. But are students really better off if the deadline is really the final deadline? Erasmus Magazine gauged opinions of students on campus.<\/p>\n

Traumatic<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018I have once dropped a re-exam, because the post-registration costs fifty euros. That was too much for me, it was purely to improve my grade anyway.\u2019 After this one time, Anja Ugedahl (24), master student in Finance, has learned her lesson. \u2018Fifty euros is traumatic.\u2019 But if it would have been really necessary, she would have paid gladly. \u2018It surely is cheaper than doing the entire course year again.\u2019<\/p>\n

Preference for a fine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most students seem to prefer a fine over a doubled course year. Although most of the interviewed say they have never or only once paid the fee, they seem to find the leniency fitting. \u2018Due to personal circumstances you can all but forget it. Or you are so engaged with the exam preparation that you forget the registration,\u2019 states Olga Karpina (25), master student of Marketing. \u2018Abolishing the measure for a delayed registration is much too radical.\u2019<\/p>\n

Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the students, the university had better opt for a system of prevention. \u2018Now you get an email once, a month in advance. At that point in time, your head is not really with the exam,\u2019 says Alex Nieuwenhuis, who studies Economics and Law. \u2018There is not a single moment in which you are reminded.\u2019 \u2018You have to find a middle ground,\u2019 agrees law student Tahmina Ashraf (23). \u2018Why do we not invest in a system of prevention, with a system of warnings? Abolishing the post-registration goes way too far.\u2019<\/p>\n

Also, that automatic registration for exams of the subjects you follow courses in \u2013 a possibility which the EUR looks at right now \u2013 is a much-heard suggestion. <\/p>\n

Own responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only a few people find the fuss over possible abolishment nonsensical and state that it is a matter of students\u2019 own responsibility to register in time. \u2018We are nearly all eighteen years or older,\u2019 sighs International Communication student Lisanne Bos (19). \u2018Just write the registration dates in your calendar.\u2019 EH<\/p>\n\n\t

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