How confident are people in getting A and A* at Alevel?

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Tell me about it. My first exam, C1 maths :frown:

Haha same exactly, you do AQA? That paper was hell. Argh you made me remember it, it was so hard comparing to any other people beforehand! :angry:

Reply 81

RedBedHead

Looking at what I already have I'm aiming for at least ABB.

The way Sociology worked out I need an A on SCLY4 and anything above C on SCLY3 to get an A overall.
History - I'd need 102/120 on F966 to get an A, but anything above a D to get a B overall :-)
Psychology needs two low Bs in PSYA3 & 4 to get a B overall.

So fairly optimistic right now. Psychology is a f*ckin' killer though. Never regretted choosing a subject more. Except English Lit.

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Reply 82

username854791

Original post by Implo

Haha same exactly, you do AQA? That paper was hell. Argh you made me remember it, it was so hard comparing to any other people beforehand! :angry:

No WJEC My problem was that it was quite easy and still I messed around with the numbers, I think that it feel a lot guttin when you know you could've done a lot better but still made stupid mistakes. Anyway wish you luck in all the other exams. So far it's going baaaddd

Reply 83

ShredMaster

To do A levels you have to be able to wipe your bottom, so you're ok OP!

3 A*s for me

Art isn't really an A-Level. Certain I will get an A in it this year, although I'm dropping it next year.

English - fairly confident.

Maths - I hope statistics won't screw me over.

French - fairly confident.

I'm dead certain.

Original post by I Gurn Hard

No revision, did 2 of the A levels in hospital after a drug overdose still "cognitively impaired", exam markers are ****ing lenient monkeys, you all have nothing to worry about (obv helps i did **** subjects but still)

in general studies and rs... well done!!! : S

Reply 88

I Gurn Hard

Original post by see-are

in general studies and rs... well done!!! : S

Like i said. "probably helps i did them in **** subjects" anyway, rs isn't that easy, i'd say politics was the easiest one (could get an A with a blindfold on)

Reply 89

haibara ai

Hmmm...
I'm pretty confient i have a chance to get an A* in maths, human biology and chemistry (i got full marks in the AS unit 2 chemistry :P) but physics.... not so sure...
I am good with the maths, but the wording of the questions confuses me sooooo much! :angry:

Reply 90

Dominicque

Original post by Like a BAWS

Fairly confident, for two of my subjects I only need an E and a D to get As :smile:

Could you explain this, please? :smile:

Reply 91

see-are

Original post by I Gurn Hard

Like i said. "probably helps i did them in **** subjects" anyway, rs isn't that easy, i'd say politics was the easiest one (could get an A with a blindfold on)

oh skeen didn't read that bit
yeah i do politics it is ridiculously easy

Reply 92

cl_steele

politics im all but guarenteed an a* other subjects ... not so good :rolleyes:

Reply 93

confused dot com

I think I need 90/120 in Chem unit 5 and 80/100 in maths C4 for A*s, which is doable except that this Chem unit is a b**** atm. For English it should be about 101/120 for the A*, but given how my mock went, that doesn't seem too likely :s-smilie:

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Reply 94

Like a BAWS

Original post by Dominicque

Could you explain this, please? :smile:

Sure, in History I had :

AS
exam worth 40% - 80/80
exam worth 60% - something like 92/120

A2
Coursework worth 40% - 79/80
exam in summer worth 60% - I've worked out I need a high D to get an A overall :smile:

And then Sociology, its something like :

AS
Jan exam - 86/100
summer exam - 98/100 (i think)

A2
Jan exam - 92/100
summer exam - I'm something like 36 marks positive of an A grade, so need an E grade in this exam to get an A, which is 80% :smile:

Reply 95

Dominicque

Original post by Like a BAWS

(P.S- I can't be the only one having problems with the new TSR commenting system, can I ? It's so frustrating.) :mad:

Oh, I see. So, if perhaps If I only gets Cs in by ASs, but As at A2 it's still possible for me to get A/A*s? :smile:

And well done to you for getting near 100% in all of your exams.

Reply 96

jameshewitt

Original post by Bright

You can do exams online?

hehe! :tongue:

only* hehe pedantic so and so

Reply 97

shaminn

You have to have 80% or above your AS and then get 90% in A2 to get the A* so you won't be able to get it with a C in the first year.

I'm fairly confident I will get four As at the end but I really need one A* which is going to be difficult for me. Got two more AS exams left but I'm done on friday :smile:

so happy!

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Reply 98

F1's Finest

Basically you have to get an A overall for your entire a level but make sure you average 90% in your a2 modules

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Reply 99

shaminn

I just want to confirm, do you need 90% in EVERY module you do in A2 in order to get an A* is it 90% overall in A2?

Thanks.

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