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Weighted score calculator: high school, Qudurat and Tahsili

Saudi universities rank applicants by a weighted percentage (al-nisba al-mawzuna) that combines three numbers: the secondary school average, the Qudurat (General Aptitude Test) score and, for most programmes, the Tahsili (Achievement Test) score. Each number is multiplied by the weight the university gives it and the results are added. With weights of 30% school, 30% Qudurat and 40% Tahsili, a student with 95, 80 and 85 scores 86.5. Every university, and often every college inside it, sets its own weights and minimums, so enter the split from the admission guide of the programme you are applying to.

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Examples only. Each university, and often each college, sets its own split. Confirm it in the university's admission guide.

Weights add up to 100%

Weighted percentage

86.5out of 100

At a glance

Formula
Sum of (score x weight), divided by 100
Scores used
School average, Qudurat, Tahsili (each out of 100)
Who sets weights
Each university and college
Qudurat attempts
Five in total, valid for five years

How the weighted percentage is calculated

The calculation is a weighted average. Multiply the school average by its weight, the Qudurat score by its weight and the Tahsili score by its weight, then add the three products and divide by 100. If the weights you type do not add up to 100, the calculator divides by their total instead, so the answer always stays on a scale of 0 to 100.

Qudurat and Tahsili results are reported out of 100 in the student's Qiyas profile on Sadeed, and ETEC sends the highest result to the admission platforms automatically. The school average is the cumulative secondary average as it appears on the graduation certificate. Use the same numbers the university will see.

Worked example with three example splits

One student, three different weightings. The splits are examples to show how much the weights matter, not any named university's rule.

Split (school / Qudurat / Tahsili)Calculation for 95, 80, 85Weighted percentage
30 / 30 / 40(95 x 30 + 80 x 30 + 85 x 40) / 10086.5
40 / 30 / 30(95 x 40 + 80 x 30 + 85 x 30) / 10087.5
50 / 50 / 0(95 x 50 + 80 x 50) / 10087.5

Confirm the split for your programme in the university's admission guide for the year you apply. Some programmes also set a minimum for each score on its own.

Caveats before you rely on the number

  • Weights change between universities, between colleges and sometimes between years. Health and engineering programmes often lean more on Tahsili than humanities programmes do.
  • A weighted percentage that clears last year's cut-off does not guarantee a place. Cut-offs move with the number and strength of applicants.
  • Some programmes have their own tests or interviews on top of the weighted percentage.
  • Students who studied outside the Saudi system may need an equivalency for their school average first.

Where a tutor can move the number

The school average is mostly fixed by the time Grade 12 starts, so the realistic room to improve is in Qudurat and Tahsili. Because Qudurat can be taken up to five times and the highest result is sent, a second attempt after focused preparation is common. In one-to-one lessons a tutor starts from a timed diagnostic, finds the question types that cost the most points (ratio and percentage problems, data interpretation, analogies, reading speed), and builds practice around them. For Tahsili, lessons revisit the maths, physics, chemistry and biology of all three secondary years, because the test samples from the whole of it.

Common questions

What is a good weighted percentage?

It depends entirely on the programme. Programmes with far more applicants than places, such as medicine, tend to have the highest cut-offs, and many other programmes admit students well below them. Check last year's published cut-offs for the exact programme, and treat them as a guide rather than a promise.

Does Tahsili count for every programme?

No. Many science, health and engineering programmes use it, but some humanities and other programmes weight only the school average and Qudurat. Set the Tahsili weight to 0 in the calculator to model those.

Which Qudurat score is used if my child sits it more than once?

ETEC sends the student's highest result to the admission platforms. A student has five attempts in total and a score stays valid for five years.

Can I use this for the digital Qudurat?

Yes. Paper and digital Qudurat are reported on the same scale out of 100, so the weighted percentage is calculated in the same way.

How much do Qudurat or Tahsili lessons cost with LiveTutor?

Every lesson is one to one, online and 60 minutes, at $15 a lesson for every subject and level. Families choose a weekly plan of 1 to 5 lessons a week, billed monthly; two lessons a week is $120 a month. The first lesson is a free trial.

Sources

Dates and figures on this page come from these official and published sources. Always confirm deadlines on the official page before acting on them.

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