John McGlashan College’s

Scholars Tie Award

 

This award is made to the top academic achievers in the Level 1 and 2 NCEA examinations.  The award is based on the overall Grade Point Average (GPA) that a student gains for that year. 

In simple terms, a student gains points based on the number of credits a standard is worth.

             eg.      Gaining Achieved for a 6 credit standard will generate 6 points

                        Gaining Merit for a 6 credit standard will generate 12 points

                        Gaining Excellence for a 6 credit standard will generate 18 points

 

The total points a student gains is then expressed as a % of the maximum they could have earned.   This is the GPA. 

If you gained Achieved for everything your GPA would be 33

If you gained Merit for everything your GPA would be 66

If you gained Excellence for everything your GPA would be 100

 

The cutoff for gaining the scholars tie award at Year 11 is a GPA of 70

The cutoff for gaining the scholars tie award at Year 12 is a GPA of 65

An Excellence endorsed certificate gained in the relevant year will also qualify a student for the scholar’s tie.

For IB students who do not generate a NCEA GPA, eligibility will be based on performance in internal school exams.  IB grades of predominately 6’s & 7’s would be necessary to be considered.

 

NOTES:

• Students must have completed a full NCEA course 
• Unit standards are excluded from the calculations
• Internal & External A.S. are weighted equally
• Standards gained at a level above your year level contribute equally
• Cutoff marks for GPA’s will stay the same from year to year, however, borderline cases will be considered based on numbers of Excellence grades, number of Not Achieved grades, total number of credits, and endorsements.
• Students may not ‘withdraw’ from standards that are considered a core part of the course offered, nor from any standard in which they have already registered a result.
• Any “Subject not Attempted” (SNA) result from external standards will be counted as a Not Achieved for the purpose of calculating GPA’s.

              

 We believe that the NCEA, particularly at Level 1, is not a significant challenge for most boys.  The Scholars Award on the other hand recognises high achievement across all subject areas and yet is within the grasp of large numbers of our students.  There will be no upper restriction to the number of students who can gain this award.