confusion about Edexcel AS and A2 cash-in

hey guys,

I'm taking the GCE Econ AS and A2 altogether in the June 2010 Edexcel GCE

my cash-in code is:
9EC01
which includes 4 units
6EC01
6EC02
6EC03
6EC04

I would like to ask how can I get a grade A?

I think I did not do really well in my 6EC02
if I get B in that unit

Can I still get grade A overall? :confused:

Reply 1

gdunne42

sjcsheena

Yes

they total the marks from all 4 units to decide the overall grade, if you do well enough in the other 3 you can more than make up for the first unit.

Reply 2

mo92

How did you find the AS exam??

Reply 3

sjcsheena

mo92

How did you find the AS exam??

there are only 2 units for AS ECON and 2 units for A2 ECON
therefore, 6EC02 refers to AS paper
I believe my 6EC01 paper (Unit 1) was fine

Reply 4

sjcsheena

gdunne42

Yes

they total the marks from all 4 units to decide the overall grade, if you do well enough in the other 3 you can more than make up for the first unit.

that's encouraging!
but I read from the Edexcel website
saying that you must get over 80% to get an A
May I ask how will they count the unitised marks?

cuz the document says:

The minimum uniform marks required for each grade for each unit

Unit 1 and 2 (6EC01, 6EC02)
Unit Grade A B C D E
Max uniform mark=100, 80 70 60 50 40
Unit 3 (6EC03)
Unit Grade A B C D E
Maximum uniform mark=80, 64 56 48 40 32
Unit 4 (6EC04)
Maximum uniform mark=120, 96 84 72 60 48

for cash in code 9EC01
Qualification grade A B C D E
Maximum uniform mark=400, 320 280 240 200 160

How do they calculate the uniform mark for each unit?
How is the "uniform mark" different from the "grade boundary"?
cuz in Summer 2009 GCE
within 80 marks,
one can get an "A" if he gets 59 marks in the Unit 2 paper.

for example,
if I get 57, will my uniform mark become 70(cuz I cannot reach the grade A boundary of 59)?
or will they calculate it by percentage?

I am confused.

Reply 5

gdunne42

You get RAW marks by correctly answering the questions
Those RAW marks are converted into UNIFORM marks (UMS) according to a scale they work out after the exams - the scale is adjusted based on the expert analysis of the examiners to compensate for more/less difficult exam papers.

You will be told your UMS score as well as your unit grade. A maximum 400 UMS are available for the 4 papers combined. You need a total UMS score of 320 from the 4 units to get an A. You said you had only taken 1 unit? Therefore there are still 300 UMS available from the other 3 units - if you had a B from the first unit (at least 70) that means you could get up to 370 - well above the requirement for an A overall.