Statistically speaking it is very uncommon for people to achieve a higher grade at A2 than at AS, which is why most universities won't take your predicted A2 grades seriously if they're higher than what you achieved at AS (got told this by a UCAS representative who worded it in a slightly softer fashion)
Can you then explain how I got 5/5 offers, when for 4 of these, my actual AS results were much lower than their average offer?
It depends on the person. Often, with retakes, people can pull their grades up significantly, particularly in arts and humanities subjects due to extra maturity and a better understanding of what the examiner's want.
Well in AS I got BCDU (because of a illness rather than lack of work - althought that was a factor) At the moment after re-sits and some A2 modules I'm on BBC And I'm doing Sciences btw
In my sciences I didn't do all that well in AS. I definitely found A2 much easier. It may be because I had become used to a levels and figured out how to get marks etc and I enjoyed the topics more as well. I don't like to moan but I also had much worse teaqchers at AS
Did poorly at AS (C's and B's), did a tranche of retaks but most of them didn't go that well. In one History retake and a Politics I got a C (as I had got the last time), only in my English retake did I get an A.
Then at A2 I destroyed the exams and ended up with two A*s and an A.
It is possible, but depends heavily on the subjects studied/personality/if personal circumstances change bla bla but all those things set aside, if you commit, dedicate and persevere, then yes it can be.
It's not impossible. Most of the people in my year are really working their arses off - doing much much more revision than they did at AS. Trying to get into your firm is a massive motivator.
AS: UNIT 1: 86/120 UNIT 2: 58/120 UNIT 3: 32/60 Overall: 176/300 GRADE: D
Of course I resat this now its: UNIT 1: 86/120(New grade pending done exam should be MUCH higher) UNIT 2: 84/120 unit 3: 36/60 conservative provisional estimate Grade: C ( I still dont like the AS exams)
A2: UNIT 4: 96/120 UNIT 5: Gonna do it next week Unit 6: 50/60 should be around this marks unless moderation screws me HARD.
Currently low A unit 1 and 5 please be good to me .
Biology im doing worse in A2
Maths a slightly improvement, but I have always been limited by my careless mistakes in exams.
Well in AS I got BCDU (because of a illness rather than lack of work - althought that was a factor) At the moment after re-sits and some A2 modules I'm on BBC And I'm doing Sciences btw
I dont know how to start my own thread so just wanted to ask a quick question... I just got my AS History grade... Got an A in unit one and a B in unit 2 coming out with 153 ums out of 200. what did I need in total for an overall A?
I dont know how to start my own thread so just wanted to ask a quick question... I just got my AS History grade... Got an A in unit one and a B in unit 2 coming out with 153 ums out of 200. what did I need in total for an overall A?
Thanks
You need 160 for an A so you needed 7 more UMS marks.