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(Jeff Waters)
Welcome to the hothouse, the game is called 21
I was in debt right up my neck, I wasn't having any fun
but then the dealer turnd around, she looked me right in the eye
I got no time for a messing around but you know I had to give it a try
She's got me under the gun - she can't have 21
She asked me why I was takin' my time, sweat running down my neck
I had the 6, the lady got 9 frome the bottom of the deck
a 4 for me, it was a good thing, but but she was sitting on a face
I said hit me with your best shot and she gave me the ace
She's got me under the gun - she can't have 21
I've got to be the chosen one - she can't have 21
I've gotta win, I gotta win or I might as well be dead
God let me win, just let me win, or I might as well be dead
Ya can't stand to loose
But it's all you ever do
Your past follows you
Like skin and old tattoos
Living is constant fight
Tell me you're not worth saving
Maybe on the other side
You'll be free
Everyday is painted black and blue
You're trying to outrun
A bullet from a gun
And pain is all you ever choose
The prodigal son
Dead at 21
Hard done by youth
Unstable and recluse
No point of view
I don't think it's going to happen anymore
You took my thoughts from me, now I want nothing more
And did you think you could just take it all away
I don't think it's happening this is what I say
Leave me alone, leave me alone
Leave me alone, 'cause I found it all
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
So I don't think it's going to happen anymore
I don't think it's going to happen anymore
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
Today, today, today, today
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one
Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one
I've been trying to write it off
But I'm doing all I can
To take the slur out of my words
You do your best to understand
I'm keeping you in mind
But I'm getting out of hand
Pour the medicine that keeps me right
Is settling
I get so easily distracted
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna do?
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna...
I'm gonna stand up and brush it off
And I'll become a better man
I've been trying to explain myself
But no one understands
I'm getting out of line
But I'm keeping all my plans
My movements and my messages are all I said
But my constant contradictions
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna do?
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna say?
What do you do here in the moment?
What do you say?
What do you do?
What do you need?
7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna, what am I gonna do?
It's 7 and I'm already wasted
I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
[Chorus]
I turned 21 in prison, doing life without parole
When the jury heard what I'd done, guilty was the vote
When the judge gave me my sentence, he read it to me cold
Whiskey on his breath, masturbating underneath his robe
Only 21 in prison, doing life without parole
When I had the chance, I should've sold the devil my soul
Hell yeah, I shot the sheriff, left his body full of holes
Now I'm 21 in prison, doing life without parole
[Verse 1]
We all enter the world the same way
Naked and screaming, soaked in blood but things change
Some are brought home to palaces, others to the projects
Some are born billionaires and some are born convicts
Momma said when life gives you lemons make lemonade
Take a piss in it and serve it to the people that you hate
My pops always said there's only two types my friend
Those with loaded guns and those who eat shit 'til they're dead
I miss both of them, one's gone, the other in prison
I hate both of them, the love dies and none of it given
I gave both of them enough time to show me their wisdom
I'll take both of them to hell with me, my soul is convicted
As I stand in front of Satan hoping for answers
Coping with madness, I hold the chrome like a social advantage
Never hate your enemies, it affects your judgement
Keep it close point blank range and render justice!
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury
The defendant's story begins within a childhood of fear and misery
Age ten, witnessed his father murder his own mother
The guilt of her death lingers in his dreams when he slumbers
Even though he was a child he still felt responsible
Most of his adolescence in and out of mental hospitals
Anti-social, anti-everything
Sucked into a system, pacified by prescribed medicine
With psychiatrists as father figures
His biological a scumbag sociopath locked in prison
He hated him with all his heart and so he never visited
Thought the monster that his father was also lived in him
Kill a person you're a murderer, thousands you're a terrorists
Everyone, you're the father of Jesus of Nazareth
Perception is reality, facts are negotiable
I'll clap the mack off and put twenty-one holes in you
[Chorus]
Ill Bill - 21 Ringtone
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
Yeah, shut it down like gambling,
Black Jack, show the bet, show her all the scheme,
Go in there, she...
... what's happening?
In the morning, I'm...
Half the bottle cause she's probably a woman.
Drunk up, feel better in the morning,
Drank up, ran out like oh, oh, oh,
Don't want the club to get closed,
Around like mile 24,
When she came to the door,
... what happens in the spot tonight they won't know,
The birthday girl is out of control,
Like her smile I'm sure for sure
Cause she's 21 years old.
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
O.K., you know that what happens at the 21st B-Day,
Stays at the 21st B-Day,
Gotta go hard, you don't wanna take it easy,
Shut it down, get a... from the D.J,
One drop on the birthday girl,
The beat 21 is over!
Do you...
Real talk in the...
The momma don't... like it's all about her,
She don't see nobody like...
In the club telephone don't stop,
Show her love, how to stay in the spot.
Show...
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
I'm spending money tonight,
Give you the time of your life,
The after party is back at my house, my house!
I've got a present for you,
It's waiting up in my room,
But I wanna give it to you right now, right now!
Who wants another round?
We're about to take them down,
I'm staying back...
How you're shaking that...?
She's turning 21, the night has just begun.
We gonna be living in a...
[Chorus:]
She just turned 21,
Now she's all up in the club having hell of fun,
She says she wanna rock all night,
Go ready and give her some.
Go ready and get a chunk,
Shawty about to shut it down.
Down, down, down!
Comes in the air, we can't put them down, down, down,
We've got the pricks
It's going down, down, down!
Oh man, she looks like she's ready now,
Yes man, let's shut it down!
Can't stay out late, can't have no fun, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
Folks say you have to be 21, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
I'll have a dance, you just wait & see
Oh I'll be 21 & fancy free
Wo wo wo wo wo wo hey, 21, 21
Can't go steady, can't even have a date, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
How in the world will I ever find a mate? 21 (21, la la la la oh)
I'll have a dance, I'll be 21, yeah
They're out fun, here I am
Wo wo wo wo wo wo hey, 21, 21
When my 21st birthday finally comes, oh yeah
I'm gonna sound the bugles, beat the drums
I'm gonna stay out all night; I won't even go to bed
I'm gonna find me a paintbrush, hah, & paint the whole town red, yeah
I'll get married & raise a family, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
All my kids are gonna look like me, 21 (21, la la la la oh)
They'll grow up & get carefree
I'll tell them like they told me: uh uh!
(repeat & fade):
Keeping a brave face
In circumstances
Is impossible
Cannot describe
So many decisions
It's impossible
To know which is
The proper order
The best position
To be in
Take advantage
Or so it seems
The way it goes.
It's tragic / Sandman comes
Laid down on your side / Two to one
Too easy / In the dark
You know that, you know / Dark reflections
You're soaking wet / In my head
You talk too much / In my bed
It's not necessary / Again
Before the ice melts / Sandman goes
I just want to say / Two in tow
This racket's yours / Wet and dumb
Don't ask for more / Three's the number
'Cause somewhere along the line / Coming down
Coming round again
I've forgotten already
Twenty-one
I stumbled fore they came to get you,
You locked yourself away.
Steady on
The guilty trials they'll send to test you,
I swear i cried that day.
But I'll wait for you to waken
I'll find the words to say and
I'll smile and take a picture on the day,
You turn twenty-one.
So blow out the candles
Make a wish and celebrate,
I know I'm here, see more with each day you're gone away.
Twenty-one
The day they cut your spirit from you
Scarred my heart with pain,
Freedom on to inside a cage they kept you
And watched you die that way.
But I'll wait for you to waken
I'll find the words to say and
I'll smile and take a picture on the day,
You turn twenty-one.
So blow out the candles
Make a wish and celebrate
I know I'm here, see more with each day you're gone away. (x2)
Gone away (x4)
So blow out the candles
Make a wish and celebrate
I know I'm here, see more with each day you're gone away. (x2)
She came to see me and I let her in
She's in the bathroom she was drinking gin
I let her out and I locked the door
And took her up to the sixteenth floor
She came around to go back home
She's telling me that I am too slow
It ain't me, it must be a friend
She's telling me that this is the end
She fell in love with me and took it so easy
She's only 21 and trying to please me
I took it in, all in my stride
There's only one thing that he's trying to hide
She came to see me and I let her in
Again, she's in the bathroom, drinking gin
I let her out and I locked the door
And told my friends she ain't worth it anymore
She came around to go back home
She's telling me that I am too slow
It ain't me, it must be my friend
She's telling me that this is the end
She fell in love with me and took it so easy
She's only 21 and trying to please me
I took it in, all in my stride
Down in the frozen food aisle
She bought some green giant peas
I dropped my grocery bags
That's when she looked up at me
Down on the blue tile floor
I saw her smirking at me
I guess she knew I was 16
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
Went to a party last week
Drove in my Dad's busted jeep
Got no respect at the door
Treated me like a dork
I tried to go the backway
Saw my big brother Ray
So I didn't have to pay
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
Tell me why
Tell me why
That nothing really works until you're 21
21 fois 365 jours 21 fois la Terre ? tourn?e autour
Du soleil depuis qu'j'ai vu l'jour
21 piges en conclusion 21 ann?es
A squatter ces blocs fan?s
21 moins 3 ann?es scolaire ? comprendre que Libert?, Egalit?, Fraternit? c'est d'la th?orie
Dont on essaie de mettre ?a en pratique
Situation critique
Trop rigide est l'?tre humain et son esprit
21 fa?ons non mille et une fa?ons de dire les choses
Une, deux, trois sont valables et franchise sinc?rit? ritact
Une, deux, trois fa?ons de dire ses 4 v?rit?s soit
21 fois 365 fois 24 heures ?a donne 138 960 heures
Juste le temps d'aqu?rir un bac et un deug d'accord
Juste le temps de s'armer et d'affronter cette vie hardcorps
21 ball?s toujours gringal? d?shydrat?
Trop soif parce que trop peu g?t?
21 fois de f?tes de la hit par ann?e rassemblement familial ? constater
Qu'les proches y'a qu'?a d'vrai
Conseiller le bien d?conseiller le mal
21 plus X c'est le temps qui me reste ? vivre.
[Refrain]
La Terre ? tourn?e 21 fois 21 fois
Chaque jours de Dieu fait j'aurais pu caller mille et une fois
Le temps coule en attendant que mon heure sonne. (x2)
21 fois la Terre ? tourn?e
Minimum 21 fois ? penser ? tout r'tourner
Pens?es malsaines qui poussent le mal couronn?
Nous pousse ? tout renier
Mais j'croupe les liens familiaux
81 mois ma m?re ? port?e 9 enfants 81 mois
De grossesse en tout pourtant tout un poids
Toute une descendance en soi
Toute une famille toute une prog?niture 81 mois
A nous couver bien au chaud 21 baffes
Entre celles des parents et celles de la vie le manque de taff
Soif mil et un fleuve rassasi notre soif
Certains sont empoisonn? il faut croire
21 ?t? pass? au bled on sait ou l'on va sachant d'o? l'on vient en fait
21 hiver pass? ? Marseille temp?r? dans l'climat
Mais froid dans le coeur c'est toujours le m?me panorama
21 ans de vie ? observer tant d'injustices
Depuis j'ai rien compris 21 ann?es ? comprendre qu'on a des devoirs et des droits
Qu'la loi est la m?me pour tous l'monde m?me si certains ne l'applique pas
Conseiller le bien d?conseiller le mal
21 plus X c'est le temps qui me reste ? vivre.
[Refrain]
La Terre ? tourn?e 21 fois 21 fois
Chaque jours de Dieu fait j'aurais pu caller mille et une fois
It's 3 a.m I work at nine
Feeling burnt out from the moonlight
Maybe its me throwing myself off this dock
For an hour and a half
But this plywood feels like home
It's the only thing I know
Doesn't matter how much I'm busted up
It will always carry me along
I'm okay with it, okay with it
As long as I'm still having fun
It's not a crime to feel at home
But there's a fucking law against it
The first thing I've ever known
And this board gives me control
So I'm never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Till my body finally fails me.
I think I was twelve when I got my first mini logo
Thirteen when I met you,
You had some notches in your belt
From things I'd never dare to do
And as the years went by I found
That you were always right there with me
I already blamed your whole departure
On a sorry excuse for a family
I'm okay with it, okay with it
As long as I'm still having fun
Until they drop, until they drop
My casket I'm never giving this up.
It's not a crime to feel at home
But there's a fucking law against it
The first thing I've ever known
And this board gives me control
So I'm never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Till my body finally fails me.
Till my body fails me
Till my body fails
Till my body fails me
It's not a crime to feel at home
But there's a fucking law against it
The first thing I've ever known
And this board gives me control
So I'm never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Till my body finally fails me.
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Never gonna stop, never gonna stop
The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading scheme for undergraduate degrees (bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees) in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied (sometimes with significant variations) in other countries, such as Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago.[citation needed]
The Latin honors system used in the United States is different but has some similarities.
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A degree may be awarded with or without honours, with the class of an honours degree based on the average mark of the assessed work a candidate has completed. Below is a list of the possible classifications with common abbreviations. Honours degrees are in bold.
At most institutions the system allows a small amount of discretion and candidates may be elevated to the next degree class if their average mark is close to, or the median of their weighted marks achieves the higher class and they have submitted many pieces of work worthy of the higher class. However they may be demoted a class if they fail to pass all parts of the course even if they have a high average.
There are also variations between universities (especially in Scotland, where honours are usually reserved only for courses lasting four years or more, with a three-year course leading to the awarding of an Ordinary degree; see Master of Arts (Scotland)) and requirements other than the required average mark are often needed to be awarded honours. (In Scotland it is possible to start University a year younger than in the rest of the United Kingdom as the Scottish Highers exams are often taken at age 17, not 18, so four-year courses end at the same age as a three-year course elsewhere in the UK, assuming no gap years.)
When a candidate is awarded a degree with honours, "(Hons)" may be suffixed to their designatory letters, e.g. BA(Hons), BSc(Hons), MA(Hons). An MA(Hons) would generally indicate a degree award from certain Scottish universities. However, honours are awarded when 360 tariff points are achieved (typically 6 modules at 20 credits each per year), with a non honours degree requiring at least 300 tariff points[citation needed].
At Oxford and Cambridge, honours classes apply to examinations, not to degrees. Thus, in Cambridge, where undergraduates are examined at the end of each part (one- or two-year section) of the tripos, a student may receive different classifications for different parts. The degree itself does not formally have a class.[1] Most Cambridge graduates use the class of the final part as the class of the degree,[citation needed] but this is an informal usage. At Oxford, where examinations are split between Honour Moderations or Prelims in the first part, and the Final Honour School in the second, it is the results of the Final Honour School results that are generally applied to the degree.
At some universities, candidates who successfully complete one or more years of degree-level study, but do not complete the full degree course, may be awarded a lower qualification: a Certificate of Higher Education or Higher National Certificate for one year of study, or a Diploma of Higher Education or Higher National Diploma for two years.
The Graduateship (post-nominal GCGI) and Associateship (post-nominal ACGI) awarded by the City & Guilds of London Institute are mapped to a British Honours degree.
The Engineering Council Graduate Diploma is set at the same level as the final year of a British BEng.
First-class honours degrees (often simply referred to as a "first") are usually the highest level of degree awarded and indicate high academic achievement. In 2010/11, about 15 % of all degree candidates graduated with first-class honours.
The percentages of graduates achieving a first vary greatly by university and course studied. For instance, firsts in Maths, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering or Law are less frequent.[2]
A minority of universities award first-class honours with particular distinction, informally known as a "Starred First" (Cambridge, York, UEA) or a "Congratulatory First" (Oxford). Rarer variants also exist, indicating exceptional distinction; at Cambridge sometimes a "Double Starred First" or even "Triple Starred First" may be awarded; this should not be confused with "Double first-class honours", below.[3]
The upper division is commonly abbreviated to 2:1 (pronounced two-one). The 2:1 is a minimum requirement for entry to many postgraduate courses in the UK. It is also required for the award of a research council postgraduate studentship in the UK, although possession of a masters degree can render a candidate eligible for an award if his or her first degree is below 2:1 standard.
The percentage of candidates who achieve upper second-class honours can vary widely by degree subject as well as university.[4]
This is the second division of second class degrees and is abbreviated as 2:2 (pronounced two-two). This is generally the lowest level of degree with which a graduate can go on to postgraduate programmes (although not usually in medical or natural sciences) or graduate recruitment schemes of major companies.
Third-class honours is the lowest honours classification in most modern universities. Historically, Oxford awarded fourth-class honours degrees, and until the late 1970s did not distinguish between "upper seconds" (2:1s) and "lower seconds" (2:2s). Roughly 7.2% of students graduating in 2006 with an honours degree received a Third.[4][5]
An Ordinary degree is a pass degree without honours. A number of universities offer ordinary degree courses to students, but most students enroll in honours degree courses. Some honours courses permit students who fail the first year by a small margin (around 10%) to transfer to the Ordinary degree. Ordinary degrees are sometimes awarded to honours degree students who do not complete an honours degree course to the very end but complete enough of it to earn a pass.
Scottish universities offer Ordinary degrees as a qualification in its own right, which last three years, as well as an honours degree over four years. This is in contrast to English universities that have honours degree with three years of study, though a similar programme in Scotland is not unheard of, provided a high entrance grade is achieved. An Ordinary degree from a Scottish university (also known as a designated degree) is often sufficient to study a post graduate course.
An Ordinary degree in Scotland is not therefore, as in England, a failed honours degree. Students can decide, usually at the end of their second or third year, whether or not they wish to complete a fourth honours year. Scottish universities may also award their Ordinary degrees with 'distinction' if a student achieves a particularly good grade average, usually 65% or above. A common example of a Scottish Ordinary degree is the Bachelor of Laws course taken by graduates of other subjects, as this is sufficient (without honours) for entry to the legal profession.
A "double first" at Oxford and Cambridge originally referred to first-class honours in two subjects in the same set of examinations, usually the Classical and Mathematical Triposes in Cambridge or the Literae Humaniores and Mathematics Final Honour Schools in Oxford. It was also possible to obtain "double firsts" at Honour Moderations. It is no longer possible for undergraduates to read two subjects concurrently at Cambridge. The expression is used at Cambridge to describe first-class honours "in two sets of examinations corresponding to two different (sic) Parts of Triposes".[6] The two parts of a Tripos come at different points in an undergraduate's career.
At Oxford, the term "double first" can signify that a candidate has achieved First Class Honours in both subjects of a Joint Honours degree and it is sometimes used to describe first-class honours in Honour Moderations and the Final Honour School, usually in the same subject.
A candidate who is unable to take his or her exams because of illness can sometimes be awarded an aegrotat degree; this is an honours degree without classification, awarded on the understanding that had the candidate been well, he or she would have obtained honours.
An approximate mapping between British classifications and US Grade Point Averages can be inferred from the University College London graduate admissions criteria.[7] Canadian GPAs differ; the British Graduate Admissions Fact Sheet from McGill University states that in their system, where standings are reported in lieu of an average, a CGPA (cumulative grade point average) is determined.[8] However, different universities convert grades differently. UCL's system is at odds with LSE, which for example considers GPA (US) of 3.5 as equivalent to a 2.1.[9] Also most Oxbridge departments consider a 3.75 the equivalent of a First; see for instance English Language and Literature post graduate requirement at Oxford.[10] Grade equivalents given by WES,[11] World Education Services, which provide qualification conversion services to many Universities, also converts British degrees to higher GPAs than the conversion used by UCL, if the guidelines for converting grades to GPA given by Duke University[12] are used. Interestingly, this conversion is very similar to that given by WES and Duke, and that used by LSE and Oxbridge. Furthermore, the grade conversion from Fulbright Commission states that the equivalent of 70+ in Britain is a 4.0 US GPA.[13]
The Fullbright Commission created the table below as "an unofficial chart with approximate grade conversions between UK results and US GPA." It should be noted that there is no hard and fast rule of converting the degrees, because different institutions compare differently.
British Class | American GPA | Secured Marks Level | |
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First | 4.00 | 70+ | |
Upper Second | 3.33-3.67 | 60-69 | |
Lower Second | 3.00 | 50-59 | |
Third | 2.30 | 40-49 | |
Ordinary Pass | 2.00 | 35-40 | |
US GPA equivalent from The Fulbright Commission[14] |
BA(Hons) degrees attained in Britain are at the level of NQF 6 - where the BA and Honours degrees exist. MA degrees are at NQF 7 and PhD degrees are at level NQF 8. Other countries, specifically South Africa, equate different NQF levels to degrees: for instance, a master's degree in South Africa is at NQF 8, while a doctoral degree is at NQF 9. The reason for this difference in NQF levels is that South Africa requires students to undertake a fourth year, or an honours degree, between their bachelor's and master's degree. SAQA, the South African Qualifications Accreditation company, compares international degrees with local degrees before any international student continues their studies in that country. While the British degree accreditation and classification system allows students to go straight from a three year bachelor's degree onto a master's degree, South Africa does not do so, unless the student has proven research capabilities. South African Honours degrees prepare the students to undertake a research-specific degree (in terms of master's), by spending an in-depth year (up to 5 modules) creating research proposals and undertaking a research project of limited scope. This prepares students for the research degrees later in their academic career.
Regulations governing the progression of undergraduate degree graduates to postgraduate programmes vary between universities, and are often flexible. A candidate for a postgraduate master's degree is usually required to have at least a 2:2 degree, although candidates with 2:1s are in a considerably stronger position to gain a place on a postgraduate course and to obtain funding, especially in medical and natural sciences. Some institutions specify a 2:1 minimum for certain types of master's program, such as for a Master of Research course.[15][16]
Candidates with a Third or ordinary degree are sometimes accepted, provided they have acquired satisfactory professional experience subsequent to graduation. A candidate for a doctoral programme who does not hold a master's degree is nearly always required to have a First or 2:1.
In the United Kingdom, medicine is taught as an undergraduate course and, upon successful completion of the course, the graduate holds the conjoined degrees of Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, BM BCh or MB ChB; chirurgery meaning surgery); in some cases Bachelor in the Art of Obstetrics (BAO) is added to the formal name of these degrees. The BAO is a tradition of Irish universities and so only the Queen's University of Belfast gives a BAO in addition to the bachelors of medicine and surgery in the UK; universities in the Republic of Ireland also present a BAO to graduates. However, unlike most undergraduate degrees, MBBS is not awarded in classes (i.e., there are no first, second or third class honours MBBS degrees). Individual degrees are marked as pass or fail, with some universities also awarding passes with merit. Results of final examinations in fourth or fifth year split the year groups into one of four quartiles. These quartiles allocate base points for NHS job applications where the top quartile awards 40 points, decreasing by two points for the second quartiles and again for the third and fourth. Distinctions can be awarded for certain parts of the course to the best students (who will usually have several merits already). Honours are awarded at some institutions for exceptional performance throughout the course, as well as a medal sometimes for the most outstanding degree candidates in medicine or dentistry[citation needed].
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