honours?

[Stay_classy]

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]

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]

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

[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.....

[K41]

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

[Simon]

Scottish honours degrees are still four years APART from a couple at Dundee university, which has introduced some three-year honours degrees.

Some people who have good A-levels/Advanced Highers can go stright into second year of some Scottish four-year degrees.

[Spencer Wells]

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

[razzy]

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

same for qmul

[saskia297]

same for durham

[piglet8]

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