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mayyoya92:
hi i just wanted to know if i can get an A* in alevel bio ...i'm taking A2 bio and i got A in AS ...BUT the problem is that i got B paper 2 ...A paper1 and 3 ...they told me i can't have a star...please i need an answer urgently !!
Saladin:
--- Quote from: mayyoya92 on August 27, 2010, 11:54:53 am ---hi i just wanted to know if i can get an A* in alevel bio ...i'm taking A2 bio and i got A in AS ...BUT the problem is that i got B paper 2 ...A paper1 and 3 ...they told me i can't have a star...please i need an answer urgently !!
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No, you can still get an A*. For an A*, you need your overall % of UMS to be 80%. And you need your A2 UMS % to be 90%.
So, if you have gotten an A in AS, then you can still get an A* in A Levels is you get a 90% in A2.
mayyoya92:
oooh thank you so much ...by the way i'm cie not edexcel ....this is valid for cie also right?? ...and sorry but what's UMS? thanxxxxxxxxxxx
Chingoo:
--- Quote from: mayyoya92 on August 27, 2010, 03:49:55 pm ---oooh thank you so much ...by the way i'm cie not edexcel ....this is valid for cie also right?? ...and sorry but what's UMS? thanxxxxxxxxxxx
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Well, there is no concrete explanation for how an A* is calculated on the CIE website and I've written them about it a few days back and am hoping for a reply soon. I'll PM you if I get it.
However, the most I can say is that your teachers are correct; the closest to the explanation on their site of how grades are determined by CIE shows that they consider a 50% of AS-Level results and 50% of A-Level. Given you have a B in Paper 2 implies your UMS (uniform mark scale, overall percentage scored with the highest mark scored in the entire session taken as 100) must be lower than 90%. Since A* means an overall percentage of 90 and above, so it'd be hard for you to balance it out in A2.
BUT, don't give up; you never know, if you work hard you could score an A* anyhow. Don't give up!
mayyoya92:
thank you soo much,please inform me when you recieve a reply ... :D :D
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