Gap year applicants to V100
Dear Durham University,
I would be grateful if you would provide a breakdown of the achieved grades of candidates who successfully applied to the History BA course at Durham University after having already taken their exams and received their results.
For example, hypothetically, 45% of candidates who applied to V100 (with achieved grades) and received an offer had grades of AA*A*.
In addition, please would you provide the following proportions:
(1) The percentage of applicants who applied with achieved grades (after having already taken their exams and received their results), out of a total of all applicants.
(2) The percentage of successful applicants who applied with achieved grades (after having already taken their exams and received their results), out of a total of all applicants who gained offers.
Yours faithfully,
Cecelia Knight
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Dear Ms Knight
Thank you for your request for information from Durham University.
Colleagues have provided the information below in response to your
questions.
I would be grateful if you would provide a breakdown of the achieved
grades of candidates who successfully applied to the History BA course at
Durham University after having already taken their exams and received
their results.
For example, hypothetically, 45% of candidates who applied to V100 (with
achieved grades) and received an offer had grades of AA*A*.
In addition, please would you provide the following proportions:
(1) The percentage of applicants who applied with achieved grades (after
having already taken their exams and received their results), out of a
total of all applicants.
(2) The percentage of successful applicants who applied with achieved
grades (after having already taken their exams and received their
results), out of a total of all applicants who gained offers.
The table below shows the breakdown of grades for offer holders for V100
in 2016/17 who had already achieved A Levels:
Grade Profile % of Offer Holders
A*A*A* 16%
A*A*AA 9%
A*A*A 30%
A*AA 20%
Other A Level Combination 25%
We have grouped together any grade profiles where the number of offers
holders is lower than 4 to preserve anonymity. This data only includes
unconditional offer holders who had taken 3 or more A Levels. There will
also be offer holders who had already achieved alternative level 3
qualifications, but to obtain this data we would need to manually review
each application and contact academic departments to obtain information
not submitted as part of the UCAS application. To do this would exceed
the cost limit.
1) The percentage of applicants who applied with achieved grades (after
having already taken their exams and received their results), out of a
total of all applicants = 10%.
2) The percentage of successful applicants who applied with achieved
grades (after having already taken their exams and received their
results), out of a total of all applicants who gained offers = 9%
For both 1) and 2) “applicants with achieved grades” is based on
applicants holding 3 or more A Levels.
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