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Wait.. It says 104 Mark Equiv for Eng Lang GCSE June 2016

I know this is dead but i'm going to have to RETAKE it, i heard the mark equiv is UMS i converted 104 to raw mark and i got 50+ WTF.
It says i got a D Grade what?
I got a D in my CA
Original post by LearnForYOU
I know this is dead but i'm going to have to RETAKE it, i heard the mark equiv is UMS i converted 104 to raw mark and i got 50+ WTF.
It says i got a D Grade what?
I got a D in my CA


What exam board are you on?

Also, give me the mark equivalent for each unit in the English Lang course (including the coursework) and we can find out how far off you were from the next grade up.
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Original post by romansholiday
What exam board are you on?

Also, give me the mark equivalent for each unit in the English Lang course (including the coursework) and we can find out how far off you were from the next grade up.


AQA
Unit 3 i got 66 Mark Equiv
Whereas Eng Lang Uinit 1 Higher i got 104
Original post by LearnForYOU
AQA
Unit 3 i got 66 Mark Equiv
Whereas Eng Lang Uinit 1 Higher i got 104


So the UMS grade boundaries for your course are:
(out of 300) A* - 270 , A - 240 , B - 210 , C - 180 , D - 150

This means that overall you got 104 + 66 = 170 UMS. 180 was a C, so 10 UMS off.

So you would have to gain another 10 UMS in Unit 1 to get a C overall. This is only worth around 3 raw marks in the exam, so have you considered a remark?

You got 2 Ds in both units so I don't know why you're shocked you got a D overall...
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Original post by romansholiday
So the UMS grade boundaries for your course are:
(out of 300) A* - 270 , A - 240 , B - 210 , C - 180 , D - 150

This means that overall you got 104 + 66 = 170 UMS. 180 was a C, so 10 UMS off.

So you would have to gain another 10 UMS in Unit 1 to get a C overall. This is only worth around 3 raw marks in the exam, so have you considered a remark?

You got 2 Ds in both units so I don't know why you're shocked you got a D overall...


im shocked cuz i had 58 - 60 marks and grade boundaries went down
Thanks anyway, i might consider a remark
Key fact the remark deadline is in less than 48 hours

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Original post by DreamlinerFinder
Key fact the remark deadline is in less than 48 hours

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AQA deadline is the 20th. School deadlines might be sooner.
Original post by LearnForYOU
im shocked cuz i had 58 - 60 marks and grade boundaries went down
Thanks anyway, i might consider a remark


Well in Unit 1 you got 39 marks and in Unit 3 you got 42 marks.

I think you were probably looking at foundation instead of higher when trying to find out what raw marks you got.
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Original post by romansholiday
Well in Unit 1 you got 39 marks and in Unit 3 you got 42 marks.

I think you were probably looking at foundation instead of higher when trying to find out what raw marks you got.


Wait so you calculated the Foundation? Im doing higher, is it okay if you can get the higher?
Original post by LearnForYOU
Wait so you calculated the Foundation? Im doing higher, is it okay if you can get the higher?


No I calculated higher. I was saying that YOU may have accidentally calculated using foundation, therefore you thought you got 50+ in your papers.
Original post by romansholiday
No I calculated higher. I was saying that YOU may have accidentally calculated using foundation, therefore you thought you got 50+ in your papers.


yh i noticed that as soon as i sent the message lmao
Original post by LearnForYOU
yh i noticed that as soon as i sent the message lmao


Oh okay don't worry:biggrin:

Did you get a remark in the end, or are you just going to retake?
Original post by romansholiday
Oh okay don't worry:biggrin:

Did you get a remark in the end, or are you just going to retake?


Retake, i believe it was too late it doesn't really hinder me as much cuz i'm doing the course that i wanted to do and they're fine with me retaking and doing the course all at once so its all good.

Thanks again :biggrin:

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