First year worth 10% - how much will it really affect my overall grade?

In first year I got 60%, which counts for 10% of my overall grade - I had mitigating circumstances, and I believe I could've obtained a high 2.1 otherwise. I'm now in second year which counts for 30% and I am on track for getting 68-70% for this year. Provided I keep this up, and say I achieve between 68-70% for final year too, by how much will my first year marks drag my grade down?

I am not the best at maths - if anyone could help me calculate it that would be much appreciated! :smile:

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doodle_333

19

if you got 60% in first year and 70% for the rest of uni you would average like 69%, if you're at the top of a 2.1 it might prevent you sneaking into a first but it isn't going to pull you out of a 2.1

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holly_1994

14

Original post by peanutbuttercup

In first year I got 60%, which counts for 10% of my overall grade - I had mitigating circumstances, and I believe I could've obtained a high 2.1 otherwise. I'm now in second year which counts for 30% and I am on track for getting 68-70% for this year. Provided I keep this up, and say I achieve between 68-70% for final year too, by how much will my first year marks drag my grade down?

I am not the best at maths - if anyone could help me calculate it that would be much appreciated! :smile:

I could have this completely wrong, but if your first year counts for 10% of your overall degree, then your 60% in first year means that you will have had 6% of for your degree entering second year. If you get what you predict you'll get in second year, you'll end up with 20.1/21% for that year, as it's worth 30% (0.68 or 0.7 times 30 is how you work it out).

So, at most, you'd have 27% in your overall degree mark by the time you enter third year, based on the 6% you earned in first year and the 21 (max) you earned in second year. If you got 60% in your third year (which I assume counts for 60% of your overall grade, if first year is 10% and second year is 30%), you would obtain 36% for your third year.

First year 6% + second year 21% + third year 36% = 63%, which is a 2:1.

If you manage to snag a first in third year (but don't stress yourself trying to get it, because that can backfire on your grades really badly sometimes), say 70%, then your overall grade would be 69 for that year.

First year 6% + second year 21%+ third year 42% = 69.
So, unless you get a phenomenal first, like 70 upwards, you're always going to be within that 2:1 bracket - it;s just a case of whether or not you're gonna get a low 2:1, a 2:1, or a high 21 (67 upwards).

I worked this out, by doing this:

Basically, everything is obviously out of 100%. Your take your grade, say 60% for the sake of argument, and then you divide it by 100. Then, you times that by how much it's worth. So, if you have achieved 60% for an essay that is only worth 40% of the overall module, you do 60 divided by 100 = 0.6 and then you times that by 40 to get 24. Therefore, if your module is out of 100% (which they all are), then you have achieved 24% out of 100% for the module with that essay alone. You would then do whatever other assignments you have for that module and then, once you have the grades for those essays/assignments, you work it out the same way I just said. So if you had another essay, but this one worth 60%, and you were graded a 70 for it, then you would have 70 / 100 = 0.7 and then times that by 60 to get 42. Add the 42 and the 24 together to get your overall grade out of the 100% - you would get 66% out of 100% in this instance, achieving a 2:1.

I don't feel like I was very clear there, but I hope it helps!

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 3

ageshallnot

21

Original post by peanutbuttercup

In first year I got 60%, which counts for 10% of my overall grade - I had mitigating circumstances, and I believe I could've obtained a high 2.1 otherwise. I'm now in second year which counts for 30% and I am on track for getting 68-70% for this year. Provided I keep this up, and say I achieve between 68-70% for final year too, by how much will my first year marks drag my grade down?

I am not the best at maths - if anyone could help me calculate it that would be much appreciated! :smile:

As well as the explanations above, note that most unis employ alternative degree classification schemes if you come close to the grade above. At King's, for example, if you get a raw overall average of 68 or 69 (ie a high 2.1) they will bump you up to a First if you have at least 60 credits in Level 6 modules at 70 or above.

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