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How is a UK grade average calculated?
Hi, I have a question.
At British universities how is a student's overall average calculated for their university studies? Are all years weighted equally, assuming you take the same number of credits in each year? Or do the second and third year count for more when calculating your grade that is submitted for postgrad applications?
At British universities how is a student's overall average calculated for their university studies? Are all years weighted equally, assuming you take the same number of credits in each year? Or do the second and third year count for more when calculating your grade that is submitted for postgrad applications?
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nauru
Hi, I have a question.
At British universities how is a student's overall average calculated for their university studies? Are all years weighted equally, assuming you take the same number of credits in each year? Or do the second and third year count for more when calculating your grade that is submitted for postgrad applications?
At British universities how is a student's overall average calculated for their university studies? Are all years weighted equally, assuming you take the same number of credits in each year? Or do the second and third year count for more when calculating your grade that is submitted for postgrad applications?
There's no single answer to this question, I'm afraid, because it all depends on how your course is structured.
The UK does not use GPA. You either look at the degree class or at a full transcript.
Can only comment on how my degree result is calculated and I really hope this makes sense.
First year - doesn't count towards our final degree
Second year - is worth 40%. So they calculate 40% of our average mark for that year
Third year is worth 60%. They then calculate 60% of that average.
Add the 40% result of the second year average to the 60% of the third year average and this will give me my overall %mark and thus what degree classification I'm given
First is 70%+
Upper second is 60%
Lower second is 50%
Third is 40%
The average mark for each year is based on working out the average mark across all the modules (I do 8 a year).
Hope this kinda helps, obviously some universities include the first year; others weight both the second and third years at 50% each
First year - doesn't count towards our final degree
Second year - is worth 40%. So they calculate 40% of our average mark for that year
Third year is worth 60%. They then calculate 60% of that average.
Add the 40% result of the second year average to the 60% of the third year average and this will give me my overall %mark and thus what degree classification I'm given
First is 70%+
Upper second is 60%
Lower second is 50%
Third is 40%
The average mark for each year is based on working out the average mark across all the modules (I do 8 a year).
Hope this kinda helps, obviously some universities include the first year; others weight both the second and third years at 50% each
nauru
Yes, but the degree class determined by some sort of averaging of your grades, is it not? So a first corresponds to 70%+, a 2.1 to something else... right? What I'd like to know is how they typically arrive at that final percentage calculation.
As I said, it depends. For my course, there are eight papers, all but one of which are taken during the final year - first year exams don't count and the one paper you do during your second year isn't actually marked until you've done all the other papers. You get a First/2.1/whatever based on the overall average plus a couple of other conditions (i.e. in order to get a First, you mustn't have any grade below 50 and at least two that are above 70 and so on).
As you can see, this is vastly different from the way the results on vickytoria's course are calculated.
On my course, the weighting is as follows:
1st year: 1
2nd year: 3
3rd year: 3 (language year abroad)
final year: 5
1st year: 1
2nd year: 3
3rd year: 3 (language year abroad)
final year: 5
My first year doesn't count at all, and technically neither does my second. It all comes down to the final exams...
For me, the grades are worked out thus: each exam essay I write is assessed, and then the numbers of 2.1s, 1sts etc. are each counted up. The modal class is the one I'm given overall.
For me, the grades are worked out thus: each exam essay I write is assessed, and then the numbers of 2.1s, 1sts etc. are each counted up. The modal class is the one I'm given overall.
My degree class was calculated from the comparison of a weighted mean, median and mode of modules assessed on a non-linear 20 point grade scale according to a predefined table of outcomes.
arkbar
The modal class? That's harsh...
Well, come to think of it they also look at the others too.
So if I had 5 2.1s and 4 1sts they'd consider giving a low First, depending on how strong the 2.1s were each.
If that makes any sense to anyone...
FadeToBlackout
Well, come to think of it they also look at the others too.
So if I had 5 2.1s and 4 1sts they'd consider giving a low First, depending on how strong the 2.1s were each.
If that makes any sense to anyone...
So if I had 5 2.1s and 4 1sts they'd consider giving a low First, depending on how strong the 2.1s were each.
If that makes any sense to anyone...
That's a bit stupid. What if the 1sts where like 98, 99, 99 and 100% respectively? Then you only need 2.2's to average a 1st.
Abra
That's a bit stupid. What if the 1sts where like 98, 99, 99 and 100% respectively? Then you only need 2.2's to average a 1st.
They give degrees away at Cambridge.
ChemistBoy
My degree class was calculated from the comparison of a weighted mean, median and mode of modules assessed on a non-linear 20 point grade scale according to a predefined table of outcomes.
You drew straws?
ZigZag
Different courses distribute the marks differently.
On my course first year: 0%, second year: 25%, third year: 75%.
On my course first year: 0%, second year: 25%, third year: 75%.
mines the same
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