Programming 1

Midterm Retake Results

Written on 23.12.2025 16:41 by Robin Ohs

Dear students,

The results of the midterm retake exam are now available on your personal status page in the dCMS, assuming you participated in the retake.

We can share the following observations about the retake exam:

• We had 252 participants in total. 121 of them made the cut, which was again set to 40 points.
• About one-third of the participants (80) had previously passed the midterm. Their point score total in the retake is on average 0.25 points below the respective midterm total.
• The majority of the participants (166) were students who had failed the midterm before. 54 thereof now have managed to pass the retake and thus can proceed to the final exams (provided their performance in the ongoing minitesting unlocks that). Their total score has improved by about 12 points on average. 
• A single out of six students who had not participated in the midterm has managed to pass the retake. 

Retake participants will also be able to see in the dCMS the points scored per exam exercise. 

Students who see a total score below 38 points in the dCMS are asked to be aware of the following: In some cases we aborted the grading of an exam paper once it was clear that it will be impossible to reach a total of 38 points. In this case, we overapproximated the points for Exercise 3 and/or Exercise 5. If this case applies to you, this means that:

• The points displayed for Exercise 3 may be up to 13 points above your actual score, and similarly 
• The points displayed for Exercise 5 may be up to 3 points above your actual score. 

We did so for efficiency reasons. 

You will have the chance to inspect the marking of your exam. We will announce further details in due course.

We wish you a relaxing holiday season.

Kind regards,
Your Programming 1 team