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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 93513" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>Most likely it will be done manually as grades are not uniform and there are too many variables. The only time I have known it to be more "automatic" is when they ask the question "have you achieved X" and when you say no it causes a flag to the recruiter, but even then they tend to check there are not any reasons why that is the case.</p><p></p><p>If a firm asks for UCAS points, then someone will manually (in their head) calculate what they are and see if it meets the standards the firm set. When you are reviewing 100s of applications each week, you become an expert at these calculations.</p><p></p><p>I don't know of any firm that asks for 200 UCAS points. As you have said, it is unobtainable under the new tariff system unless you do four A-levels and got 4 A* grades, and this would exclude far too many people from applying. A lot of firms don't even have a UCAS tariff these days (mainly due to the conversion process) and just state grades. When firms do look at UCAS points, they typically only calculate it over 3 A-levels (when it is A-levels) to ensure consistency. The maximum I have seen is 144 (which is 3 x A grades).</p><p></p><p>Which firm states they want 200 UCAS points? </p><p></p><p>Many qualifications don't even translate to UCAS points (for instance international qualifications) and so if you have non-traditional qualifications that don't convert to UCAS points, a recruiter cannot convert them either and will just look at the face-value of the grades as they are presented.</p><p></p><p>There is no weighting for pre-2008 grades though when A* didn't exist, in the same way there isn't for the new GCSE scoring system. It's impossible to take into account academic inflation and different grading systems directly. But anyone who did their A-levels or equivalent pre-2008 is most likely going to be a career changer with a lot of other evidence on their application beyond their academics, and in that case the recruiter is likely to care far less about their A-levels/GCSEs and more what they have done in recent years.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to PM me with details of your academics and I can probably tell you what your equivalent grades would be.</p><p></p><p>The final thing to consider if you are applying with non-conventional qualifications is to spell out to the recruiter what you understand them to be equivalent to. This is very common with non-UK applicants who will explain their grading systems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 93513, member: 2672"] Most likely it will be done manually as grades are not uniform and there are too many variables. The only time I have known it to be more "automatic" is when they ask the question "have you achieved X" and when you say no it causes a flag to the recruiter, but even then they tend to check there are not any reasons why that is the case. If a firm asks for UCAS points, then someone will manually (in their head) calculate what they are and see if it meets the standards the firm set. When you are reviewing 100s of applications each week, you become an expert at these calculations. I don't know of any firm that asks for 200 UCAS points. As you have said, it is unobtainable under the new tariff system unless you do four A-levels and got 4 A* grades, and this would exclude far too many people from applying. A lot of firms don't even have a UCAS tariff these days (mainly due to the conversion process) and just state grades. When firms do look at UCAS points, they typically only calculate it over 3 A-levels (when it is A-levels) to ensure consistency. The maximum I have seen is 144 (which is 3 x A grades). Which firm states they want 200 UCAS points? Many qualifications don't even translate to UCAS points (for instance international qualifications) and so if you have non-traditional qualifications that don't convert to UCAS points, a recruiter cannot convert them either and will just look at the face-value of the grades as they are presented. There is no weighting for pre-2008 grades though when A* didn't exist, in the same way there isn't for the new GCSE scoring system. It's impossible to take into account academic inflation and different grading systems directly. But anyone who did their A-levels or equivalent pre-2008 is most likely going to be a career changer with a lot of other evidence on their application beyond their academics, and in that case the recruiter is likely to care far less about their A-levels/GCSEs and more what they have done in recent years. Feel free to PM me with details of your academics and I can probably tell you what your equivalent grades would be. The final thing to consider if you are applying with non-conventional qualifications is to spell out to the recruiter what you understand them to be equivalent to. This is very common with non-UK applicants who will explain their grading systems. [/QUOTE]
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