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Question about the English language GCSE.Hi, I can't exactly remember what exam board I was on, but I know that the coursework counted as 60% and the exam as 40%. I got a 2 D's, a C and 3 three B's in my coursework I was wondering what I would need to get on the exam to get a C?
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Re: Question about the English language GCSE.These aren't stupid questions(Original post by So?)
Ok, I think I was on the OCR GCSE exam, any idea where I can find out how to work out the UMS? Sorry if these are stupid questions.
OCR don't seem to have a UMS converter, sadly. Do you know your raw marks for each piece of coursework?
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Re: Question about the English language GCSE.I don't sadly. My teacher just told us the grades, not the marks.(Original post by usycool1)
These aren't stupid questions
OCR don't seem to have a UMS converter, sadly. Do you know your raw marks for each piece of coursework?
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Re: Question about the English language GCSE.Ok, do you know what percentage each part of the coursework was (of the coursework)?(Original post by So?)
Hi, I can't exactly remember what exam board I was on, but I know that the coursework counted as 60% and the exam as 40%. I got a 2 D's, a C and 3 three B's in my coursework I was wondering what I would need to get on the exam to get a C? -
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Re: Question about the English language GCSE.Which grades for:(Original post by So?)
I don't sadly. My teacher just told us the grades, not the marks.
i) Response to one text (prose, drama, poetry, non-fiction)
ii) Imaginative writing
iii) 3 activities for speaking and listening (is this the 3Bs)
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Re: Question about the English language GCSE.i)I don't understand sorry(Original post by metaltron)
Which grades for:
i) Response to one text (prose, drama, poetry, non-fiction)
ii) Imaginative writing
iii) 3 activities for speaking and listening (is this the 3Bs)
iv) Spoken Language
ii)C
iii)Yeah, it's the B's.
iv)Believe that was a high D/C grade. -
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Re: Question about the English language GCSE.So say the whole qualification was worth 100 UMS.(Original post by So?)
i)I don't understand sorry
ii)C
iii)Yeah, it's the B's.
iv)Believe that was a high D/C grade.
The exam would be worth 40 UMS, the CA worth 60 UMS.
Out of 60 for CA:
i) 8.25/15 UMS (you got a mid-D (the second of the 2Ds you talked about))
ii) 9.75 /15 UMS (a mid-C)
iii) 15 /20 UMS (mid B)
iv) 6 /10 UMS (C/D border)
39/60 UMS (roughly) ... this at the moment is a mid C
To get a C overall, in the exam you would need roughly 21/40 UMS, which is a low D. However, you'd probably need a few more as I counted the last CA as technically a C but you said D... so lets say 22.
In terms of raw marks in the exam, according to last year's grade boundaries, you'd need approximately 48/80 in the Foundation Paper or 33/80 in the Higher Tier. Hope this helps. Just trust this is right, though my logic seems confused
