the average UCAS points score?

You can look at the Times Good University Guide 2007, and it will tell you the average UCAS points for people admitted to each university and for each course at each university.

The average UCAS score is probably around 300 points I would imagine - that's the equivalent of 3 Bs at A level.

You can look at the Times Good University Guide 2007, and it will tell you the average UCAS points for people admitted to each university and for each course at each university.

It can all depend on where someone is applying. Extra-curricular things (such as ABRSM Music Grades, for example) can provide UCAS points to help towards your score and some universities may specify a minimum points score for courses rather than/as well as grades. However, depending on where you're looking in the league tables, I believe that the higher you go, the less likely it is that a university will be using the tariff system - i.e. stick to grades and ignore points.

Isn't it a bit crazy that now 3 Bs is the average??! (if it is..?).. I mean it really should be quite a bit above average! Afterall ABCDE are all pass marks - B is supposed to be above average!.. GRR..

EDIT: just checked it on the grades analyser thing: apparently the average score is around CCCb:

Your percentile is 52.06%. This means that you outperformed around 67700 people in these exams. It also means that you stand at around place 62300 out of all 130,000 students. Finally, it means that only around 1 in every 2 students taking AS/A Level have your level of ability and above.

I was guessing that the average was BBB, however, shortly after putting it I thought i'd probably guessed too high, but didn't bother changing it.

When you say "your" do you mean me? (I assume you've looked at my signature and seen that I have the equivalent of BBB)

Also, could you give me the link for that grade analyser please?

EDIT - I may be misunderstanding you, but if you're talking about 3 Bs in that bold section of your post, surely BBB is the average if i'm 67700 out of 130,000 students? (about half-way)

Ah no I hadn't looked at your signature - I just copied what the grade analyser says about CCCb... BBB was quite a bit better in the percentile - I think it's better than top third.

The link for it is http://www.gradeinfo.co.uk/

Your predicted number of AS/A Level Points is 80. This is the equivalent of achieving EE.

If you were to achieve the above grades it would give you an AS/A Level Percentile of 3.56%. It would also mean that you would be beating around 4600 pupils taking the exams.

The average UCAS score is probably around 300 points I would imagine - that's the equivalent of 3 Bs at A level.

You can look at the Times Good University Guide 2007, and it will tell you the average UCAS points for people admitted to each university and for each course at each university.

No, 3 Bs at A-level is 120 not 300