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- From: rgep@emu.pmms.cam.ac.uk (Richard Pinch)
- Newsgroups: sci.research,sci.research.careers
- Subject: Re: grades/GPA
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.113816.7479@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 11:38:16 GMT
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- Organization: Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Cambridge
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- In article <C0IB22.J5D@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- etaylor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Euan R. Taylor) writes:
- >What I want to know is what % of students ...
- >... get a first, upper second, lower second, third
- >in the british system.
-
- The classes are supposed to be based on standards rather than percentages
- so the numbers can vary from year to year, across subject and across
- universities.
-
- >Second question, of the people who apply to Oxford/Cambridge in the UK,
- >what proportion get in, and how does this compare to other Universities?
-
- It depends on subject but for undergraduate places Oxford and Cambridge
- average about 2.5 applicants per place.
-
- Richard Pinch
-