GCSE AQA Grades so far (including ISA scores)

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Reply 40

ThatGirlx

Most people seem to have done great tbh
I got:
Chem: 48/50
Phy: 46/50
Bio: 44/50

I think around 42 will be A*

Reply 41

ThatGirlx

Original post by Joe7

I'm an A* student and I go to a high performing grammar school, however few people have been achieving marks of over 40 in the ISA's and even fewer have achieved marks higher than 45. I've got:

Biology - 43/50
Chemistry - 41/50
Physics - 40/50

Personally, I think the marking from some schools has been overgenerous, and hopefully AQA will do their job and create an even playing field through moderation.

Obviously the AQA moderators would put marks up and down where necessary..
I don''t think that our school has had overgenerous marking, yet the majority got good marks - I know this because the for past three years, the moderators have put the marks for the whole year up
Tbh, most schools don't over-generously mark because they know the work will be moderated and lowered.

Reply 42

CheesePuffff

Well I hope that the grade boundaries are lower than I thought anyway because I'm not feeling so good about the exams!

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Reply 43

jamietlb

What is the ums for physics=41 biology=34 and chemistry=34. If you want harsh marking, come to my school :L

Reply 44

Chlorophile

Most people did well in my class since the ISAs are extraordinarily straight forward providing you've seen the markscheme. I got:

Physics: 50/50
Biology: 50/50
Chemistry: 48/50

I'm assuming that an A* will be 42-43 and the cap will be around 46-47.

Reply 45

Millerman

Also as others have said people on here are usually quite clever. At my school, people in the bottom sets are getting high 20's which means the grade boundries could still be relatively low.

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Reply 46

Millerman

Original post by Chlorophile

What did you get in the exams?

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Reply 47

Chlorophile

Original post by Millerman

What did you get in the exams?

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I can't remember the numbers off the top of my head but I'm on a 95-100UMS average for them all. Which is great because it means I only need Cs in Unit 3 to get an A*.

Reply 48

78Saab

Biology - 45/50
Chemistry - 40/50
Physics - 47/50

Really disappointed with my Chemistry result, the ISA could have pulled up my average considerably.

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Reply 49

1996smpam

I'm really scared, I think i have done awful in my ISAs, as the marking in my school seems quite low to what everyone else got. I'm in triple science and people were getting in their 30's mostly, especially in physics. However, teachers have said they have never really had a problem with their marking and have been spot on in the last few years.

Reply 50

lolface32

49-Physics
49-Chemistry
44-Biology. Whaaay?? :cry2:

Reply 51

Millerman

Original post by Chlorophile

I can't remember the numbers off the top of my head but I'm on a 95-100UMS average for them all. Which is great because it means I only need Cs in Unit 3 to get an A*.

Nutter

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Reply 52

COME ON ARSENAL!!!

Unit 2 Science AQA

Biology- 82 UMS
Physics- 82 UMS

Don't remember chemistry one

Reply 53

Sofiane007

Core isa-45
Additional isa-46
I'm third set butt top set would normally get 50 out of 50 casually...

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Reply 54

Chlorophile

Original post by Millerman

Nutter

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Thank you?

Reply 55

wenna7

So everyone on here seems to be insanely intelligent... My physics ISA was 35 but I've been told that's an A? What would it be for an A?

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Reply 56

HugeBicepLAD

39 was A* last year and you were given a hypothesis so the grade boundaries shouldn't be any higher than that.

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Reply 57

NaomiW

Yeah that is true! My teacher told me if you get above 42/50 then it is an A*and equates to 100 UMS points.

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Reply 58

theskyisblu

Guys need some help i got 23, 22 and 22 which is an E/D in my ISAs how much would it push my overall grade down???

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Reply 59

dandaman7771

Original post by HugeBicepLAD

39 was A* last year and you were given a hypothesis so the grade boundaries shouldn't be any higher than that.

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But that was in the old spec where it was out of 40. :frown:

Original post by theskyisblu

Guys need some help i got 23, 22 and 22 which is an E/D in my ISAs how much would it push my overall grade down???

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The ISA's equate in terms of ums to one unit exam (100), so if you're getting As and A*s in them then it will push it down quite significantly. However, if you were doing that well than I can't see how you'd get those scores and they may be moderated up!!!