Do I stand a Chance in getting an A*in A level ?! [EDEXCEL]

[Romeesa-Chan]

FINALLY someone replied <3

Nah Now I get it =]  Jazaki Allah Khair love

InshAllah I do it .. my parents will literally lose their minds if I did

Peace =]  {yo you two Spammers pray for me please }

LOL I had to come to help!

Wa jazaki <3 Please pray for me, sis. Uni is eating me up.

Good luck! Masalama.

[Mike Benn]

u should go for a re-sit,. for an A* u have to have an A at the As level,.. which is 240/300..( Repeat Chemistry and Physics ), and in A2,. score 260-270/300 . u will get an A*., but U must get an A in AS level,.. Em doing Edexcel that's y replied..

[The Golden Girl =D]

LOL I had to come to help!

Wa jazaki <3 Please pray for me, sis. Uni is eating me up.

Good luck! Masalama.

<3

InshAllah will do =]

You too

u should go for a re-sit,. for an A* u have to have an A at the As level,.. which is 240/300..( Repeat Chemistry and Physics ), and in A2,. score 260-270/300 . u will get an A*., but U must get an A in AS level,.. Em doing Edexcel that's y replied..

I gotta concentrate on my A2 (it needs LOADS of hard work Apparently ) and I don't have time to repeat any AS unit but thank you for the Advice =]

[Nexus]

Hey Golden Girl ,

Let me tell you the "maths" in calculating an A* in Edexcel A-Levels,as you have heard you need;

270 in A2 (3 units-90 each)
480 in total (overall A per unit for 6 units)

Did anyone tell you that you MUST have an "A" for AS to get A* for A-Levels?
If so they are badly mistaken!

It's like this (you could check this in the Edexcel website)

you need minimum of 210("B" pass) in AS Level
and minimum of 270 ("A*" pass) in A2 Level
when you add up (270+210=480)(Overall A* pass)

True it's better if you get higher marks for AS because then you can cover up A2 if you mess up A2 level exam.
E.g: If  you get around 280 for AS (A pass) and only 200 for A2(C pass), Still your overall grade is "A" pass,because 280+200=480 ("A" pass)
E.g: If you get around 226 for AS (B pass) and only 200 for A2(C pass), you get your overall grade " B" pass,because 226+200=426 ("B" pass)

but this covering up cannot get A* as the overall grade!
E.g: If  you get around 280 for AS (A pass) and only 200 for A2(C pass), Still your overall grade is "A" pass,because 280+200=480 ("A" pass) and NOT A* pass because you need to get 270 for A2!

This is all explained in the Edexcel site!

In Maths it all depends on C3 and C4 because if you get 180 addition for these two units your A* is guaranteed!
With your marks for Maths,  assuming you get 180 for C3 and C4 (90 each) ;

total:83+92+76+180 (C3 & C4) =431
you need only (480-431=49) for one A2 unit! You can confirm this from the Edexcel site!

Best of Luck

[Romeesa-Chan]

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[The Golden Girl =D]

Hola Nexus =D

Ahaa , How about M2 in Math A level what is the minimum grade I need to get to guarantee an A* ?

Thanks Again =]

Romeesa , Jazaki Allah khair ,love <3

[Nexus]

Hey Golden Girl ,

According to your grades
Assuming and only assuming that you will get an aggregate of 180 for C3 and C4 (90 each or C3 and C4 should add up to 180)

You have achieved             You need  to achieve

C1-83                                  C3-90
C2-92                                  C4-90
M1-76                                  M2-49 ("E" pass)

Because     83+92+76+90+90=431
                  480-431 = 49

But I Highly recommend you to get a higher score for M2, Preferably more than 80 so that in case if you mess up C3 and C4 you won't end up getting a "B" or "C" pass

E.g: say if you get only 70 for C3 and 80 for C4
and with  your M2 mark of 49,
Your total grade falls to:

70+80+49+83+92+76=450  ("B" pass)

so it is better to get a good pass for M2, so in case if you fail to get get an aggregate of 180 for C3 and C4, you won't miss your "A" pass (although you won't get your "A*" pass)

More Information :http://www.edexcel.com/results/Pages/A-star-maths.aspx

Hope this helps

[The Golden Girl =D]

^ My teacher said That M2 is out of 75 I think , is that True ?

Thanks loads mate , +rep

[Nexus]

Yep, Not only M2 every maths paper is out of 75!
Edexcel marks your paper out of 75 and converts them to 100

[Most UniQue™]

Can someone please explain how the CIE grades are calculated? And how much is required for an A? And CIE As doesn't have A*?

[The Golden Girl =D]

The only thing I know about CIE is that A* grade is only given for the OVERALL A level Grade not the AS alone or A2 alone , but both combined