Quote From Tudor_Queen:
The latter. Grades do matter though (otherwise what's the point in trying?). But a merit is great anyway. They'll probably take a whole host of factors into account I reckon - such as your enthusiasm and your proposal, not just your grades.
Thank you for the reply, can I ask basically the Merit equals to what acadamic level of the German degree? I know the german degree use 1\2\3\4\5.