I must say that I am rather glad the degree I did at a Scottish university was based mainly of 4th year exams, with an element of 3rd year exams and coursework.
The idea of a averaging all of your work across your course would have been a disaster for me as I did rather poorly in year 1, scraped through year 2 and did spectacularly well in years 3 and 4.
The idea of a averaging all of your work across your course would have been a disaster for me as I did rather poorly in year 1, scraped through year 2 and did spectacularly well in years 3 and 4.