Original post by JPL98Hope revision is going well, do the papers get harder after 2010 because I've been getting pretty much full marks on the older papers (2006-2010)?
Also can someone clear this up for me because I've heard conflicting responses. How exactly is the A* grade for further maths AQA calculated? I'll list my modules:
AS: C1,C2,S1,FP1,M1,D1
A2: C3,C4,S2,FP3,M2,M3
Basically because only one applied module a year can go with Core maths, M3 must go with Further Maths in terms of calculating your UMS (as would have M1 with core maths AS and M2 with core maths A2) and because of this the further maths grade is calculated as FP3, M3 and the best of S2 and M2. However I've heard some people say that the further maths A* grade is calculated as at least 90% across your best 3 A2 modules (excluding C3,C4) as well as getting a 80% on the further maths bit only.
Might seem like a pointless distinction but I'm not sure about hitting 90% in both FP3 and M3, the second method allows combinations like 90% across M2,M3,S2 and FP3,M2,S2 whereas the first doesn't. Also by any chance does FP1 count as an A2 unit even though I sat it in AS?