Comments on: What marks are needed for a first class degree or a 2:1

By: sara

sara — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:45:48 +0000

im currently at a third and am due to enter my last and final year at university, il admit i skipped alot of lectures and seminars however im now so worried about entering third year is sep, what should i aim for in my third year that would b realistic enough to get considerin im currently at the third class classification of student

By: jennifer ecclesford

jennifer ecclesford — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:34:38 +0000

Hi, i feel embarrased to say but i got 53% in my second year (2:2) which is 25% of my degree. I was just wondering if it was possible to get a good 2:1 still (2.1 being 70%)?

Thanks.

By: Michael Gore

Michael Gore — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:03:35 +0000

You don’t necessarily need to average 60% to get a 2.1. Most universities (Swansea, Cardiff and Aberystwyth I know for sure) award a 2.1 providing that you average 58.5% and at least half of your modules are above 60%. Wish I’d known this before the day my degree was awarded as I averaged 59.4%, and knowing would have saved a lot of worry, but luckily half of modules were over 60%. I’ve also heard that they can discard your lowest 20 credits ( I had a migraine during a 3 hour exam that was worth the full 20 credits of a module – failed and had to resit, which was capped at 40%) so this method may have been brought into play making the 58% thing irrelevant as I would have averaged 61%.
Sorry if that was long winded, but my point is – don’t worry too much about fractions of a percent because odds are you’ll get bumped up to the next grade anyway.

By: joanne-perks@hotmail.com

joanne-perks@hotmail.com — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:05:59 +0000

Exactly!!

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:22:39 +0000

Hi Rebecca, i’m not too sure how your course works, but for mine the first year results had no value to my final degree. It was either a combination of second year and third year, or third year depending on the best average mark.

Bobby

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:06:07 +0000

I am hoping this year to scrape a 2:1, I need 64% on average to obtain this (trying to be realistic with what I am going to achieve). My second year is 25% For my third year what will I have to obtain on average to get a 1st?

By: Speedypudding

Speedypudding — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:43:50 +0000

Hi,
I was just wondering whether you need 60% in EVERY module for a 2:1, or an average of 60% (I’m doing 6 modules per year, could I get 80% in 3, and 40% in the other 3 and still get a 2:1). Just pretend year 2 and 3 are equally weighted for now.

By: Dom Finn

Dom Finn — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:20:46 +0000

I love it when people who create no content themselves feel the need to put other people down. The author of this post has only posted this to help others and still micro minded cretins can find nothing in the post except a spelling fault. It’s really sad.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:17:40 +0000

Hiya, im currently in my last year of uni and working really hard. But, however i only achieved a 2:3 in my sencond year. What are my chances of leaving uni with a decent degree? (not a third)

By: Rebecca Parker

Rebecca Parker — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:24:23 +0000

Hi there,

I’m doing quite well on my course so far. I’ve achieved 73% in my first module, and 84% in my second (the exam recieved 94%!). However my next module is biology and I am struggling so much with this. I am putting a lot of time and effort into it but I am still struggling and worried I may only just scrape a pass. How will this affect my overall grade? I am only in my first year but determined to do well.

p.s I don’t suppose you did biology or any medical degree did you?!