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I'm looking for some assistance regarding a course i completed last year.
My course was a level 3 extended diploma (90 credit first year, and 90 credit second year), i have overall 14 distinctions (2 are 5 credit ones, each of the others are 10 credits) and 5 merits.
There were 9 modules for first year and 10 second year (two being the aforementioned 5 credit modules).
I'm wondering what my grade would be, e.g. DDD.
I can't seem to find a way to calculate this properly, overall i got distinction both years, i'm sorting my UCAS out but am struggling with this part.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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PokeLass
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Based on one or two other threads here (probably misunderstood so bare with me), a distinction is 90 and merit 80.
So, for me it could be:
Merit= 5 x 80 is 400.
Distinction= 13 (i have 14, but since two are 5 credits not 10, i've combined them) x 90 is 1,170.
The total being 1,570.
Pinching what another user put, this is what i'm left with.

"You then add up the 18 scores and you will get one of the following grades:

1250- = FAIL
1260=PPP
1300= MPP
1340= MMP
1380= MMM
1420= DMM
1460= DDM
1500= DDD
1540= D*DD
1560= D*D*D
1590 to 1620 = D*D*D* "

However i'm very much sure i can't have achieved this grade right? Surely i've messed up somewhere or this method doesn't apply to myself.
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yt7777
18
Original post by chelseawrabbit
Based on one or two other threads here (probably misunderstood so bare with me), a distinction is 90 and merit 80.
So, for me it could be:
Merit= 5 x 80 is 400.
Distinction= 13 (i have 14, but since two are 5 credits not 10, i've combined them) x 90 is 1,170.
The total being 1,570.
Pinching what another user put, this is what i'm left with.

"You then add up the 18 scores and you will get one of the following grades:

1250- = FAIL
1260=PPP
1300= MPP
1340= MMP
1380= MMM
1420= DMM
1460= DDM
1500= DDD
1540= D*DD
1560= D*D*D
1590 to 1620 = D*D*D* "

However i'm very much sure i can't have achieved this grade right? Surely i've messed up somewhere or this method doesn't apply to myself.


10 credit unit at grade Distinction = 90 (10x9)
10 credit unit at grade Merit = 80 (10x8)
10 credit unit at grade Pass = 70 (10x7)

(Most units are 10 credits, look at the unit spec to find out)

5 credit unit at grade Distinction = 45 (5x9)
5 credit unit at grade Merit = 40 (5x8)
5 credit unit at grade Pass = 35 (5x7)


Add these all up to get your grade.

It seems you are correct and should have obtained D*D*D
(edited 5 years ago)
I agree with above that your score should amount to D*D*D
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PokeLass
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Oh wow thank you! Gosh i never realised i did so well, i knew i wasn't far from distinction* overall, so i'm quite pleased :smile:
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yt7777
18
Original post by chelseawrabbit
Oh wow thank you! Gosh i never realised i did so well, i knew i wasn't far from distinction* overall, so i'm quite pleased :smile:

Congrats, if you're allowed any resubmissions 2 of those Merits up to Distinctions would give you D*D*D*

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