Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012Yeah that question wasn't the nicest. Our paper wasn't overly bad, but I think I lost about 15 marks altogether(Original post by Who_Is_It?)
Aye you'll be grand
Although the scaling depends on the difficulty of the paper. The main reason the scaling was so drastic last June for module 2 was because it had a question that required stuff that wasn't mentioned on the syllabus. You may have come across it, it was the question about the production of X-Rays??
It says in the examiners report that it was very badly answered by most candidates from most centres
But again, grade boundaries are always lower for summer exams so it will more than likely get scaled up 
So don't worrying too much about it.
Hoping they'll be slightly generous.
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 201272/75 in the first module then 66/75 in the second! Haha, it's just what I needed(Original post by Who_Is_It?)
That's great congrats!! You must have got really high raw marks in comparison to everyone else to get them scaled up to 100%!!
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012Well done!! That's set you up brilliantly for next year(Original post by CD315)
72/75 in the first module then 66/75 in the second! Haha, it's just what I needed
A2 year is good hard proper physics in my opinion
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012Congrats well done(Original post by unitard)
I got 109/111, which I think was 80 or 82/90. And 75/78 in A2 3 (52/60) That's you got an A* then?
Unit 5 - 103/111 (78/90 raw)
Unit 6 - 73/78 (53/60 raw)
Looking at our unit 6 marks it doesn't make sense. Still got my A* though
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012Yea that actually makes a lot of sense(Original post by unitard)
Yep. And there were 2 practical sessions, explaining the different marks.
I completely forgot that there were 2 sessions!! But congrats again
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012What were your A21 marks? (random thread to ask in, but I was looking through old posts in boredom(Original post by Who_Is_It?)
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012Lol slightly random but I got 100/111(Original post by CD315)
What were your A21 marks? (random thread to ask in, but I was looking through old posts in boredom)
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012My raw mark was 73/90 for the June 2012 paper. The only reason it was scaled up so much was because the exam was far too long for the amount of stuff they put in it. Quite a lot of people didn't get it finished.(Original post by CD315)
What was the raw? I think we've had conversations about raw marks and UMS marks before
I'm sitting it in January, so not completely random.
Questions were easy enough though haha
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Re: Physics A2 2 - 25th May 2012Ah no worries. I'm getting in the low 80s in most past papers so that's good I guess(Original post by Who_Is_It?)
My raw mark was 73/90 for the June 2012 paper. The only reason it was scaled up so much was because the exam was far too long for the amount of stuff they put in it. Quite a lot of people didn't get it finished.
Questions were easy enough though haha
Cheers.
But again, grade boundaries are always lower for summer exams so it will more than likely get scaled up 
So don't worrying too much about it.
Hoping they'll be slightly generous.
I completely forgot that there were 2 sessions!! 
