I just did a core practice paper and got 37/60, I checked the grade boundaries, and 36 is an A. How come the grade boundaries are so low? It's only 44 marks to get an A*?
I just did a core practice paper and got 37/60, I checked the grade boundaries, and 36 is an A. How come the grade boundaries are so low? It's only 44 marks to get an A*?
I find that if it's a hard paper the boundaries are low and if it's an easy paper the boundaries are high ...
I think the grade boundaries for all subjects are really low... Glad they have the new 9-1 system for that, because someone who gets 58/60 say, will get more credit than someone who get 44/60.
I just did a core practice paper and got 37/60, I checked the grade boundaries, and 36 is an A. How come the grade boundaries are so low? It's only 44 marks to get an A*?
I agree with you I tried a unit 3 paper and got an A on it with only 38/60 and I was thinking I got a low B or a high C before checking those grade boundaries out. AQA Science is a joke and easy.
MTE. I did a paper and got around 38 and i thought it would be a B. Im not complaining though it will be so easy to get an A*/A if they keep the grade boundaries around the same
I think the grade boundaries for all subjects are really low... Glad they have the new 9-1 system for that, because someone who gets 58/60 say, will get more credit than someone who get 44/60.
true, true, it is really low and i agree with the new 9-1. i don't like the fact that they move the grade boundaries up and down as they see fit, because what you could have got is not what you have now. They should have set marks I think for a certain amount of years or something like that, rather that move it up and down depending on how the whole county had done.
It all depends on the difficulty of the paper/how well everyone does on the paper across the country. I think it's stupid though - like one paper I did it was under 50% to get an A* !! If people are struggling surely they should just make the papers easier ?
MTE. I did a paper and got around 38 and i thought it would be a B. Im not complaining though it will be so easy to get an A*/A if they keep the grade boundaries around the same
it will be easy if it stays the same. but i have a feeling that because this is the official last year for this type A*-U thing, they'll do something harder or something crazy
It all depends on the difficulty of the paper/how well everyone does on the paper across the country. I think it's stupid though - like one paper I did it was under 50% to get an A* !! If people are struggling surely they should just make the papers easier ?
YES! it's so crazy and yet other subject you have to get well over 80%++ to even touch an A. Then if they make it easier, that means the whole grade boundaries will go up. It's like an endless cycle.