When will you receive your provisional marks email?
Students following the General Course, LSE GO, Erasmus etc. will be sent their provisional marks, by email, on 5 July 2024. We send this email to give you the maximum amount of term to plan your next steps which could include taking assessments during the in-year resit and deferral period (IRDAP) beginning on Monday 19 August 2024.
Assessments and courses with an asterisk (*)
If an asterisk (*) shows against an assessment this means that you have a confirmed deferral in place for that specific assessment. If an asterisk (*) shows against a course this means that you a confirmed deferral in place for at least one assessment in that course.
Missing Assessment Marks
If there is a blank space against an assessment, this means the mark has not yet been received by the Student Services Centre.
Missing Course Marks and Grades
If there is a blank space against a course, this means that we are missing a mark for at least one of the assessments in that course and thus cannot calculate an overall provisional mark or grade for the course.
Grades
Grades show against courses. You can interpret them using the list below:
A+ = 75%+
A = 70% - 74%
A- = 65% - 69%
B+ = 60% - 64%
B = 55% - 59%
B- 50% - 54%
C+ = 45% - 49%
C = 40% - 44%
F = Fail, 0% - 39%
NA = At least one component of assessment has been deferred
AB = Absent from all components of assessment
I = Incomplete (i.e. you were absent from at least one component of assessment but have completed others)
If a grade is missing this means that we are missing a mark for at least one of the components in that course and thus cannot calculate a provisional mark or grade for the course overall.
Class Grade
Your provisional marks email will also shows your provisional class grade. This will be listed under the other assessments for each course and labelled as 'Class Assessment'. There is no numerical mark for class grades, just a summary letter grade obtained from your class teacher at the end of the academic year.
Class grades provide an overall assessment of your work over the course of the year. Class teachers award grades based on attendance, class participation (engagement and quality), presentations and marks received for essays and/or problem sets. Class grades are sometimes used by your home institutions in determining credit transfer.
Exceptional Circumstances and Mark Changes
Provisional marks emails are sent before the Exam Boards have completed their work. This means that Exceptional Circumstances will not have been considered yet. You will need to wait until final results are published on 12 July to find out the outcome of your Exceptional Circumstances submission.
Similarly, if you already know that a mark will be changed this will not necessarily show in your provisional marks email because it may need to be ratified by the exam board. Again, you will need to wait until final results are published on 12 July.
Questions about your provisional marks
It is not possible for the Student Services Centre to discuss provisional marks. If you have any queries please contact the relevant academic department or the Dean of the General Course as appropriate.