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SG and MR

Right, so lets deal with these two unknown variables.

SG stands for Selection Group

This means (common logic) that you have been allocated a specific group, inside which you are “fighting” for your place. Your direct contestants are part of the same group.

E.g. LUMAS, INT08, MAAU, DA, BG, GRP1, HV, UTL, UB, AU,

The Selection Group is often a Swedish abbreviation, so no wonder you cannot figure out what they mean. Also on the English version you do not get the description of the Selection Group. In order to get the Swedish description you need to switch to the Swedish version of your Application page. In order to do so just go to the browser’s address bar and add “&=sv” and hit Enter.
At the bottom of the Swedish version, you will find descriptions for all your Selection Groups in Swedish.

MR stands for Merit Rating

Regarding Master Applicants, common logic and experience says that the number shown under Merit Rating is the equivalent of the number of ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System) that are relevant to your chosen course/programme.

It is known that the MR is influenced by what the priority that programme has. In less words, from two people with the same qualification, the one who has chosen the programme as a higher priority will be “rewarded” for that with a higher MR.

Some applicants will have quite a high rating, 700+, 900+ or even 9900+.
That Merit Rating is somehow including other aspects as well - for instance country of residence.
Look at this like a subdivision of the Selection Group. It is a marker, since this is simply INTERNAL evaluation. That doesn’t mean that they are more qualified than somebody else with MR 180, with a different Selection Group.

Summary

Bottom line is that even if you know exactly what your SG and MR means, you cannot have any perspective regarding your acceptance probability.

Firstly, you do not know how the others are doing (their MR for instance). So you cannot compare yourself with others.

Secondly, both the SG and MR are university based. Therefore you cannot have a good reference to compare with. Remember! SG and MR are just for internal evaluation.

That is why the best thing to do after you send all your documents, and before the processing deadline passes, is to just enjoy life. Don’t worry about what SG and MR you have.

– EMAIL EXCERPT - April 22 –

At “Your pages” on studera.nu, information is shown about your application status. There have been questions about the meaning of some of this information. Please disregard this for the time being, since not all of it is relevant for the outcome of the selection. The final decision is communicated in the Notification of Admission. Until then, KTH will not be able to change the assessments or answer any question about the status of individual applications.

Sincerely,
KTH Admissions Office


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