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2H1 honours degree equivalent

  • 13-08-2011 12:32pm
    #1
    Ambiguity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,

    I´m interested in applying for the graduate medicine course. I´m not from Ireland or the UK, so I don´t have an 2H1 honours degree.

    I asked UCD what the 2H1 honours degree equivalent is in my home country, and they said it should have an 8/10 average. On their site they also state "or
    an equivalent qualification noting that a 2H1 corresponds to a 60% average, or a B minus or 3.08 GPA equivalent.    " http://www.ucd.ie/economics/graduateprogrammes/ma/#entry

    I've looked for grades conversion tables, and this is what I found ( http://85.92.87.111/~artcypr/comparability.html )

    Bachelors H2.1 (Eire)

    =
    • Bachelor degree (courses from 2002):
    • Doctoraal
    • Getuigschrift Hoger Beroepsonderwijs (HBO)

    (The Netherlands)
    Overall average of 7.0 to 7.9

    How did UCD establish that a 2H1 corresponds with an 8.0? Shouldn't there be a universal conversion table?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Sid_Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭Sid_Justice


    they probably made a mistake

    2.1 would be 7-7.9 in your system it seems.


  • #3
    Ambiguity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Ambiguity


    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    they probably made a mistake

    2.1 would be 7-7.9 in your system it seems.

    You mean UCD made a mistake? I sent them two e-mails and they still say:

    8/10 = 2H1

    7/10 = 2H2

    But according to that table, it's wrong. I'm still waiting for UL, RCSI and UCC to respond. However, if a 2H1 corresponds with 60% average, than I don't see how it can be 8/10 in my system.


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