honours?

**Stay_classy** · 04-11-2006, 02:45 AM

Hows it going? Just a quick post, currently doing an immunology degree then wanting to apply med school once it is done. Reason for this post is that I have seen conflicting info on this board, some people have only got a bsc (3 years right?) and went on to med school, I thought med courses would only look at you if you had honours? This seems to be the case from looking at uni prospectuses, is this people who have done fast-track courses or is there some unis willing to accept just Bscs? This would be a great bonus to push back father time but I reckon I'm missing something, somewhere. Any info as always would be appreciated.

**Spencer Wells** · 04-11-2006, 02:50 AM

3 Year BScs degrees in England and Wales are honours degrees, as long as you get a 1st, 2.1, 2.2 or 3rd. Scottish degrees used to be 4 years for honours, but I believe they've recently reduced it to bring it in line with England and Wales.

**Stay_classy** · 04-11-2006, 02:53 AM

That would explain it, doing mine at Glasgow, must look into it... Thanks for the quick reply. Cheers

**piglet8** · 04-11-2006, 03:15 PM

do u know about what % would qualify u for what classification, at my uni i was told that if u get 70% u get a 1:2 sounds abit low.....

**K41** · 04-11-2006, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by piglet8

do u know about what % would qualify u for what classification, at my uni i was told that if u get 70% u get a 1:2 sounds abit low.....

70% is usually a 1st.
60% a 2.1
50% a 2.2
40% a 3rd/pass

**Spencer Wells** · 04-11-2006, 05:09 PM

^Thanks Simon for the info, that'll be why I thought Scottish degrees were changing.

**razzy** · 04-11-2006, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by K41

70% is usually a 1st.
60% a 2.1
50% a 2.2
40% a 3rd/pass

same for qmul

**saskia297** · 04-11-2006, 06:05 PM

same for durham

**piglet8** · 04-11-2006, 06:14 PM

thanks for them scores, that sounds great!! is it during the 3rd yr they take them from or over all 3 yrs...
hanna

**razzy** · 04-11-2006, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by piglet8

thanks for them scores, that sounds great!! is it during the 3rd yr they take them from or over all 3 yrs...
hanna

at qmul they take all 3yrs grades into account
e.g 1st yr counts 10%
2nd yr counts 30%
3rd yr counts 60%

also they only give honours to people who carried out research project/dissertation in their final year.