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hey guys, i got a C for my english language unit 3 controlled assessment and if i get an A or A* for the exam what will my grade average out to???

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Original post by aisha591
hey guys, i got a C for my english language unit 3 controlled assessment and if i get an A or A* for the exam what will my grade average out to???


To be on the safe side I'll assume you got around 47 which is just about a C. If you got 57 (what you need for an A*) in the exam, then that would give you 104 marks which would average out to a B (you need 101 marks for a B). If you got 51 marks in the exam (A) then that would give you 98 marks, which would still give you a C. However if you got higher than 47 in your coursework (a C is between 47 and 55) then you could easily get a B. For example, if you got 55 in your coursework and got 51 (A) in your exam, that would give you 106 marks which would be a B. If you can find out what you got for your coursework than we can get a more accurate idea?

(I got the grade boundaries from here: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-GCSE-GDE-BDY-JUNE-2015.PDF - they're last year's ones so they could change for us).

I hope this helped!
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Original post by examtime123
To be on the safe side I'll assume you got around 47 which is just about a C. If you got 57 (what you need for an A*) in the exam, then that would give you 104 marks which would average out to a B (you need 101 marks for a B). If you got 51 marks in the exam (A) then that would give you 98 marks, which would still give you a C. However if you got higher than 47 in your coursework (a C is between 47 and 55) then you could easily get a B. For example, if you got 55 in your coursework and got 51 (A) in your exam, that would give you 106 marks which would be a B. If you can find out what you got for your coursework than we can get a more accurate idea?

(I got the grade boundaries from here: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-GCSE-GDE-BDY-JUNE-2015.PDF - they're last year's ones so they could change for us).

I hope this helped!


Thanks that helped a lot, for my coursework i got 55.Also how many marks would you need for an A overall??
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Original post by aisha591
Thanks that helped a lot for my coursework i got 55. anyways thanks much appreciated


just another quick one, how many marks do u need for an A overall??
Original post by aisha591
just another quick one, how many marks do u need for an A overall??


An A overall is about 116, so if you got 55 in your coursework then you'd need about 61 in the exam to get an A :smile:
Original post by examtime123
An A overall is about 116, so if you got 55 in your coursework then you'd need about 61 in the exam to get an A :smile:


If I got about 68 in my coursework of memory how many marks would I need to get an A/A*?


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i got 58 which is a c in my coursework can i still get a b
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If I got about 68 in my coursework of memory how many marks would I need to get an A/A*?


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48 for an A and 61 for an A* (roughly) :smile:
Original post by StudentGCSE16
i got 58 which is a c in my coursework can i still get a b


A B overall is about 101 marks, so you'd need to get about 43 marks in the exam to get a B :smile: You can still do it!
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Original post by examtime123
An A overall is about 116, so if you got 55 in your coursework then you'd need about 61 in the exam to get an A :smile:


Thanks much appreciated
Original post by examtime123
48 for an A and 61 for an A* (roughly) :smile:


Okay thank you!!! Do u how the UMS works?


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Original post by blueribbons99
Okay thank you!!! Do u how the UMS works?


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No, not really, sorry!
Original post by examtime123
No, not really, sorry!


No worried(:


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Anyone have any predictions for section B??
I got an A* on my coursework but I'm not sure exactly how many marks I got. Assuming I got the lowest marks in the grade boundary, how many marks do I need to get in the exam to get an A* overall?
Original post by 123123zzz123
I got an A* on my coursework but I'm not sure exactly how many marks I got. Assuming I got the lowest marks in the grade boundary, how many marks do I need to get in the exam to get an A* overall?


57 marks is an A* in the exam :smile:
Original post by examtime123
57 marks is an A* in the exam :smile:

okay - thank you!!
Original post by examtime123
An A overall is about 116, so if you got 55 in your coursework then you'd need about 61 in the exam to get an A :smile:


what is it all out of? like an A is 116, whats the maximum marks?
Original post by annied109
what is it all out of? like an A is 116, whats the maximum marks?


Coursework is out of 80 and the exam is out of 80, so its' out of 160 overall :smile: The grade boundaries are actually pretty good!
If I got an A* in my coursework how many marks do I need in my exam to get an A* overall?

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