{"id":5475,"date":"2020-08-31T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T08:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeguide.co.za\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2020-08-31T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T08:13:27","slug":"how-is-aps-calculated-at-uct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forms24.co.za\/data\/how-is-aps-calculated-at-uct\/","title":{"rendered":"How is APS Calculated at Uct"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>So, you are keen to study at the University of Cape Town (UCT)?&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the need-to-knows before sending off your application form is the APS calculation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"forms-1863894244\" class=\"forms-atf forms-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 20px;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9198760278752355\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Responsive ads atf -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9198760278752355\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8381596201\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">APS stands for&nbsp;Admission Point Score. &nbsp;In South Africa, universities use APS points as one of the tools to see if applicants qualify for their respective programmes.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms24.co.za\/data\/university-cape-town-prospectus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UCT&nbsp; <\/a>has a unique admission system that uses both an APS calculation and Faculty Point Score (FPS),&nbsp;<\/strong>depending on the faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCT&nbsp;APS calculation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To calculate your APS, you will need to add your<strong>&nbsp;six best subject percentages&nbsp;<\/strong>(this will be a number out of 600).&nbsp; Please note that this&nbsp;<strong>excludes&nbsp;<\/strong>Life Orientation but includes English and any subjects that are relevant to the programme you\u2019re applying for.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applicants will need to meet the&nbsp;<strong>minimum APS<\/strong>&nbsp;in order to be considered for a specific programme.&nbsp; The points you get for each course will depend on the percentage you score in that particular subject.&nbsp; Please note that marks below 40% will not get any points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>note<\/strong>&nbsp;meeting the bare minimum requirement is not always enough to get you into your desired degree programme, so push hard to&nbsp;<strong>get the highest marks you possibly can<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Why do you even have to calculate an APS? Find out why an APS is so important and why institutions use them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCT&nbsp;FPS and WPS calculation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here is a breakdown of UCT\u2019s points calculation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each faculty at UCT has its own way of calculating the FPS and WPS, using the APS. You can find out more about this in UCT\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.students.uct.ac.za\/sites\/default\/files\/image_tool\/images\/434\/prospective\/ug_prospectus\/ug_prospectus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admission guidelines<\/a>. UCT uses a&nbsp;<strong>Faculty Points Score (FPS), a Medical Points Score (MPS)<\/strong>&nbsp;and a&nbsp;<strong>Weighted Points Score (WPS)<\/strong>&nbsp;to assess your school performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Faculty Point Score (FPS):&nbsp;<\/strong>this is a measure used to rank applicants.&nbsp; In some faculties (<strong>Health Sciences and Medicine<\/strong>), it is a combination of the APS and the NBT score and in other faculties (<strong>Commerce, Engineering, Humanities, and Law<\/strong>), it is the APS.<br><strong>Weighted Points Score (WPS):&nbsp;<\/strong>this is the FPS weighted by a disadvantage factor applicable to the applicant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>WPS<\/strong>&nbsp;is only for South African applicants as it is a disadvantage factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will be able to see how to calculate these scores below. Please make sure you check each faculty to calculate the right score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty of Commerce, Humanities, Engineering and Law<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In these faculties, the&nbsp;<strong>FPS<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>APS<\/strong>&nbsp;are the same. You will be able to find an example of how to calculate this score below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty of Health Sciences (MBChB)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For MBChB applicants:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A<strong>&nbsp;Medical Point Score (MedPS)<\/strong>&nbsp;is calculated out of 1000.&nbsp; This is a combination of FPS (APS and NBTs) as well as Personal Report (any support of additional experience, attributes and experience).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To calculate your&nbsp;<strong>FPS<\/strong>&nbsp;in this faculty, you will need to add your&nbsp;<strong>APS and NBTs<\/strong>.&nbsp; Please note that medical applicants will need to calculate their MedPS as part of the admission requirements.&nbsp; South Africans, to calculate their&nbsp;<strong>WPS<\/strong>, you will need to adjust your&nbsp;<strong>FPS<\/strong>&nbsp;by a disadvantage factor.&nbsp; Take a look at the example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Health and Rehabilitation applicants:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that qualifications in this faculty calculate an&nbsp;<strong>FPS<\/strong>&nbsp;out of 900.&nbsp; Take a look at an example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty of Science<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To calculate the&nbsp;<strong>FPS<\/strong>&nbsp;in the faculty of Science, you will need to double your scores for&nbsp;<strong>Maths and Science<\/strong>.&nbsp; The FPS is calculated out of 800.&nbsp; Check out the example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This institution requires you to write a National Benchmark Test (NBT) as part of your application. 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