General Chat Thread 3 (snowing, Chicago, day, world)

[irlinit]

Originally Posted by GymFanatic

In my Maths modules so many students get like 90.

Yeah well Maths is different because there is a right answer all the time, and also UEA is full of Asian nerds on the maths and science courses from my experience

Otherwise 90 is very rare for a module mark in any subject,

[GymFanatic]

Well, i'll have to be happy with my upper 70's.

[irlinit]

Upper 70s is very good... not many people finish with a 1st. You should go out and celebrate with some beers and get wasted

[AJ1013]

Originally Posted by irlinit

70% is very good - first class honours over here. Pretty hard to reach that level.. for humanities subjects that involve writing essays it's almost impossible to get above 85% so 70 is pretty good going

In most of my modules we had the grades go up online so you could see what everyone got.. out of 150 students only 7 or so got above 80, and a further 30 or so above 70 in one module I remember, so just over 1/5 got a 1st

Yeah, UK grading is way different from US grading. Here a 75% is a C (Average). While there a 75% on A level exams and the such is outstanding.

[Bottletree]

Here a 75% average (b+) gets you honours.

[GymFanatic]

Originally Posted by AJ1013

Yeah, UK grading is way different from US grading. Here a 75% is a C (Average). While there a 75% on A level exams and the such is outstanding.

Well it's not outstanding lol. A Levels are graded differently to university degrees.

[divisionbyzero0]

Originally Posted by Wildcat15

Is that good there? 70% was a D for me.

70% is the boundary between B and B- here.

[AJ1013]

Originally Posted by GymFanatic

Well it's not outstanding lol. A Levels are graded differently to university degrees.

I'm pretty sure that if you get a 75% or an 80% on the A level exams you get an "A".

[GymFanatic]

No a B.

[AJ1013]

Originally Posted by divisionbyzero0

70% is the boundary between B and B- here.

Here 70% is a "C-" and 69% is a "D+".