A* at A level question thread

can anyone comfirm my knowledge? for all alevels:

you need 80% in your whole alevel including 90% in all a2 modules to get an a* overall is this correct?

and if it is.. what is the rules for getting an a* in maths edexcel?

For all subjects except maths and further maths, you need an 80% average overall including a 90% average at A2. The individual module results do not matter, only the averages.

For maths, you need an 80% average overall including a 90% average between C3 and C4. Again, the individual module results do not matter, just the averages.

How about M2? is my mark in that included in the 90% average of c3 and c4?

Hi, I need some help about how the A* in CIE A level calculated.
I'm taking A2 Business Studies, A2 Maths, Both AS and A2 Physics and an AS Economics.

I'd like to achieve the best result I can get so I'm aiming at A* but I don't know how it's calculated. I'd be grateful if someone give me a clear picture about threshold to get A* in
Maths, Business, Eco and Physics.
My friends tell me in class that every subject 95% overall. Some says 90%, some says depends on threshold/subjects.

Hello,

I have had conflicting advice from college teachers, advisors and mark schemes on the painful subject of grade boundaries. I have two questions to ask on where the lines are drawn.

Firstly, regarding A* grades at A-Level, I know that "over 90% of marks" are required in the A2 modules. But I am confused in what combination they are necessary. I got an 89/100 UMS on my last Philosophy exam - would a 95/100 on the next one cancel this out and bag me the A* or are 90% marks needed in BOTH modules? This doesn't seem to make sense if true - logically, a total of 184/200 would then NOT be an A* if spread over the two modules, but 180/200 WOULD if it were made up of two '90' marks.

Sticking with A*s, the stipulation for "90% of marks at A2, at least 80% of UMS overall" is slightly confusing. I received 76 and 77 in my AS law exams but have improved substantially on past papers - if I received 95, for example, on each of the next two modules, would that be considered an A or an A*?

It's an average of at least 90% in the A2 parts, so you can get less than 90% in one exam as long as the average is brought back to at least 90% by other exams. 89/100 and 95/100 would be fine for an A* since the average is 92%.



It would be an A*. What you get in the AS parts doesn't matter as long as the average from your AS and A2 parts combined is at least 80%, so 60% at AS and 100% at A2 would still be an A*.

To add to this; anything above 70% at AS poses absolutely NO benefit to getting an A* at A-level; with the rare exception being Maths (as one of your A2 modules isn't counted for the A* calculation).

To add to this; anything above 70% at AS poses absolutely NO benefit to getting an A* at A-level; with the rare exception being Maths (as one of your A2 modules isn't counted for the A* calculation).

It also means that with an AS mark between 60% and 70%, for the A2 it's possible to get an A* but not an A

A similar thing has happened to me with further maths

(spoilered because you may not be interested in how )

It also means that with an AS mark between 60% and 70%, for the A2 it's possible to get an A* but not an A

You need to achieve an A overall (i.e. at least 320/400 or 480/600) to be eligible for an A*.

Yes I know, my point is that if you got say 60% at AS and 100% at A2, it would still come to an average of 80% which is an A overall, but then having over 90% in the A2 parts makes it an A*.

Yes, I think you mean the situation where someone is either going to get a B or an A*, and unlikely to get an A?

That is actually quite common. A lot of people (foolishly) flunk the first year, but then start putting in a lot of work. And going from a B or even a C at AS to an A* in A2 is much more common than one may think.

Having said that, I think the A* is a good system. Getting 90% average on the "harder" units (they often are harder) is not at all easy, and it requires people to continuing working hard throughout the course to get an A*.

Does anybody know how to get an A* in p.e? (AQA)