Are Merit Masters degrees respectable?

Distinction 75% High Pass 70-74% ‘Leave to continue’ 67% Pass 60% Borderline Fail 59% Absolute Fail 58%

After this, they started spreading out the upper range of that scale-- I don't know if that actually represents a different number for the same quality of work, or just encouragement not to squeeze everyone into the same two or three scores. The new scale is:

75 +: Marks of 75 and above indicate work of Distinction level70-74: Marks of 70 to 74 are awarded for work of high quality, which nevertheless falls below the level required for a Distinction. These marks clearly support leave to continue to the PhD.67-69: Marks of 67 to 69 are strong marks which will help the candidate securely to pass the course but will normally exclude leave to continue to the PhD. [BIG difference from my year. I don't know if an old 67 paper would get a 70 now, or if they're just lifting the entrance ladder just a bit higher.]63-66: Marks of 63 to 66 are solid but medium-range marks.60-62: Marks of 60 to 62 are weak pass marks.

And then the marginal and outright fails as above.

Oxford's internet-based application asks whether I got a P, M, or D-- and strictly speaking, I got none of those. If I were to translate Cantab-speak to Oxonian, however, I might be able to say "D", since the Oxford scheme in a similar degree is meritless:

70-100 Distinction 60-69 Pass 0-59 Fail

But that would only cause problems, so I'm going with "other" and the actual numerical marks.