Finishing but with an "exit award" does this mean i failed or simply did not get exemptions?

[tate.goldman]

Finished cadetship and have my oral soon now i get this email saying i can accept my exit award or resit a bunch of exams i thought i had passed so panicking a bit

[Inland Pirate]

It means that you haven't met the requirements for the academic side, though I'm not sure how you could meet the MCA standard but not the academic. Exemptions are gone now anyway, you wouldn't get them regardless of performance.

[Blueblisteringbarnacles]

... though I'm not sure how you could meet the MCA standard but not the academic. Exemptions are gone now anyway, you wouldn't get them regardless of performance.

Checked with a colleague...
The colleges have a lower mark required for an academic pass (which matches the marks required for their non-maritime courses as well. Normally it is about 40%).
MCA passes require 50& for most topics, 60-65% for the technical subjects like nav / stability, and 90% for signals.
So it is possible to pass the academic standard, but not meet the MCA standard.
(Example: If a student scored 45% marks in one paper)

Though I am surprised that the cadet officer did not come to know this.
I though colleges inform the cadets about this, and inform them again if they did not receive the MCA pass in any test, after which they have to study and give that particular test again (depending on what the college's rules are).

[Blueblisteringbarnacles]

Finished cadetship and have my oral soon now i get this email saying i can accept my exit award or resit a bunch of exams i thought i had passed so panicking a bit

Hi,
Don't panic. Don't worry.
Just study and pass the required exams, so that you can thereafter study for your orals and pass them, and get on board as a 3rd officer.
Ask your college lecturers to help you with any topic that you are finding difficult - I am sure they will help you.
Btw - welcome to the merchant navy.
Exams and hundreds of litres of midnight oil burnt studying for the CoC exams is part and parcel of being int eh merchant navy. In any country. If I had studied as much before I joined merchant navy, I'd have got far more marks in my A levels! Ah well ... but then, I would not have seen those splendid sunrises and sunsets that you can only see at sea.

Don't worry - this too shall pass. Just put your mind to it, and take help from everyone you know.

[Inland Pirate]

Checked with a colleague...
The colleges have a lower mark required for an academic pass (which matches the marks required for their non-maritime courses as well. Normally it is about 40%).
MCA passes require 50& for most topics, 60-65% for the technical subjects like nav / stability, and 90% for signals.
So it is possible to pass the academic standard, but not meet the MCA standard.
(Example: If a student scored 45% marks in one paper)

Though I am surprised that the cadet officer did not come to know this.
I though colleges inform the cadets about this, and inform them again if they did not receive the MCA pass in any test, after which they have to study and give that particular test again (depending on what the college's rules are).

Yes, this is what I said.

You can meet the academic standard, but not the MCA. I said I don't know how OP could have met the MCA standard, but not the academic.