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Table 3. Number and percentage of applications and acceptances by GCE A-level grade scores

Men and Women

1999

Candidates with 3 or more A-levels

  Applications Acceptances
Score No. % No. %
30 5,246 58 2,338 87
28 1,680 19 294 11
26 966 11 40 1
24 521 6 8 -
22 278 3 5 -
20 and below 369 3 3 -
Total 9,060   2,688  

Men

1999

Candidates with 3 or more A-levels

  Applications Acceptances
Score No. % No. %
30 2,985 61 1,269 89
28 860 18 132 9
26 485 10 13 1
24 264 5 6 -
22 134 3 2 -
20 and below 161 3 2 -
Total 4,889   1,424  

Women

1999

Candidates with 3 or more A-levels

  Applications Acceptances
Score No. % No. %
30 2,261 54 1,069 85
28 820 20 162 13
26 481 12 27 2
24 257 6 2 -
22 144 3 3 -
20 and below 208 4 1 -
Total 4,171   1,264  

In Table 3 the three highest A-level grades in all subjects, excluding General Studies, are used for scoring purposes. The A-level scoring scheme adopted here assigns to each A-level grade a score as follows: A = 10, B = 8, C = 6, D = 4, E = 2. 1,358 Cambridge applicants took AS examinations which were included in 61 conditional offers.

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Cambridge University Reporter Special, 3 December 1999
Copyright © 1999 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.