The calculation of A-level university rank points is needed for your university course selection and admission application. This rank point is a grading system where the grades obtained for each A-level exam subject will be converted into rank points. The is illustrated through the conversion table below.
Before you start to calculate your A-level university rank points, it may be helpful to know this background information:
(Students with high academic standing can also choose to take an extra H1/H2 subject or up to two H3 subjects.)
A-level Subject Grading to Rank Points Conversion Table:
Grade | Marks | H2 Rank Points | H1 Rank Points |
A | 70 – 100 | 20 | 10 |
B | 60 – 69 | 17.5 | 8.75 |
C | 55 – 59 | 15 | 7.5 |
D | 50 – 54 | 12.5 | 6.25 |
E | 45 – 49 | 10 | 5 |
S | 40 – 44 | 5 | 2.5 |
U | 0 – 39 | 0 | 0 |
Scenario A: Calculation of rank points without H1 Mother Tongue Language
This would be the typical subject combination use to calculate your rank point:
Assuming you get a grade ‘A’ for all the subjects except for a grade ‘B’ for one of the H2 subjects, the rank points would be calculated as:
= 3H2 + 1H1 + H1 General Paper + H1 Project Work
= 20 + 20 + 17.5 + 10 + 10 + 10
= 87.5 RP
Scenario B: Calculation of rank points with H1 Mother Tongue Language
If you would like to use your H1 Mother Tongue Language subject to calculate your rank points, you would need to adjust or rebase from a perfect score of 100 down to 90. This can be easily calculated by multiplying 0.9 to the total sum to get the final rank point.
Assuming you get a grade ‘A’ for all the subjects (inclusive of H1 Mother Tongue Language) except for a grade ‘B’ for one of the H2 subjects, the rank points would be calculated as:
= (3H2 + 1H1 + H1 General Paper + H1 Project Work + H1 Mother Tongue Language) x 0.9
= (20 + 20 + 17.5 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10) x 0.9
= 87.75 RP
Since the inclusion of H1 Mother Tongue Language in the computation of rank points fetch a higher rank point (87.75 as compared to 87.5), the higher rank point will be considered for university admission.
Scenario C: Calculation of rank points with four H2 subjects
In the event you do not have one H1 content subject but have four H2 content subjects instead (e.g.: 4H2 instead of 3H2 + 1H1 content-based subjects), you will compute your weakest H2 subject as a H1 subject by halving the rank point for that subject.
Assuming you get a grade ‘A’ for all the subjects except for a grade ‘B’ for one of the H2 subjects, the rank points would be calculated as:
= 3H2 + weakest H2 subject to be calculated as 1H1 + H1 General Paper + H1 Project Work
= 20 + 20 + 20 + 8.75 + 10 + 10
= 88.75
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