University Marks - 80% or more

Getting 83% in applied econometrics is unfortunately not impressive and generally pretty easy. Generally anything that isn't essay based is where you can score very high marks I'd presume.

If 80% is publishable, what is the 100% exemplar against which essays are judged?

I'm still in school, so sorry for being of no help, I'm just curious

I got 80% on a piece of history coursework. It was 2000 words and included original research in primary sources and analysis. In total, I'd say it took about a minute per word to do (so, 33 hours) including the research, the reading, the thinking, and writing up.

It was the highest mark of the year

Well done. But it's still applied metrics

I got an 85% once for an essay. Usually average 70-75% (english lit) but that essay I spent months on. Went through the author's private manuscripts with permission from his estate and still-alive wife (my supervisor had written a book on him) and archives that are in Cambridge. It pretty much consumed my life.

If you spent the same amount of time as you did on that, but on all your essays, do you think you could average 80%+ at graduation?

I wanted to know if anybody has achieved more than 80% on any of their coursework or overall for their degree. I have read about University Grading via books and about the necessarily quality of a piece of coursework to achieve such a grade of 80-90% – publishable standard. But I wanted confirmation from students as to whether this is true, and what they did to achieve such a grade – For example, hours spent on a 2000 word essay, from the very beginning to the final minute (Including research).

I also wanted to know if there is anybody here who achieved 80% or more, and what advice could you give.

Thanks.

By the looks of this, high marks are much easier in science subjects. Same as A level in my opinion in that respect then! Plenty of people get in the high 90s in their maths A level, while the same can't be said for history.