Walter Sisulu University Admissions Points Score (APS) | How to Calculate Walter Sisulu University APS
About Admission Point Score.
In South Africa, there are certain criteria observed before being admitted to any programme at any university in South Africa. One of these is meeting the required Admission Point Score (APS) for the programme in pursuit.
South African Universities uses APS points as one of the requirement to determine the qualification of applicants for their respective programmes. Each university has a unique formula to calculate your APS and below is the University of Witwatersrand, Walter Sisulu University APS Score Calculator.
Walter Sisulu University Admissions Points Score (APS)
- An Admission Point Score (APS) measures a student’s National Senior Certificate (NSC) or Senior Certificate(Old Matric) examination performance. Walter Sisulu University uses APS, in addition to subject specific requirements to determine if a student is eligible for admission to our programmes.
- The APS is calculated by adding together the point scores for a student’s best six subjects or seven subjects in the case of the Faculty of Education. APS is determined on the WSU classification table (six subjects: English and one other language subject) plus 4 subjects in which the student scored the highest marks, and life orientation(only for the Education Faculty)
- The point score for each subject is based on the student’s percentage mark which is converted to a point score using the table below.
| WSU APS Conversion Tables | ||||||||||||
| National Senior Certificate(NSC) |  | Old Matric Senior Certificate | ||||||||||
| NSC Levels | % | WSU APS SCORE |          | HG % | WSU APS Score |  | SG % | WSU APS   Score  |  | |||
| 7 | 90 – 100 | 8 | 90 – 100 | 8 | Â | 90 – 100 | 7 | Â | ||||
| 7 | 80 – 89 | 7 | 80 – 89 | 7 | Â | 80 – 89 | 6 | Â | ||||
| 6 | 70 -79 | 6 | 70 -79 | 6 | Â | 70 -79 | 5 | Â | ||||
| 5 | 60 – 69 | 5 | 60 – 69 | 5 | Â | 60 – 69 | 4 | Â | ||||
| 4 | 50 – 59 | 4 | 50 – 59 | 4 | Â | 50 – 59 | 3 | Â | ||||
| 3 | 40 – 49 | 3 | 40 – 49 | 3 | Â | 40 – 49 | 2 | Â | ||||
| 2 | 30 – 39 | 2 | 30 – 39 | 2 | Â | 30 – 39 | 1 | Â | ||||
| 1 | 0 – 30 | 1 | 0 – 30 | 1 | Â | 0 – 30 | 0 | Â | ||||
| WSU’s APS conversion system allocates point values for a maximum of 6 Subjects or 7 subjects (when one includes LO) using the above table and the 3 categories listed below. Category 3 is only used if the qualification includes LO in the computation of the total APS score. | ||||||||||||
| Category 1 | 2 Subjects – Maximum of two Languages (Home Language and First Additional Language) | |||||||||||
| Category 2 | 4 Subjects – The 4 subjects in which the student scored the highest marks excluding life orientation and Category 1 subjects. The 4 subjects must include the subjects that are specifically required for the qualification. | |||||||||||
| Category 3 | 1 Subject – Life Orientation | |||||||||||
EXAMPLE OF APS COMPUTATION
The table below depicts how the APS score would be computed in the three scenarios below. Each percentage is converted into an APS score using the APS conversion table above. Students 1 and 3 applied for a qualification that does not use Life Orientation to compute APS. Student 1 and 3’s APS was calculated using only Category 1 and Category 2
Student 2 wrote 8 subjects in the NSC exams. The qualification that the student applied for is an Education qualification and therefore Life Orientation is included in determining the APS scores.  In line with the criteria for category 2 only the best 4 subjects were selected. Student 2’s APS was calculated using Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3.
Walter Sisulu University APS Calculation
To calculate your APS for Walter Sisulu University, you will need to add your six subject percentages.
- If case you have more than six subjects, excluding Life Orientation.
- The University of Witwatersrand requires you to have six subjects in total when calculating your APS for Walter Sisulu University.
Generally, for each matric subject you write, you obtain a point. Â The points you obtain for each course will depend on the percentage you score in that particular subject. The Admission Point Score (APS) is the total points you accumulate from each course.
- Applicants are required to meet the minimum APS in order to be considered for a specific program.
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