A few days ago
cheese_84_99

I wanted to apply for a graduate school in England and she said i need to have a?

good degree (the equivalent of a first or 2:1 in UK

terms). What does any of that mean?

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A few days ago
RoaringMice

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British undergraduate degrees are classfied according to a grading system, as follows:

* First-Class Honours (First or 1st)

* Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1)

* Lower Second-Class Honours (2:2)

* Third-Class Honours (Third or 3rd)

* Ordinary degree (Pass)

* Fail (no degree is awarded)

She expects you to have obtained at least 2:1, which is, as you can see above, Upper Second-Class Honours or higher.

There is no real, direct conversion between the US university grading system and that of the UK. Roughly translated to US terms, a 2:1, or a “good degree”, means that you need to have a bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited, respectable university*, and to have done fairly well there. I’d say above a 3.3 GPA. But in reality, her university will need to take a look at your transcripts and do an evaluation to see if they consider your degree to be equivalent to a 2:1.

*I’m not saying it has to be from Harvard, but it can’t be from Devry.

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A few days ago
Chelsuz
lt is First class honours in the course you studied. and the 2.1 is 2nd class honour upper division.. Maybe First class of 2.1 in bachelors degree

Good luck with your application.

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