Was anyone else deeply shocked at their AQA Geography grade?

Perhaps it is just me, I am not denying it; however, I attained an A* in the mock exam, and came out with a C-grade overall. My coursework was at an A. I worked damn hard, and just wondered if it is just me, or if anyone else suffered the same outcome from hard work?

Overall: is it me, or the marking?

Thanks, guys.

Reply 1

Cashper1234

I was expecting an A* but got an A and my coursework was an A* so maybe the marking was unfair

Reply 2

Wulf chan

even though I did edexcel geography I got a B when I should have got an A/A* :frown:

I got an A for my coursework and the exam went well, so I don't know what went wrong... :frown:

maybe no one can do geography.

Reply 3

Fynch101

AQA are notorious for being terrible

D in GCSE mock, A in real thing

A at the end of AS geography, C at the end of A2. It sense no make,

Reply 4

tehforum

No.

I was 99% confident I'd get an A*.

Reply 5

Joey15

Fynch101

AQA are notorious for being terrible

D in GCSE mock, A in real thing

A at the end of AS geography, C at the end of A2. It sense no make,

Thank-you, that is reassuring. Would you recommend a re-mark, then?

Reply 6

Fynch101

Joey15

Thank-you, that is reassuring. Would you recommend a re-mark, then?

well i remarked two of the A2 papers I did

one went up by 4 marks, the other stayed the same.

Got a C and a D in them if i remember rightly, which then became two Cs.

Reply 7

Beanz123

tehforum

No.

I was 99% confident I'd get an A*.

This definitely

Reply 8

Joey15

Beanz123

This definitely

Thanks, guys. Well done and everything, but this is a help thread.

Joey.

Reply 9

Beanz123

Joey15

Thanks, guys. Well done and everything, but this is a help thread.

Joey.

What help do you need? Either accept you got a C - everyone has shocks - OR get it remarked. Two Options, Pick

Reply 10

Phoenix1

I was 100% confident I'd get an A*. I had full marks in coursework and from two mock exams I had top marks both times...far from the A-A* boundary. I was really dissapointed that I didn't get the A*...but had to settle with the A.. :frown:

Reply 11

Sianii

Actually I was pretty confident with Geography paper and I had an A* coursework folder but I got a C overall. Which was gutting even though I'm not keen on the subject I actually thought I did pretty well and I learnt everything back to front. My theory is how I written my answers. As Geograpy is one subject where your being mark on how you answer the question not just putting the right answer. As a fluent, precise vocab will get higher marks than a basic non-fluent correct answer. I guess we just have to accept the C grade.

Reply 12

userdloat

Yes deeply shocked that they didn't give me an extra 1% of the marks for an A :frown:

Reply 13

jimbo9292

Fynch101

AQA are notorious for being terrible

D in GCSE mock, A in real thing

A at the end of AS geography, C at the end of A2. It sense no make,

Your right i can never tell with AQA in AS i had honestly thought that i failed unit 1 and got an A but then thought i smashed unit 2 and got a B and the same thing has happened with A2 i thought i smashed unit 3 and got a C :eek3: