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Hello, i have been offered a place, but i must obtain 30 distinctions and 15 merits from my access course. How does it work?

Access to HE Diplomas are made up of 60 credits. Of those, only 45 are graded; the remaining 15 are not. You must successfully achieve 60 credits to be awarded a Diploma. (So even though 15 aren't graded - you still need to pass them.)

Each of the 45 graded credits is graded at pass, merit or distinction, but no overall grade is awarded for the whole Diploma. So a uni can't just say, "We need a distinction overall", (or whatever). So instead they tell you how well you need to do in terms of credits at each grade. Hence you've been asked for "30 distinctions and 15 merits". (It goes without saying that those 15 merits need to be at least merit - it's fine if some of those are distinctions too!)

So if i was to obtain 2 of my topics distinctions and the rest merits. Am i safe?

Different units vary in their size - normally three, six or nine credits. If you obtained distinctions or your two largest graded units, that'd give you just 18 distinctions. You need 30. Do you know the size (credits) of each unit in your course, and which are graded/ungraded?

Different units vary in their size - normally three, six or nine credits. If you obtained distinctions or your two largest graded units, that'd give you just 18 distinctions. You need 30. Do you know the size (credits) of each unit in your course, and which are graded/ungraded?

I have 16 units which 4 are ungraded and 2 are 6 credit each. The rest are 3 credits