IGCSE/GCSE/O & A Level/IB/University Student Forum
Qualification => IGCSE/ GCSE => Queries => Topic started by: CMayor on May 12, 2010, 05:17:21 pm
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Hey guys.. Do u knw about , what a CURVE is? ???
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These are grade thresholds, the maximum and minimum marks for your grades. In IGCSE they're typically low (like 40/80 in a paper 3 science paper gets you an A).
Grade thresholds depend on the difficulty of the papers which leads to the performance of the candidates ALL OVER THE WORLD!
If you need anything else don't hesitate to contact me or any other member of staff. Good luck! ;)
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These are grade thresholds, the maximum and minimum marks for your grades. In IGCSE they're typically low (like 40/80 in a paper 3 science paper gets you an A).
Grade thresholds depend on the difficulty of the papers which leads to the performance of the candidates ALL OVER THE WORLD!
If you need anything else don't hesitate to contact me or any other member of staff. Good luck! ;)
if 40/80 gets u an A...how much would u mite need for an A*...?
and By the way...?
did the curve get cancelled this year?
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These are grade thresholds, the maximum and minimum marks for your grades. In IGCSE they're typically low (like 40/80 in a paper 3 science paper gets you an A).
Grade thresholds depend on the difficulty of the papers which leads to the performance of the candidates ALL OVER THE WORLD!
If you need anything else don't hesitate to contact me or any other member of staff. Good luck! ;)
alirght! Thanks for the info... :) --> i atually knew about the grade threshhold stuff but was confused about what a curve is !! ;)
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if 40/80 gets u an A...how much would u mite need for an A*...?
and By the way...?
did the curve get cancelled this year?
dude.. A*depends on the total no. of papers u attempt and how much u achive - for eg , if u get an A in english paper 3 and an A in paper 2 .. so u totally get an A*
and yeh.. i don't really knw wether the curves have been canceled or not? :S
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I know for a fact that in English only the top 3% of marks get an A*
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guys is this true that the curve has been removed please tell me ? ? ?
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guys my sch0ol confirmd dat dey will b no more curves this yr...they said that its a new decade so they're changing it...its so nt fair for us!!! my principle wuz like dey wuld take da highest mark n if lets say da highest mark is a 70% den dey culd add 25 to peoples mark...bt if u think about it sum poeple wuld actually get 96 98 or even 100...so definitely dey wont add...freakin!! i lost my motivation for thiss!
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My school also confirmed from an email of CIE that there shall be no more curve. But there are still some people out there saying curve still exists.
Let's just drop this discussion, shall we? Work hard & study hard & do a lot of past papers & you'll get A*. Don't depend too much on curve. Just think that it doesn't exist otherwise, you'll hope that curve will help you. Just try your best in the exams and by August 12th, everything will be clear. ;)
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guys is this true that the curve has been removed please tell me ? ? ?
ya5i la t9adig kil shai tima3/ti8ra !!
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My school also confirmed from an email of CIE that there shall be no more curve. But there are still some people out there saying curve still exists.
Let's just drop this discussion, shall we? Work hard & study hard & do a lot of past papers & you'll get A*. Don't depend too much on curve. Just think that it doesn't exist otherwise, you'll hope that curve will help you. Just try your best in the exams and by August 12th, everything will be clear. ;)
yeah! I fully agree because even my school has declared it :'(
ne ways.. let's work hard... BESTIES :)
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ya5i la t9adig kil shai tima3/ti8ra !!
so who knows ?
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no guys the curves still there i guess i asked many teachers examiners or not all same answer curve still there or if it isnt thn no A* for any one ??? ???
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All i know is that AS/A level have an A*( it had been declared on the website) there has been nothing said on the CIE website about the Curve or thershold and i will believe it once i see it there.
So you guys stop worrying about the curve and worry about what you going to do with the good marks ya'll gonna get ;)
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question is there is curve or no? and if there will be ?what grade u can get in english to get A or A*
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question is there is curve or no? and if there will be ?what grade u can get in english to get A or A*
Nobody knows for sure if the curve still exists. My school has confirmed CIE has dropped the curve, some still said yes. Just wait till August 12th. For English First Language, the grade for A or A* will be determined as soon as the examiners finish marking all our papers since the grade boundary varies every year.
It's pointless to argue now whether curve exists. Please don't depend too much on it. Just study hard and do lots of past papers, you can guarantee yourself at least an A ;)
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All i know is that AS/A level have an A*( it had been declared on the website) there has been nothing said on the CIE website about the Curve or thershold and i will believe it once i see it there.
So you guys stop worrying about the curve and worry about what you going to do with the good marks ya'll gonna get ;)
yeh , actually I fully agree wid u ! ^_^
we should just go with wt the CIE website declares !! :-\
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This was from the CIE FAQ
Will Grade A* be published for Cambridge
International AS Level?
No. The UK Government is not introducing Grade
A* for UK AS Level, and Grade A* is not being
introduced for Cambridge International AS Level either.
I don't know where you get your information from.
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This is what they have on the CIE website, can somebody please explain it in simpler terms ? Is that the same as the curve or does it mean that for example the highest mark was 95, 90% of that is an A*, 80% is an A etc... ?
Thank you.
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..can somebody please tell me that if there are no curves then how are we going to be graded?
thankyou
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It's just the basic grading, all of your papers out of 100.
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Guys , just simly don't depend on CURVES just work hard , ur hard work will simply show results!! best of luck :)
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..can somebody please tell me that if there are no curves then how are we going to be graded?
thankyou
http://ask.cie.org.uk/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&EXPANDED_TOPIC_TREE_NODES=&USERTYPE=1&ARTICLE_ID=64345&CONFIGURATION=1035&PARTITION_ID=1&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=
I think that pretty much resolves the doubt of the curve's existence. :)
"The percentage uniform mark will be stated at syllabus level only.
The percentage uniform mark is not the same as the actual mark that the candidate obtains on the question paper, since it depends on the position of the grade thresholds (which may vary from one session to another and from one subject to another) and it has been converted into a percentage. The percentage uniform mark will always be calculated out of 100."
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don't worry about curves just work hard people :) good luck everyone :D
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http://ask.cie.org.uk/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&EXPANDED_TOPIC_TREE_NODES=&USERTYPE=1&ARTICLE_ID=64345&CONFIGURATION=1035&PARTITION_ID=1&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=
I think that pretty much resolves the doubt of the curve's existence. :)
"The percentage uniform mark will be stated at syllabus level only.
The percentage uniform mark is not the same as the actual mark that the candidate obtains on the question paper, since it depends on the position of the grade thresholds (which may vary from one session to another and from one subject to another) and it has been converted into a percentage. The percentage uniform mark will always be calculated out of 100."
now you mean that there is curve or not?
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no more curves, they work the same way as edexcel now
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THERE IS A CURVE but its 90% from the total CURVES there is still a curve Like UMS OF EDEXCEL WOW
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how do edexal work?
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thats not considered a curve, there is a big difference between both. solve 2 papers carelessly, ull get A in one paper and C/D in the other, A in the one with the curve while C/D in the UMS one,
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how do edexal work?
I suggest u ask Engraved , DrEvil ;)
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The Edexcel system works on the basis of UMS, or Uniform Marks Standard.
This link (http://www.edexcel.com/i-am-a/student/examzone/after-exam/about-grades/Pages/home.aspx) should explain everything.