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CIE A LEVEL GRADES
***exam***:
thats it only 80 to get an A wow !! wish it was this way
falafail:
--- Quote from: ***exam*** on May 17, 2010, 08:08:57 pm ---thats it only 80 to get an A wow !! wish it was this way
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what do you mean, ONLY 80? for some years the grade threshold was so that 60% gets you an A. we're f**ked. -_-
--- Quote from: ammar on May 17, 2010, 12:20:59 pm ---are there any thresholds??or is it just 80% A,70% B
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that's what i wanna know.
also, i found this:
In the current system, A levels are graded from A* to E.[12] The raw mark in papers are converted to marks on a Uniform Mark Scale (UMS), so that every A level subject has a maximum of 200, 400 or 600 UMS marks, and every AS-level subject 100, 200 or 300, depending on the number of units. Each grade requires a specific percentage of the UMS points available in both the A- and AS-levels:
Grade Percentage of UMS marks
A* 80%+ overall plus 90%+ in A2 units [13]
A 80%+
B 70% - 79%
C 60% - 69%
D 50% - 59%
E 40% - 49%
ilmarien:
I think the fixed threshold posted by Falafail has just been put into use this year, since we now have the A* grade. :-\
matabd:
Indeed. What I believe is that They will grade everything based on the UMS. So its like, almost hte same really. You cant generalise and say 80 will be enough for A. Thats a risky move to take. It could be higher based on the exam paper. Also, if youre really aiming for A*, then my advice is to just take the difference between the A marks, and the B marks, and just add them to the A marks, to get the threshold for A*. Thats what I believe. Also, a person with a UMS of 100 may not get Full correct in all the papers. Thats important to note
matabd:
And Mr. Falafail:
I think that A* is plain 90% according to the UMS. And since the weightage is 50-50 AS A2, Im not really sure if the criteria is also 90% in A2 units. For CIE im sure i read that its 90% UMS.
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