AQA GCSE Biology Unit 2 (B2) 24 January 2012 exam discussion

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  1. Xacb's Avatar
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 2 (B2) 24 January 2012 exam discussion
    This year in GCSE, I am aiming for an A*

    So I got:
    B1: 90UMS
    B2:70 (I m retaking this)
    ISA: 37/40

    What would I need in Unit 3...please answer :confused:
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 2 (B2) 24 January 2012 exam discussion
    June 2010 paper was not that hard ,anyone taking B2 in the summer do January 2009 that one makes the others look piss easy. Anyway June 2011 was 26/45 for A* I did this paper as a mock got 31 and 100 UMS
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 2 (B2) 24 January 2012 exam discussion
    (Original post by Xacb)
    This year in GCSE, I am aiming for an A*

    So I got:
    B1: 90UMS
    B2:70 (I m retaking this)
    ISA: 37/40

    What would I need in Unit 3...please answer :confused:
    Your ISA is most likely 100UMS. I got 39/40 and they told me 34ish is an A*.

    Based on your current results without Mod2 resigned, you need exactyl 100UMS . Basically you need to do very well in Mod2 if you want to ease off the marks for mod3.
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