<p>Thanks for explaining that, you two. I guess my daughter will have to ask her own school how it translates such scores. But it was that school that said very few get A's, so I suppose that might be the answer!</p>
<p>Is the system the same at other English universities, do you know? So often, it seems like places assume you understand the system ... Right now, she is more intrigued by UCL. But looking at U of Liverpool -- if I know my daughter -- she will be intrigued by its course offerings (which are on a semester basis, so she could conceivably do one semester in Cairo and one there). Only problem is getting in and getting credit, since this isn't an approved program at her school. She is currently running the bureaucratic maze to try to get credit for her field school last summer. I don't know if she would balk at having to do this again, or she would feel that NOW she has it figured out (she hopes ...)</p>
<p>The home school may not translate the grade at all. They may accept the credits only and the grades will not be calculated into the students GPA. At my d's school (and I may be interpreting this incorrectly)-- my d's study abroad program and the courses have been "approved" by her study abroad advisor. Cornell will accept the 15 credits. But her grades will not be calculated into her GPA at Cornell. BUT- as it looks like my d will be applying to law school, the Law School Admission Council will include those grades into her GPA and that will be the GPA that the Law schools will see. We're glad we realized that before she did the study abroad program, in the event my d just wanted to take it a bit too easy during her semester abroad and enjoy her time in Italy a wee too much.</p>
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In terms of the grading system, yes the same everywhere in the UK as far as I know. Possibly there are some newer unis who have radical grading systems, but none I know of. Obviously some universities, and some courses, are harder than others. </p>
<p>A college system exisits at some places outside of Oxbridge as well (Durham, York, Lancaster I know of, but there are more), but in all other cases the college has little involvement in the application process which is done through the department/central uni admin. They tend to be small rural places with a single campus. The "colleges" of the University of London are so big they are like their own independent unis. UCL is one of these (but not every school in London is part of uni of London).</p>