https://www.reddit.com/r/Lund/comments/1ig20kk/merit_point_compensation/
created by GeneralDependent6171 on 02/02/2025 at 17:11 UTC
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I just read about Merit Point Compensation in Antagning.se[1] and I have some questions about what it means. If I have a high school certificate from a foreign country and I want to apply to a Lund bachelors program and I have a merit value of (approximately) 18.8/20 does that mean that I will get and additional 2.25 points for a total of 21.05/22.5 no matter what courses I took in high school? Does that apply to all bachelors programs or only bachelor programs in Swedish? Thank you very much!
Comment by ArchmageIlmryn at 03/02/2025 at 08:17 UTC
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It applies to all bachelor's programs. Basically, Sweden has a grading system that gives points on a 10-20 scale (well, technically 0-20, but 10 is the lowest passing grade) and then up to 2.5 additional points you can earn for taking more advanced courses that you need. Instead of trying to fit international applicants into that bonus system, the Swedish system instead assumes that there's some equivalent system in the country you're from, and instead gives you a merit point amount based on your base grade conversion.
18.8/20 does that mean that I will get and additional 2.25 points for a total of 21.05/22.5 no matter what courses I took in high school?
Essentially yes - with the caveat that depending on where you're from there might be a country-specific conversion that gives slightly different numbers than the generic table.
Comment by Nodlas at 02/02/2025 at 17:21 UTC*
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The way you get these points in the Swedish system is that you are required to take specific courses that give them. These courses are math,English and a modern language(Spanish,German,French,Italian…..).
However you need to take the course that is above the requested course to get the points. Ie if you need to have math 4 as a requirement to be accepted, then you will only get these points for math courses above that. So math 5 or higher. And these courses give different points some give 1 and some give 0,5