UMS grade?

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  1. h.b123's Avatar
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    UMS grade?
    I do Alevel economics and got 85 UMS (A) in my first paper, im doing my second one for AS. What do i need in this one to get an A overall (What is the AS econ course UMS out of any what mark would an A be?(UMS and general mark(%)).
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    Re: UMS grade?
    As far as I know an A is 80%. So to get an A at AS you need to get at least 75 in unit 2. And then for an A at A level you'd need to get a total of 160 UMS for the A2 units.
  3. ETJ's Avatar
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    Re: UMS grade?
    Here is a table that my college provides for us so we know what we need to get.

    https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E...Boundaries.png

    Hope this helps,
    Elliot
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    Re: UMS grade?
    75 UMS I think, which would be a mid B
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