Maintaining a 75% avg

[jejak]

UoM's guaranteed entry pathways to professional degrees require that the student maintain a weighted avg of 75% (H2A) throughout undergrad. Unfortunately I have no idea what this 75% "means" in the context of university grading. I realise that this is a terribly subjective question, but is this in general a difficult average to maintain? Would an H2A average be achievable for the vast majority of students, assuming reasonable work ethic, interest, and some academic skill? Or is it only for the upper echelons of students?

In case this varies by subject matter, I'm asking primarily about the arts/humanities - although any other responses are welcome. Furthermore, if anyone could speculate on my personal chances on maintaining such an average, that would be great.

edit:  What about an HD average - again, for the humanities?

[ninwa]

Generally I've found that a 75% average is easy to maintain for most subjects in the arts faculty. Most people I know who maintain a HD average do so relatively effortlessly, though of course it also depends on what subjects you do and what your areas of strength are.

Would an H2A average be achievable for the vast majority of students,

I would say probably 50% of students in most subjects

assuming reasonable work ethic, interest, and some academic skill?

Most definitely

Or is it only for the upper echelons of students?

Some subjects will have more D and HD students than others; some subjects will have quotas for each grade so that only a certain percentage get D or HD.

Furthermore, if anyone could speculate on my personal chances on maintaining such an average, that would be great.

Obviously if you detested history, you might not be able to maintain that average in a history subject. However, generally speaking, with your ENTER, you shouldn't have too much trouble.

[jejak]

Cool - thanks so much ninwa for that very clear and direct answer. I'm hoping that the "roughly 50% of students" figure holds true at both Monash and UoM - if it's not all that difficult to maintain the required grades then I guess I'll consider the Melb JD pathway.

Obviously if you detested history, you might not be able to maintain that average in a history subject. However, generally speaking, with your ENTER, you shouldn't have too much trouble.

That's weird - history is the one subject I can't stand! I'm thinking of doing languages/linguistics, both of which I enjoy, so my interest should be a motivator.

[*ryan777*]

thank god i found this thread lol
i need to maintain 75% ave in uom arts too but was worried it would be way too hard
jejak, what IDF subjects are you considering? (i still dont know what to choose )

[jejak]

@ryan777 - on the IDF subjects. If I do go to UoM, I guess I'd pick the PPE-style one, just because that sounds like a standard interdisciplinary subject (maybe something like the Oxbridge undergraduate degree?), and "From Homer to Hollywood", as I'm hoping to study a major sequence in Classics. Although I'm hoping that doing a concurrent diploma in languages can eat up my breadth requirement anyhoo.

[Ilovemathsmeth]

I have the same question - but for Commerce. Is it hard in Actuarial studies to maintain a 75% average?

[crappy]

I have the same question - but for Commerce. Is it hard in Actuarial studies to maintain a 75% average?

I remember hearing the drop out rate for actuarial is pretty high, so Id assume it is.

[Gloamglozer]

I have the same question - but for Commerce. Is it hard in Actuarial studies to maintain a 75% average?

I remember hearing the drop out rate for actuarial is pretty high, so Id assume it is.

I second to what crappy said.  The actuarial major, as said by a final year student that I talked to, is "intellectually challenging".

[jejak]

Wait, are these (H2A, HD etc) percentile rankings? Just because the way ninwa described it, it seemed as if they weren't - just wanting to clarify.

[ninwa]

In some subjects they are, in some they aren't.

e.g. I know a subject where the top 5% get HDs. I also know of several subjects which didn't award any HDs because it was a dud year

[Pappa-Bohr]

at UoM your scores do not get standardised, you just get a percentage score of of 100 which is made up of the raw mark in your exam (usually weighted 80%) and assignments (weighted 20%).
H1= 80-100%
H2A=75-79%
etc

It would take a decent (but not huge) amount of study to maintain a 75% average, the only problem is that because exams count for alot (and they dont get scaled), if you get hit with a really bad exam (like everyone finds the exam hard), it can unfairly stuff up your average.

[*ryan777*]

at UoM your scores do not get standardised, you just get a percentage score of of 100 which is made up of the raw mark in your exam (usually weighted 80%) and assignments (weighted 20%).
H1= 80-100%
H2A=75-79%
etc

It would take a decent (but not huge) amount of study to maintain a 75% average, the only problem is that because exams count for alot (and they dont get scaled), if you get hit with a really bad exam (like everyone finds the exam hard), it can unfairly stuff up your average.

oh shit, does anyone know if this is prevelent in any subject? or is it just bad luck if it happens?

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I think my UMEP semester 1 exam was standardised because everyone found it "very long". But the UMEP semester 2 exam was not standardised, which I think made it a lot harder to actually do well.