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OCR C1 Paper Grade Boundaries?

What do you think the grade boundaries will be for the OCR c1 paper today. I know an A will be around 50 (because most people say it was quite hard) but what about the other grades?.

I think i got about 35 marks max and worried it wont even be an E lol

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 1

Vladny

My guess is at about 60 - 62, since the paper wasn't that bad

Reply 2

ColorMiKiki

Original post by Vladny

My guess is at about 60 - 62, since the paper wasn't that bad

Wasn't that bad? You must have sat the exam in an alternative universe :K:

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Reply 3

woop185

Original post by ColorMiKiki

Wasn't that bad? You must have sat the exam in an alternative universe :K:

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Hardest one i've ever done

Reply 4

MathsyMcMathface

Fairly easy paper, so frustrating how they target the re-sitters instead of actually testing our brains. My mate's uncle's dog's previous owner, who's a part time OCR examiner (when he's not repping the underground grime scene) said the grade boundaries will be really high as a result.

Reply 5

S.G.

Original post by woop185

Hardest one i've ever done

Definitely the hardest one. Before this the hardest C1 had 56 something for an A. Considering this was much harder, grade boundary could be lower.

Reply 6

black1blade

Yeah I got the gist that they wanted to make sure that people who retook c1 because it's the easiest, had a challenge. Not really fair for the first time people honestly. Lowest recent c1 grade boundary was 54 in the past 5 years so hopefully it's slightly lower (I got between 52-56).

Reply 7

username1909405

Original post by black1blade

are you talking about the ocr mei?

Reply 8

S.G.

Original post by Libaan

are you talking about the ocr mei?

54 was an A in Jan 2011 not MEI

Reply 9

S.G.

Original post by black1blade

I hope it is around 54. You would get around 77-83 UMS if it was 54. In hind sight the paper wasn't too difficult the style of questions was different though.

Reply 10

swingrx

Please sign this petition to lower the grade boundaries!
https://www.change.org/p/ocr-examination-board-lower-the-grade-boundaries-on-the-ocr-core-1-mathematics-paper?recruiter=544001411&utm_source=petitions_show_components_action_panel_wrapper&utm_medium=copylink
Thanks :smile:

Reply 11

black1blade

Do people resitting take a different paper and is that was the mei is?

Reply 12

Harees

I really hope A is 50 marks! i struggled with the last 2 questions, like this has never happened in any of the past papers as most people manage 90%.

Reply 13

Meg99

I did sixteen past papers over the course of the last couple of months and that, by far, was the hardest exam. The most annoying thing is that I now know how to work out the last question and it keep bugging me that I hardly attempted it now.Basically everyone I've talked to has said that it's the hardest one they've sat. My guess would be that the A grade would be ~60, maybe lower but probably not higher

Reply 14

TeeEm

Original post by swingrx

... waste of time

Reply 15

Meg99

Original post by black1blade

Do people resitting take a different paper and is that was the mei is?

No and no. Those resitting sit the exact same exams as the AS students. MEI is just another maths a-level run by OCR. My old school's college does MEI but the college I'm at is just the OCR one.

Reply 16

ArranJones

I did the OCR C1 exam, I worked out that I got approximately 55 out of a possible 72. Really infuriating that I do know how to do the last question but put minimal effort into it. Anyway, any suggestions to what rough grade that would be. Really wanted an A on this paper, C2 was of standard difficulty which I was SO pleased about. Any suggestions etc would be much appreciated.

Thanks.