How to work out what grade I need at A2 to get an A overall?

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  1. vienna_waits_for_you's Avatar
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    How to work out what grade I need at A2 to get an A overall?
    I'm panicking a bit about next week. I've got Politics unit 3c on Monday, and 4c on Thursday, with History in between on Tuesday. I am trying to work out what I need in each exam to get an A overall, as I need three A's for uni. Can anyone help me with history and politics?
    At AS I got:

    OCR HISTORY: MODERN 1783-1994 F961B - 81 (A)

    OCR HISTORY: MODERN 1774-1975 F964B - 80 (A)

    EDEXCEL GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1 6GP01 - 92 (A)

    EDEXCEL GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 2 6GP02 - 60 (C)

    I retook Unit 2 politics this summer but obviously don't know what I got, so let's just pretend I'm still on a C which to be perfectly honest is possible as I did crap.
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    Re: How to work out what grade I need at A2 to get an A overall?
    p.s I think the marks I've given are UMS, if anyone knows what I have to do then please let me know! Don't necessarily need to work it out for me, just the 'formula' would be great
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    Re: How to work out what grade I need at A2 to get an A overall?
    For history, you need 159/200 at A2 for an A, 180/200 for an A*

    for politics, you need 168/200 for an A, 180/200 for an A*.

    This is providing all the units have equal weighting and you don't improve upon your retake, which I'm pretty sure you will.
    Last edited by AspiringGenius; 08-06-2012 at 17:30.
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    Re: How to work out what grade I need at A2 to get an A overall?
    (Original post by AspiringGenius)
    For history, you need 159/200 at A2 for an A, 180/200 for an A*

    for politics, you need 168/200 for an A, 180/200 for an A*.
    Thank you so much! Really appreciate it !
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    Re: How to work out what grade I need at A2 to get an A overall?
    (Original post by vienna_waits_for_you)
    Thank you so much! Really appreciate it !
    You're welcome good luck with exams!
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