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Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows an accurate conversion of our WAM to the US GPA format over 4. For example, what would an 80% be? I've found everything from 3.45 to 3.80. I'm really confused. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for that.

Do you guys know of a way I can have an alias for my Sydney mail address? It was easy to register for the old one (name@usyd.edu.au) but I can't seem to find where and how to get one for our (name@uni.sydney.edu.au) For those who don't know what an alias is, it's an address you create so...

if you qualify to graduate with merit or distinction, where does that appear? should the transcript still read... Final Result: Pass

I just got my grades and am really pleased. I now have a happy dilemma, to honours or not... Given that this is already for an MA, is graduating (honours) that much more prestigious than (with Merit)? Is is worth the added difficulty and extra work? What do you guys suggest? Please bear in mind...

I'm currently on a merit-based scholarship from the arts faculty. I think what they'd really like to see is your trajectory. Put yourself in there shoes. They'd look at you as an investment. Show them that you'd be someone who can benefit from the scholarship. More importantly, illustrate how...

Thanks. I'm really relieved to hear that :)

hi, I've just finished my first sem doing an MA at USYD. am a little bit confused with the meaning of "distinction average." from the website, they said that a credit can be offset by an HD. Do they only take the letter marks into account or the numbers? my scores last sem were 80, 79, 76, 71...