Rhodes takes the percentage of each of your six subjects, divides each by 10, and adds them up. Life Orientation is not scored, but you must get at least 50% in it.
This score means nothing at another university – it can’t be compared with any other university’s.
What we couldn’t confirm
Rhodes says "your 6 subjects" without saying which six if you take more; we use your six best.
From the back page of the Rhodes undergraduate prospectus. Online applications go through Rhodes’s ROSS portal (ross.ru.ac.za; from the research pack).
•English: level 4 if it is your Home Language, level 4 if it is your First Additional Language
•Mathematics: level 4 (50% or more)
•Life Orientation: level 4 (50% or more)
Rhodes points of 34-39 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 40 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 40 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 34. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.
•English: level 4 if it is your Home Language, level 4 if it is your First Additional Language
•Mathematics: level 6 (70% or more)
•Life Orientation: level 4 (50% or more)
Rhodes points of 38-44 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 45 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 45 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 38. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. Rhodes does not state the duration for BBusSc in this document. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.
•English: level 4 if it is your Home Language, level 4 if it is your First Additional Language
•Mathematics: level 3 (40% or more) OR Mathematical Literacy: level 4 (50% or more)
•Life Orientation: level 4 (50% or more)
Rhodes points of 39-43 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 44 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 44 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 39. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.
•English: 60% if it is your Home Language, 65% if it is your First Additional Language
•Life Orientation: level 4 (50% or more)
Rhodes points of 34-44 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 45 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 45 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 34. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.
•English: level 5 if it is your Home Language, level 6 if it is your First Additional Language
•Mathematics: level 4 (50% or more) OR Mathematical Literacy: level 5 (60% or more)
•Life Orientation: level 4 (50% or more)
Rhodes points of 40-44 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 45 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 45 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 40. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.
Rhodes points of 40-44 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 45 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 45 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 40. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. At 40-44 points the subject levels required drop to level 5. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.
•English: 60% if it is your Home Language, 65% if it is your First Additional Language
•Mathematics: level 4 (50% or more)
•Physical Sciences: level 5 (60% or more) OR Life Sciences: level 5 (60% or more)
•Life Orientation: level 4 (50% or more)
Rhodes points of 39-44 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 45 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 45 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 39. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.
•English: level 5 if it is your Home Language, level 5 if it is your First Additional Language
•Mathematics: level 4 (50% or more)
•Physical Sciences: level 5 (60% or more)
•Life Orientation: level 4 (50% or more)
Rhodes points of 40-44 are considered at the Dean’s discretion; 45 or more receives a provisional offer. We show 45 as the qualifying number so that "you qualify" means exactly that - but you are still worth an application from 40. Rhodes has no Engineering and no MBChB. The NBT is recommended, not required. Life Orientation is not scored, but you need at least 50% in it.