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What exactly is a Distinction?

  • 16-03-2009 4:22pm
    #1
    DeadMoney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I am currently finishing a higher cert in GMIT and am hoping to gain a distinction in my end of term exams so I may get offered a place in year 3 of a degree programme. I am just wondering, does a distintion overall mean an A in every subject, or does it mean an average of an A (70%)?
    So would I have to get 70% or over in every one of my exams to achieve this?


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  • #2
    Krieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Krieg


    A distinction is 70%+ (otherwise known as a 1.1)

    60%+ Merit 1: 2.1
    50%+ Merit 2: 2.2
    40%+ Pass

    Good Luck


  • #3
    galwayguy22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭galwayguy22


    You don't have to get 70+ in every subject, you only have to get an average of 70 or over to get a Distinction.

    For a Higher Cert and an Ordinary Degree it is called a Distinction.

    For a Higher Degree it is called a 1.1.


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