no, you haven’t failed

I don’t know if this applies to all British universities, but grades (or should I say marks?) are considerably less inflated at the University of Edinburgh than American universities. Below is the University of Edinburgh’s Common Marking Scheme, which is based on 100-point scale. Most people don’t get higher than 70%, so don’t freak out if you don’t get above 90%.

Grade 70 and above 60 – 69 50 – 59 40 – 49 0 – 39

Description An excellent performance A very good performance A good performance A satisfactory performance for the diploma, but inadequate for a masters degree Fail for the diploma

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