grading system?

Im an American student and I was at a UK site and it says "Degree required: 2.1" how do you convert that to American grading system?

there's not really an exact American equivalent, and you'll find threads debating this very point on these boards, hehe. But generally, a 2:1 as a degree classification would be considered maybe somewhere between a 3.3-3.6 GPA (again, people will disagree on the exact cut off points, but you get the general idea.)  I would consider getting a 2:1 on an individual assignment to be about a high B in the American grading system. The grading system starts at Firsts (the highest/best result you can get) and then 2:1 (very good mark) followed by 2:2 (decent, so so) and 3rds (which aren't so good.)

I find the grade confusion a little confusing because my grades in the US when I was on study abroad were converted to much lower grades in the UK.

The UK system for univeristy is as follows:

1st (first class) - > 70 %
2:1 (upper second class) - 60-69%
2:2 (lower second class) - 50-59%
3rd (third class) - 40-49%
Fail - < 40%

However, in the US I got grades ranging from 70-90% in senior/graduate level classes, which were translated to 63-66% in the UK (I got 63% for both a B+ grade and an A-) - the grades depended on the difficulty of the class compared to the classes offered in the UK.

In general, graduate schools in the US require UK students to have a 2:1 or higher in order to apply and UK graduate courses require at least a 3.3 GPA for US applications.

This is my uni's guide for students who take courses abroad at the University of North Carolina.

www.law.manchester.ac.uk/manlaw/exams/documents/UNCtranslationscheme.pdf

I don't think you need a password to access it.  In case you do:

(roughly)  2.3 - 2.9 GPA = 2:2

3.0 - 3.6 = 2:1

3.7 - 4.0 = 1:1

thank you guys. i really appreciate it