MEI M1 exam discussion - Friday 1st June

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I actually quite liked it, I was glad there wasn't anything with loads of pulleys and weights. I think the locomotive question was fine once you'd realised you had to convert from tonnes into kg, my friend forgot and got acceleration as like 100 ms^-2 :L

I definitely found it more wordy than the past papers I've done though, what with applying a 0 resultant to a situation with a particle and hiker etc.

pipe down smart arse!!

Reply 101

MysteryTurtle

Original post by nju

Hi I know this is off topic but in January I did C3 and the mark I got in the results does it include the coursework mark?

Yes.

Reply 102

dark sage

Original post by xiyangliu

Dear.. Dnt kick yourself over it.. Get ready for your next exam.. What's done is done (is it Macbeth?) good luck to your rest exams :smile:

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thanks but its just upsetting that this small mistake might cost me a grade
btw i am not macbeth

Reply 103

dark sage

i heard that if you average over 80% in C3 and C4 you get an A regardless of what M1 is. is that true? how does that work?
thanks all :smile:

Reply 104

xiyangliu

I heard u need 80% overall to get an A in maths and 90% overall with 90% at least in C3 and C4 to achieve A*

Good bye A*

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Reply 105

Stephybob

Original post by arnoldcd

pipe down smart arse!!

Sorry I was under the impression this was a general discussion of people's opinions on how they found the paper?

Reply 106

Stephybob

Original post by dark sage

i heard that if you average over 80% in C3 and C4 you get an A regardless of what M1 is. is that true? how does that work?
thanks all :smile:

Not neccessarily, I believe for an A each module is taken equally as 1/6 towards the final grade, but yes to get A* you have to average 90% between C3 and C4, plus an A at AS :smile:

Reply 107

xiyangliu

Original post by Stephybob

Not neccessarily, I believe for an A each module is taken equally as 1/6 towards the final grade, but yes to get A* you have to average 90% between C3 and C4 :smile:

Really ?! Hm... I might have a small chance of getting an A* I guess.... I need it for my offer !! -_-

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Reply 108

MysteryTurtle

Original post by dark sage

i heard that if you average over 80% in C3 and C4 you get an A regardless of what M1 is. is that true? how does that work?
thanks all :smile:

Not sure about that. You could be getting mixed up with the A* criteria.
For an A* you need 90% average in C3 and C4 and 80% over the two years. But (according to my teacher) if you do an A2 level third module (S2, M2, D2 and so on) that can count towards the 90% too. I think for an A you just need 80% average (e.g. 480 UMS). Its explained here.

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Reply 109

arnoldcd

Original post by Stephybob

Sorry I was under the impression this was a general discussion of people's opinions on how they found the paper?

did you?? sorry you thought wrong.... not its just you came across very snotty and didnt actually help the discussion in the slightest, quite self-absorbed really!

Reply 110

Stephybob

Original post by xiyangliu

Really ?! Hm... I might have a small chance of getting an A* I guess.... I need it for my offer !! -_-

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Ahh I hope you do well, for my offers thankfully I don't need A* but I can always hope :rolleyes:

Reply 111

xiyangliu

Original post by Stephybob

Ahh I hope you do well, for my offers thankfully I don't need A* but I can always hope :rolleyes:

Cheers. What course u taking at uni then ?

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Reply 112

Stephybob

Original post by arnoldcd

did you?? sorry you thought wrong.... not its just you came across very snotty and didnt actually help the discussion in the slightest, quite self-absorbed really!

So instead of talking generally about the paper you'd rather someone write out a preliminary mark scheme would you? I believe that would just make them more of a smart arse in your eyes, so I decided to go for the more general option. You can make a markscheme if you like.

Reply 113

nju

Original post by JumpingFrog

Yes.

So does that mean 4753A has a higher weighting than the other exams

Reply 114

Stephybob

Original post by xiyangliu

Cheers. What course u taking at uni then ?

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Funnily enough, Music at Birmingham hopefully! I need AAB but purely because my teacher wouldn't predict me A* in Maths, I might just try and prove her wrong :P
What about you?

Reply 115

MysteryTurtle

Original post by nju

So does that mean 4753A has a higher weighting than the other exams

4753A is Core 3 right? I should know seeing as I'm resitting it...

Not at all. Like how you might expect Core 4 to have a higher weighting because of the comprehension. I guess the higher difficulty of Core 3 and Core 4 (due to the extra bits) is why the A* is based on them.

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Reply 116

arnoldcd

Original post by Stephybob

I would prefer said person not to boast, yes. Taking into consideration those who think they havent done as well as they had liked! a markscheme is up for debate whereas your statement just emphasised your own agenda. the people who put up markscheme have taken the time and effort to consider others and be helpful, you however did not. Thats all my point was... sorry!

Reply 117

xiyangliu

Original post by Stephybob

Funnily enough, Music at Birmingham hopefully! I need AAB but purely because my teacher wouldn't predict me A* in Maths, I might just try and prove her wrong :P
What about you?