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Hedgecutter Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) Just out of interest, in what form does your uni give your exam / assessment marks? I'm noticing a bunch of different things throughout the thread which might not mean anything to those without Glasgow for example. When I was at Aberdeen, you got a mark out of 20 for each piece of work / exam while related to the following expectations. 9 - 11: Third 12-14: Desmond 15-17: Upper Second 18-20: 1st Class Most of mine were a combo of 17s and 18s but I got a 17 in my last main project (20 credits) which made me finish with an average of 17 throughout the degree which sucked at the time. So much difference in effort between finishing on a 17 and a 15, yet both finish with a 2:1. Edited August 3, 2012 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Just out of interest, in what form does your uni give your exam / assessment marks? I'm noticing a bunch of different things throughout the thread which might not mean anything to those without Glasgow for example. When I was at Aberdeen, you got a mark out of 20 for each piece of work / exam while related to the following expectations. 9 - 11: Pass 12-14: Desmond 15-17: Upper Second 18-20: 1st Class Stirling was / is: First: 1A, 1B, 1C Upper Second: 2A, 2B, 2C Lower Second: 2D, 2E, 2F Third: 3A, 3B, 3C Narrow Fail: 4A, 4B, 4C Fail: 5A, 5B, 5C 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Stirling was / is: First: 1A, 1B, 1C Upper Second: 2A, 2B, 2C Lower Second: 2D, 2E, 2F Third: 3A, 3B, 3C Narrow Fail: 4A, 4B, 4C Fail: 5A, 5B, 5C Pretty much the same method then, just that 1A, 1B and 1C equates to 20, 19, 18 and so on... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 History at Strathclyde technically grades from 0-100, but the realistic bands are from 30-85. The outright fail is <40, Third is 40-50, Lower Second 50-60, Upper Second 60-70, First 70<. It is pretty much impossible to get more than 80 in either exams or essays, but if you got full marks for a presentation or similar, you can certainly get 85 for that section of assessment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Glasgow is, erm, fucked up. 22 point scale. A1-5 (22-18) (First) B1-3 (17-15) (Upper Second) C1-3 (14-12) (Lower Second) D1-3 (11-9) (Third/Pass) E1-3 (8-6) F1-3 (5-3) G1-2 (2-1) H (0) But we are told it is NOT convertible into percentages, and the percentage you need to get in any given paper (if it uses "marks") won't necessarily be a direct conversion. So whilst you need 18 out of 22 to get a 1st, that doesn't necessarily mean that you need 81% in a paper (though it might do). It's an unnecessary mind-f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latapythelegend Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Got a letter today from SAAS saying they are paying Stirling Unversity the fee for the course I am sitting. Anybody else had this? Im assuming then that I have been accepted even though I haven't received my results yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Got a letter today from SAAS saying they are paying Stirling Unversity the fee for the course I am sitting. Anybody else had this? Im assuming then that I have been accepted even though I haven't received my results yet. What status are you in? (5th/6th year, college, already in Uni going into the next year type thing). I have got my SAAS letter for next year despite having resits next week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I would presume SAAS are just confirming that they'll pay the fee pending the actual decision by the university, so not accepted yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane-don Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 People who have stayed in halls, can I ask roughly how much you spent in a year? Not including the price of the accommodation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Carr Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 People who have stayed in halls, can I ask roughly how much you spent in a year? Not including the price of the accommodation. A friend of mine claims he spent nearly £7K last year. But he did drugs and shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboMikey Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 A friend of mine claims he spent nearly £7K last year. But he did drugs and shit. One of my mates was in 5K of debt after 2 years, that's after spunking his wages from his job and SAAS. He was big into drink, drugs and gambling though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm going into first year at Glasgow and they still haven't emailed me with the username and password to log into mycampus to enroll but I see others have already done it? Will I just phone and ask why I haven't been emailed yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane-don Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 A friend of mine claims he spent nearly £7K last year. But he did drugs and shit. Nice one. My £500 savings and £900 from SAAS(c***s, absolute c***s btw. what the the actual f**k am I supposed to do with that piddly amount of money?) see me through. Easy living n' that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Nice one. My £500 savings and £900 from SAAS(c***s, absolute c***s btw. what the the actual f**k am I supposed to do with that piddly amount of money?) see me through. Easy living n' that. £900 for the year? Pretty sure you can appeal it, especially if you are living away from your parents house. SAAS and the SLC seem to be throwing money at me this year. Not going to turn it down right enough! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateDAFC Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Will be applying to uni around christmas time for 2013 (Just going into S6). Initially thought I wanted a degree in maths but not entirely sure what I'd do with it (Toyed with the idea of maths teacher). I also quite like the sound of mechanical engineering but was wondering whether it was quite practical focussed and looked at figures/formulas etc or was more graph comm orientated with detailed drawings etc. Sorry if this sounds completely clueless, just wondered if ayone on here was doing any of the above degrees and could offer some advice. I went to one of the open days at Edinburgh Uni but this hasn't helped at all in me making some sort of decision 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloop John B Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I had to get Saas changed as i didn't get my conditions. The whole university thing still hasn't sunk in yet. Is anyone going to Edinburgh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Will be applying to uni around christmas time for 2013 (Just going into S6). Initially thought I wanted a degree in maths but not entirely sure what I'd do with it (Toyed with the idea of maths teacher). I also quite like the sound of mechanical engineering but was wondering whether it was quite practical focussed and looked at figures/formulas etc or was more graph comm orientated with detailed drawings etc. Sorry if this sounds completely clueless, just wondered if ayone on here was doing any of the above degrees and could offer some advice. I went to one of the open days at Edinburgh Uni but this hasn't helped at all in me making some sort of decision I've just finished first year mech eng at Edinburgh. Was in the same position as you before hand but I'm happy I went for engineering over maths. Just now I'd say the course is pretty similar to a maths course purely because we all have to learn the core stuff but I think they diverge greatly soon. I'd probably advise you to read some stuff online about the differences between mathematicians and engineers to make your own mind up about the differences. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC_GJS Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Will be applying to uni around christmas time for 2013 (Just going into S6). Initially thought I wanted a degree in maths but not entirely sure what I'd do with it (Toyed with the idea of maths teacher). I also quite like the sound of mechanical engineering but was wondering whether it was quite practical focussed and looked at figures/formulas etc or was more graph comm orientated with detailed drawings etc. Sorry if this sounds completely clueless, just wondered if ayone on here was doing any of the above degrees and could offer some advice. I went to one of the open days at Edinburgh Uni but this hasn't helped at all in me making some sort of decision I'm about to go into 4th year Civil Engineering. I can't speak for Mech Eng past the first year but in Civil there is alot of Maths in the first 2 years though no Maths courses beyond that. I had to get Saas changed as i didn't get my conditions. The whole university thing still hasn't sunk in yet. Is anyone going to Edinburgh? I'm about to go into my 4th year at Edinburgh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm about to go into 4th year Civil Engineering. I can't speak for Mech Eng past the first year but in Civil there is alot of Maths in the first 2 years though no Maths courses beyond that. Thank f**k. Yeah, it seems maths in third year (of Civil) is just differentiation and integration. No matrices 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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