Official M1 OCR 2016 Thread

Do people think that exam was easier, harder or average compared to last year?

Also, what would 60 marks get?

Reply 61

Nikita_2313

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Well, my M1 did not go too well... over-complicated few questions and generally frustrated by the maths exams this year, as I've worked bloody hard for them and I consider myself good at maths. In C1, I got 60 (out of 72), in C2 - 65/72, in M1 - 52/72... not great... Would I still be able to get an A overall in AS, or is it defo a B? I really don't want to resit next year...

Reply 62

Original post by Nikita_2313

Well, my M1 did not go too well... over-complicated few questions and generally frustrated by the maths exams this year, as I've worked bloody hard for them and I consider myself good at maths. In C1, I got 60 (out of 72), in C2 - 65/72, in M1 - 52/72... not great... Would I still be able to get an A overall in AS, or is it defo a B? I really don't want to resit next year...

C1 and C2 in my opinion are definitely As. M1 is a low B. That gives you a UMS of 248 which is an A by a comfortable 8 UMS.

Reply 63

flirps

oh my that was the hardest paper i'd ever done in my life. OCR have well and truly ruined any chances of me getting into uni lol, let's just hope c3 and c4 are better!

Reply 64

duncanjgraham

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Original post by flirps

oh my that was the hardest paper i'd ever done in my life. OCR have well and truly ruined any chances of me getting into uni lol, let's just hope c3 and c4 are better!

good luck

Reply 65

Original post by SGHD26716

Do people think that exam was easier, harder or average compared to last year?

Also, what would 60 marks get?

60/72 would be an A in I think almost every past paper so unless the grade boundaries are quite a bit higher than usual it should be an A

Reply 66

Original post by truenorthener

60/72 would be an A in I think almost every past paper so unless the grade boundaries are quite a bit higher than usual it should be an A

What do you think grade boundary would be?

Reply 67

Original post by SGHD26716

What do you think grade boundary would be?

I'm hoping about 58 or 59 for an A

Reply 68

DarkKnight3

How many marks would I get if I got 97.2 degrees using cosine rule, even though the angle is wrong?

Reply 69

Original post by DarkKnight3

How many marks would I get if I got 97.2 degrees using cosine rule, even though the angle is wrong?

Sorry to say but zero

Reply 70

swagmister

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What do you guys think 100 ums might be?

Reply 71

duncanjgraham

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Original post by swagmister

What do you guys think 100 ums might be?

70 or 71 I reckon

Reply 72

Original post by duncanjgraham

70 or 71 I reckon

That seems pretty high. I'm hoping about 68 or 69

Reply 73

swagmister

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Original post by duncanjgraham

70 or 71 I reckon

I thought it would be high 60s

Reply 74

Do we get to choose if we swap an exam result to go into maths or further maths to get better grades or does OCR do it automatically for us?

Reply 75

Original post by swagmister

I thought it would be high 60s

That seems a bit better

Reply 76