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Larks comments on What have you recently tried, and failed at? - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: Emile 05 July 2012 09:52AM

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Comment author: Larks 05 July 2012 08:38:27PM 1 point [-]

Sounds like the UK. I don't know anyone who's gotten more than 92% on an exam.

Comment author: philh 05 July 2012 09:14:57PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, specifically Warwick.

I've scored more than 92% on I think ~10% of my exams, and I gather that roughly one person a year gets more than 100% overall. (This is possible because if you take more modules than necessary, your average is multiplied by a factor based on the amount of extra work you did.)

(I'm talking about the maths department here; few if any other departments have the multiplier, and I'm told that 90% is really rare in the humanities departments.)

Comment author: [deleted] 05 July 2012 09:41:26PM 0 points [-]

Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying.