[Gllug] OT: Just probing the job market in London

[Mike Brodbelt]

"Steven M. Castellotti" wrote:
> 
>         "2.1/1st"? Maybe the grading scale is a little different there than
> here in the states, but on a 4.0 GPA scale, a 2.1 is a low "C" grade.
> 
>         Course, I may just be misunderstanding what you mean...

I suspect so. British Universities award a degree on completion of
course. A "1st" is the top level degree, maybe 10% of graduates achieve
this. A second class degree can be either upper second (2.1), or lower
second(2.2). This is not equivalent to "just over half marks" :-). Below
a 2.2 you get a third, and below that, simply a pass. A 2.1 GPA would
probably equate to a pass/third. A 2.1 degree is about equivalent of a
high B grade.

Mike.

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