Elinda wrote:
Xakz wrote:
How are these grades worked out (like the 4.0 I see being thrown about a bit)? Tried to search for it myself but it's hard to search for something when you don't actually know what you're searching for.
Is this a score used to get in to college / university for example (of which we have our own based on the grade of A levels here) or is it something before / after this stage?
Is this a score used to get in to college / university for example (of which we have our own based on the grade of A levels here) or is it something before / after this stage?
Usually just take the letter itself (eg Oxbridge usually require 4 A's, lesser universities require less) though I think recently (in the past 5-10 years) they've tried to give each one a score. I believe you get 120 for an A, 100 for B and so on, and you need a certain score to get in, though it's not really changed anything (ie you now need 480 points instead of 4 A's). Most don't count General Studies as well because... well because it's General Studies.
A lot of subjects will require a C grade in GCSE English also (the exams taken at age 16 here), and depending on the subject others too (Computer Science where I went required GCSE Maths at C or higher as well as english).