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As a rule it's because the years have different weights assigned to them, so as an example first year counts towards about 20% of the final degree classificatio
by Tarks 17y ago
As a rule it's because the years have different weights assigned to them, so as an example first year counts towards about 20% of the final degree classification, second year 35% and third year 45%
EDIT:
Just to help avoid confusion I'll reiterate that this is talking about universities in England
- sachinag 17y agoThis is not the way it works at any reputable college I've ever heard of here in the States. I've been on many recruiting teams and cumulative GPA is always done as a straight average over credit hours (which are typically evenly distributed over each of the standard four years).
- zxcvb 17y agoMost UK universities don't do it like that. Usually, the first year is worth nothing, the second year is 1/3 and the final year is 2/3. Sometimes you do an extra year inbetween the second and thid year if you take a year out in indsutry. Also, college is a different thing to University in the UK.