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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Part B results just came out yesterday, kinda shocked that I did not pass one of the module. Kinda sad actually but I suspect because I didn’t finish one of the question. I’m going to take supplementary exam for that in April which hopefully I’ll pass.
Newbie here so just wanna understand how failing one module will reflect on me? Does it significantly diminish my chances of TC conversion? Is there any good way to tell the firm about it? Is it common for people to fail one mod?
Thanks guys!
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Did you fail crim? They did the fail one question fail whole paper nonsense starting from last year.
I think the failure rate of at least 1 mod at first-go is around 30+%. From anectodal evidence, i.e. asking like 50 pax for my year, around 1 in 3 to 1 in 4 ish failed 1 mod. Last year it was mostly centered around crim failure.
However, the retest generally they try to pass everyone for part B, so the overall pass rate for part b is 99% for the past few years.
Failing a mod is never ideal, but the effect generally depends on which firm you are in, and more imptly whether boss likes you. If you already got a target on your back for bad work, boss can use this as excuse to let you go. Otherwise, unless you are in highly competitive firms, it is not a death sentence. Especially with the increasing shortage of lawyers.
Suck it up and tell the firm and hope for your boss's understanding. You will need time to prep for the exam, so you will need to maybe have 1 week or so break from TC. You can also try to sweep the thing entirely under the rug, but it's quite difficult since you still need to work in that case.
For what it's worth, some of the better students I knew (i.e. super good grades) failed one mod, whereas some of the bottom-tier students passed all at one shot, so there's also a bit of luck involved, along with whether you prepped correctly and whether you worked efficiently.