Is 95% on an assignment good for 2nd year at university (UK)?

[Anonymous]

I'm studying a BA in Business Management with a specialism in Accounting.

The assignment was on Advanced Financial Accounting.

FYI I work full time too, so please consider that if you're going to be rude.

[purplepoppy]

I think I speak for all of GAG when I say it's scary a 2nd year university student, especially one studying a maths subject, doesn't understand percentages.

[Asker]

I know its close to perfect, but how achievable is it? If its common then its not that exciting. Sorry if I didn't word it correctly.

[purplepoppy]

Not trying to be rude but what percentage of an accountants work is it acceptable they get wrong. Is there an acceptable margin of error? Might be worth asking your tutors and using that as a guide.

[Asker]

A pass rate to become a chartered accountant is 50%

[purplepoppy]

So an accountant can get half of my accounts wrong and thats considered ok

[Asker]

You're being very rude. Do your accounts yourself then, I'm sure you wouldn't even get half

[purplepoppy]

But I'm not an accountant. why don't you ask another question on how many errors you would allow your accountant to make. I think you'll find everyone agrees with me.

[Asker]

The accounting examinations are very complex, to be chartered you'd need at least 50% which is at masters level. Do you have a masters or equivalent? If you do, I'm sure you didn't achieve a high score (based on average statistics) and you do your job just fine.

[Guy13]

Congratulations 🍾. Your score places you in the top 5% of those in your University. Your elders will be quite proud and those around you impressed 💪

[In_Trance]

Good compared to 70; bad compared to 98