Overall rating score. How to calculate the average diploma score for Europe and the USA
The reform of Russian education is difficult, the new Minister of the Ministry of Education will have to clean out the Augean stables of education, polluted by supporters of the Bologna, and popularly called “swamp” system of schooling and training of specialists. The Finns at one time realized that the education system that existed in the USSR was really the best in the world and stole it, adapting it to their educational standards. Now the Finnish education system is the best in the world.
However, let’s return to the Russian reform and pay attention to the fact that in 2013, in order to encourage applicants to enroll in colleges, that is, in order to motivate, first of all, graduates of the 9th grade to receive a specialized secondary level education, entrance exams were canceled.
Instead, certificate competitions and passing grades after 9th grade were introduced. Moreover, each, let’s call them by analogy with universities, determines the secondary educational institution for each specialty independently. Therefore, the question of what is the passing score for college after 9 years of schooling sounds ridiculous, as is the case with the question about the average temperature of hospital patients.
Passing score for technical school
College and technical school are twin educational institutions for obtaining SSE after 9 years of school. And paraphrasing Mayakovsky, which of them is more valuable for a quality education, we can say that when they say “college” in a foreign manner, they mean a technical school, when they say “technical school,” they mean a college.
The same as in college, the definition of a passing grade for a technical school is controversial; firstly, you need to clarify what the passing grade is for 9th grade, that is, with incomplete or for a graduate with complete secondary education.
Secondly, in what specialty are you interested in the passing score and, thirdly, you need to indicate a specific technical school.
Because for graduates of the 9th grade, the passing score is set according to the average score of the certificate, somewhere in the range from 3.5 to a maximum score of 5, for graduates with complete secondary education from 130 to a maximum of 200 points of the Unified State Examination result.
As for the passing rates in the specialty, here too the range of knowledge assessments is approximately the same. And if we take individual technical schools, then they can independently set the passing parameters to the lower side of the lower values.
Passing score for medical college
Without going into banal discussions about the humanity and necessity of medical professions, which are always in demand by society, it should be taken into account that secondary medical education can be obtained after the 9th grade.
The passing score for a medical college also depends on specialties such as nursing and midwifery, as well as on the average certificate, which is determined by the educational institution independently, depending on the enrollment and number of applicants per place.
As for other areas that are considered related in medical colleges, the principle for determining the average passing score is the same as for the main specialties.
Until quite recently, medical schools universally followed the requirement that for admission one had to pass exams in biology, as well as in the Russian language.
Now everything has changed and for admission it is necessary to pass a written psychological test to determine whether the applicant’s psychological and physical abilities meet the requirements for a medical specialist.
College passing scores 2017
If we take, for example, any medical college, the passing grade in 2017 is unlikely to differ from previous years. Moreover, there is a possibility that the average passing grade of the certificate and the Unified State Examination result will be lower than the threshold of previous years due to a significant reduction in the number of applicants due to the so-called “demographic hole”, which happened at the beginning of the 2000s. It’s just that in those days, as many children were not born as were born before.
Therefore, such situations are not uncommon, especially in provincial colleges, where passing grades may not be strictly fixed, for example, in cases where 30 applications for 30 places were submitted to a college, then in this case all 30 applicants are admitted. Then the passing grade will be considered the average grade of the certificate with the lowest indicators, or the lowest USE indicator. The main thing here is that the grades are, as they say, adequate to the profile of study, and also correspond to the status, or rather, the indicator that the college gives itself.
Not everyone has a rosy relationship with school teachers and subjects. And it is not always possible to fix the problem in time. As a result, students in grades 9 and 11 receive a poor certificate. Question: are they accepted into college with a bad certificate or is the only way for an applicant to go to a factory?
Don’t rush to bury yourself...
Don't panic, ladies and gentlemen! If your certificate has few points, this is not a reason to give up and prepare a factory uniform.
Today, in the vastness of our Motherland, there are adequate educational institutions where it is quite possible to enter with a bad certificate. Here are some tips from professionals on what to do if you have a bad certificate:
- If you are studying at a college or lyceum and finishing the 9th grade with not very good grades, do not rush to leave the secondary education system. Consider transferring to a regular secondary school, where you can significantly improve your grades due to the fact that the requirements in regular schools are often lower than in lyceums and colleges. As a result, it is possible to reach a quite acceptable number of points in the certificate.
- If you have bad grades in your certificate after 11th grade, this does not matter at all for universities, since they accept based on the results of the Unified State Exam, and not school certificates (even if there are few points in it) . If you score normal on each exam, you won't need a certificate at all. And the most skillful ones even manage to enter the budget. University management will be interested in your average certificate score (for example, 4.2 points - is it good or bad?) only in the case when several students with the same results for the Unified State Exam are vying for one place.
- But what to do if the Unified State Exam scores are not encouraging? In this case, where can you go with a bad school certificate? Try to choose Universities and specialties are not very popular, but where quite a lot of budget places are allocated . And if you don’t want to go astray and have definitely decided on a specialty that is quite popular, get ready to study on a paid basis. As a rule, paid full-time or part-time studies do not pay much attention to the certificate.
- You can enter a technical school or college not only after 9th grade, but also after 11th grade. In this case, the training will be much less, and after receiving a college diploma, you will be able to apply for admission to a university. And while studying in college, you will be able to improve your grades. In addition, at the time of graduation, you will already have a professional diploma, which guarantees that you will be awarded at least some specialty and diploma.
Remember that not all of us need a “nosebleed” to pursue higher education. Most of us will not need diplomas at all in life. And who said that IT specialists earn much more than an experienced and handy electrician, builder, welder, or any other specialist with a narrow focus?
The world has always been and will continue to need electricians, welders, installers and other blue-collar jobs, so it doesn’t always make sense to bother with studies and good grades. If you just need to pass, but you can’t make friends with the subject or the teacher, contact to our authors: they will help you quickly and efficiently solve your problem, without distracting from more important plans for the future!
Calculating your GPA is very easy. To do this, you need to remember the school mathematics course. You need to add up all the points and divide them by the number of items. The resulting number will be your grade point average. To get an average score of 4.5-5.0, you need to study without C’s, practically with only A’s, only a few B’s are allowed.
Average score is nothing more than the arithmetic mean, which is calculated using the formula:
Average score = (score 1 + score 2 + score 3 + ... + score X) / X
X is the total number of grades from which the average score must be calculated...
Typically, university graduates do not have such questions, because this is not even higher mathematics. But for everyone else I will say:
You need to sum up all the points you got. You have an example in the photo in your diary: 5+2=7.
And then divide the resulting amount by the number of disciplines that have these points (grades). In our case, grades are worth in two disciplines, therefore 7 must be divided by 2. We get 3,5 . Here's your average score.
At school, my daughter has an electronic diary, grades are given there and then the average score is displayed. If the grade is, for example, 4.5, then it’s up to the teacher’s discretion to give it a 4 or a 5, whatever he wants. I once asked a teacher why mine didn’t have a 5, to which I received an answer, I think that he doesn’t know a 5
Calculating GPA is not complicated, it is a simple combination of addition and division. First, we add up all the grades for the reporting period, for example, for half a year or grades from an education diploma, and then divide by the number of lessons or subjects for which they were received. For example, while studying at school, you received only 4 and 5 in physics for half a year, which means the average score will be between these two marks. It will be more than 4, but less than 5. Similar to diploma grades - all final grades received during the study period are added up and divided by the number of courses completed. Previously, to receive a honors diploma, it was enough that the number of Good grades was no more than 25% of the Excellent grades, that is, the average score had to be 4.75.
To calculate GPA grades in the certificate, you need to calculate the total number of grades, then add all the grades together (find the sum of all grades) and divide this sum by the number of points. The resulting number will be the average score. That is, mathematically speaking, we will find the arithmetic mean.
In the case of a diploma, where, as a rule, they give excellent, good, mediocre, pass, we replace these evaluative words with points 5, 4, 3, and do not take into account the pass. In addition, you need to add the grades for coursework indicated in the diploma supplement. Then you will get a full average score.
You add up all the grades in your diploma, then divide the sum by the number of grades. This way you get an arithmetic average, most likely this is what is meant, although to be honest the average score in my diploma is not high, but I was never asked about it when applying for a job, and the diploma was looked at after they were approved for the position .
To calculate your average score, take your diploma supplement, add up your exam grades (which are listed as good, excellent, satisfactory), credits do NOT count. To grades in subjects, add grades for coursework, which are also indicated in the application. Then divide the resulting amount by the number of estimates that you added up. Get your GPA. Let me clarify once again that credits are not included in the average score, nor is the grade for your diploma. I know from experience that if there are a lot of Cs, then the average score will not be high. And an average score of 5.00 is generally a rare occurrence! In 10 years of working at a university, I have never encountered such a phenomenon. The highest scores were 4.80-4.85.
The average score is calculated very simply. It is necessary to add up all the marks in the diploma, including coursework, and divide the resulting figure by the number of all grades (marks), including grades on coursework. This is how you get your average score. Of course, GPA characterizes part of your personality, but it is still not the indicator by which a person’s abilities should be assessed.
If there are no C's in the diploma supplement, then in order for the average diploma grade to be 4.5 or higher, there must be an equal number of B's and A's, or more A's than B's.
the diploma supplement contains 39 grades, of which 21 are fives, 17 fours and 1 three
21*5 + 17*4 + 1*3 = 105 + 68 + 3 = 176 divide this amount by 39 and the result is 4.513.
Despite the fact that there is one C, the average score is above 4.5 and is very high.
The average score of a certificate or diploma of any education is determined by a simple arithmetic operation, which is precisely aimed at determining the arithmetic mean. Found by the formula:
x=(y1+y2+y3+...+yN)/N
where x is the average score; y - grades for subjects; N - number of ratings
But this arithmetic mean is very susceptible to lack of robustness, i.e. very large deviations and incorrect assessment, as in a rough example:
Which of these people will be hired as an accountant?
Masha - mathematics-2, accounting-2, statistics-2, art, physical education, labor, etc. - 5 (average score 4,7 )
Dasha - mathematics-5, accounting-5, statistics-5, art, physical education, labor, etc. - 2 (average score 4,2 )
Of course, Masha, since she doesn’t have a higher average score, but it would be best to hire Dasha for the position of accountant!
When applying for a job or applying to a foreign university, the grades you received during the entire period of study play an important role. If you have a high average score, then your chances of entering or getting a job will be good. How to calculate the average score of your certificate and diploma yourself? What is GPA?
What is GPA?
GPA is the average score of a diploma or certificate. The abbreviation can be deciphered as grade point average. When applying for a job or graduate school, many employers or universities ask for a GPA. For example, many American universities require that an applicant's GPA be reported to them.
How to calculate GPA
To correctly calculate your GPA, you need to take into account all grades indicated on your certificate or diploma. Grades can be different, for example, final grades: in subjects, for thesis, for coursework, for state exams. There is no need to take into account intermediate grades indicated in the electronic journal or grade book.
"Credits" are taken into account. “Pass” = 5 points, “fail” = 0 points. Average diploma score = arithmetic average of points for all subjects in the insert, including “pass” and “fail”. "Credits" are not taken into account. GPA = arithmetic mean of all points received.
If you need to calculate the arithmetic average of school performance or diploma grades, then use the following formula:
GPA = “the sum of all grades received” divided by “the number of subjects.”
How to calculate GPA?
As an example, you can take a grade book or diploma insert (certificate), then all the grades are added up. It is also worth noting that if you take a grade book when calculating, then from it you need to select all the grades that go towards the diploma. When you add up all the marks, you need to divide them by the total number, the resulting indicator that you win is the average score.
For example, you had only 40 items, of which 10 were fives, 20 were fours and 10 were threes. When you multiply 10 by 5, 20 by 4, and 10 by 3, you get a total number of 160. Then divide the resulting number by the total number of subjects: 160/40 = 4 - the average score of your document.
When summer comes, school graduates are faced with many questions, because they have to choose an educational institution and decide on their future profession. With the beginning of the admissions campaign, many begin to wonder how to find out the average score of the certificate.
Why this indicator is needed and how it is calculated is a pressing question for all applicants.
Why is the indicator needed?
The average score of the certificate is calculated by those applicants who plan to enter a secondary specialized educational institution. Currently in Russia there is a rule according to which people are admitted to colleges without entrance examinations (but there are some exceptions). The admissions committee only looks at the average score of the educational document and does not take into account the Unified State Examination results.
In universities, completely different rules apply. Many people may not even think about how to calculate their GPA. The fact is that institutes, academies and universities do not look at this indicator. Applicants are accepted only taking into account the results of the Unified State Examination in certain subjects or taking into account the results of entrance tests conducted for certain categories of persons.
About the absence of entrance tests in colleges
Entrance tests are not provided for in many specialties. For example, you will not need to take anything if you choose “economics”, “law and organization of social security”, “tourism”, “hotel service”. Small testing is provided for those specialties that require certain professional qualities. Tests are taken in “nursing” and “medicine”. In creative specialties related to design, applicants complete a drawing.
For educational programs that include tests and creative tasks, special admission rules apply. First, employees of a particular technical school or college look at the result of the entrance test. This can be either a “fail” or a “pass”. In the first case, the applicant is denied admission, without even paying attention to what average grade point he has. If “passed,” the applicant is allowed to participate in the certificate competition.
An example of calculating the average score of a certificate
Let's say we have a document on education. How to calculate GPA? Take the insert that accompanies this document. Next, we count how many disciplines we studied during our school years. We got 20 items. Next, we take a calculator and add up all the grades that are indicated in the appendix to the certificate, or we calculate the total amount in our heads. The final value is 87.
Now we just have to calculate the average score of the certificate. As you can see, we have 2 values. Divide the sum of grades by the number of items. The calculator screen displays the number 4.35. This is our average certificate score. The maximum possible value is 5. This is the average score for excellent students.
Competition between applicants: equality of average scores
Often, admissions officers are faced with a situation where there is only one budget place left, and several people with the same average certificate score are applying for it. How do I know who will be accepted? The selection of an applicant for the last budget place is carried out taking into account grades in certain subjects.
For example, let's take the Moscow College of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If the average scores are equal, this educational institution looks at grades in specialized disciplines - Russian language, English language and history. In other educational institutions, it is recommended to clarify the conditions for admission, because specific specialized subjects are defined for each specialty.
If the indicator is high
Excellent students don’t even have to think about how to calculate their average certificate score. Paths to various technical schools and colleges are open to them. If the average score is 5, then documents can be submitted to any educational institution. In specialties without additional entrance tests, admission is guaranteed.
You may not be able to enroll in educational programs with additional tests and creative assignments. However, the likelihood of this happening is very low. Excellent students always prepare responsibly for admission. “Failure” is possible only if the applicant is too worried. An unsatisfactory result can also occur due to the wrong choice of profession or a rash step. But this is possible purely theoretically. In practice, a different picture is observed.
If your GPA is low
With a low average score on a budget, it is impossible to enter prestigious and highly sought-after colleges, because after the entrance campaign the best applicants are selected. If your grades are poor, it is recommended to apply to educational institutions that are not in high demand.
There is another option - to go to college not after the 9th grade, but after the 11th grade. After 9th grade, many graduates go to apply to colleges. The competition is very high. After the 11th grade, there are fewer people who want to become students at technical schools and colleges. The majority of graduates set themselves the goal of obtaining a higher education.
A few years ago, graduates did not think about how to calculate the average score of the certificate, and did not worry about the grades in the document. Admission to colleges was based on the results of passing exams in general education subjects. For example, in medical colleges, upon admission to “nursing,” applicants wrote a dictation in the Russian language. In biology, passing the exam was carried out using tickets.
There is no need to prepare for exams now, but it is worth taking care of your grades in order to obtain a higher average score for admission to college. Therefore, in the 9th and 11th grades, take a more responsible approach to your studies. If you have problems in any subjects, consider the services of a tutor. It will help you master school material and understand complex topics. Schools often conduct additional classes and electives. You can visit them too.
And one more piece of advice. If your grades are low in 9th grade, then consider continuing your studies in school. In grades 10-11, you can get higher grades if you pay attention to your studies and try hard. If you are unable to cope with a significant part of the subjects, concentrate on preparing for the Unified State Exam in those disciplines in which you are strongest. Also choose a major related to these subjects. Having passed the Unified State Exam well, you will get a chance to enter a university. In any academy they won’t even look at your average score, but will take into account your Unified State Exam results.
How to calculate your GPA is a fairly simple question. Use the method described above. You can also define the indicator differently. Multiply the number of threes by “3”, the number of fours by “4”, the number of fives by “5”, then add all the values and divide by the number of subjects studied. You will end up with the same average score.