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What is a distinction?

  • 11-09-2007 06:09PM
    #1
    estebancambias
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    How may marks are needed to obtain a distinction in a particulat subject?


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  • #2
    claire h
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    Depends on the college. Many universities don't award distinctions at all.


  • #3
    Newaglish
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    By distinction, do you mean 1.1? In my college it was 70% plus, but that can vary from place to place.


  • #4
    Tom Dunne
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    Newaglish wrote:
    By distinction, do you mean 1.1? In my college it was 70% plus, but that can vary from place to place.

    No, a 1.1 is a first class honours degree.

    A distinction is usually awarded as part of an old diploma and it varies (slightly) from college to college.


  • #5
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
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    A distinction in a Masters is over 70%. Never heard of a distinction being awarded for anything else really.


  • #6
    claire h
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    Roundtower2 wrote:
    A distinction in a Masters is over 70%. Never heard of a distinction being awarded for anything else really.

    Not all masters - some use the 1st class honours etc thing. I think some professional courses award distinctions rather than firsts, but there used to be a thing at some universities where a distinction would be higher than a first (Oxford and Cambridge give out 'starred firsts' instead I believe...) - it's not widely used though.


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  • #7
    delta_bravo
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    They are used by the Royal Irish Academy of Music as a grade, it is the highest possible grade ( over 90% i think ). Never really seen it anywhere else


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