Not necessarily.

It isn't like other exams where you can say that 75%+ is an "A", 65%+ is a "B", and so on.

All the entrants on a course get ranked in order of attainment, then the top x% get firsts, the next x% get upper-seconds, the next x% get lower-seconds etc.

So it is possible to do really really well, but be unfortunate enough to be ranked against a whole bunch of people that did even better, meaning that you end up with a poorer class of degree yourself.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on July 2nd 2009 at 11:56:21

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Congrats IED, but...... (General Chat) - samcd84, Jul 2, 11:43:38
- I was very suprised at that as well (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jul 2, 14:24:42
- Yep (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jul 2, 12:09:26
- I never went to Uni so have limited knowledge of it (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 2, 11:52:17
  - Not necessarily. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 11:56:21
    - Wrong (General Chat) - WOTB No1 Tipster 04, Jul 2, 14:02:09
    - It is a bit crap though... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Jul 2, 13:01:00
    - Not true (General Chat) - scruffy, Jul 2, 12:43:39
    - yes, thats a bit shit intut. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 2, 12:03:50
      - dunt matters (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 12:08:39
        
        they wasted 3-4 years at uni.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 2, 12:10:29
        
        seems a bit of an odd thing to do to be honest (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 12:12:05
    - so it works pretty much the same as A-levels and GCSEs then... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:02:20
      - Do they work like that too? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 12:03:12
        
        I thought they just shifted the bands down (dumbing down). (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, Jul 2, 12:11:22
        
        So, you could say that they've no real idea (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 2, 12:20:40
        
        they do compare one year's question paper against another's (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:32:29
        
        ... but ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 12:35:38
        
        it's also in the schools interests to do as well in the exam results league tables as poss (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:39:13
        
        You *do* only need 9% to get an A*. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 12:22:46
        
        Ralf's right... I just couldn't possibly have been so eloquent (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, Jul 2, 12:13:40
        
        they do indeed (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:10:31
    - exactly what i wasn't thinking (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 11:59:37
  - a better way of saying what I was thinking... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jul 2, 11:55:09
- Fucking tax dodgers (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Jul 2, 11:51:25
- A "Desmond" allows you to do most things these days.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 2, 11:48:11
- Swot I thought as well (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jul 2, 11:47:07
  - Depends what it is (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jul 2, 12:09:36
- They let anyone do anything at University these days. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 11:46:40
  - should *of* got in (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 11:51:06
    - See? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 11:52:29

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