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GCSE AQA Grades so far (including ISA scores)

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Reply 80
Unit 1:
Biology: 89 (so annoying)
Chemistry: 83
Physics: 85

Unit 2:
Biology: 85
Chemistry: 79 - I didn't talk to anyone for the rest of the day when I found this out. Possibly a bit of an overreaction.
Physics: 83

ISAs:
Biology: 42/50
Chemistry: 42/50
Physics: 42/50

I haven't a clue how I managed to get the same result in each ISA.

I've been told by my school that 42/50 would be the boundary for A* (or maybe they said 40 would be the boundary, can't quite remember). I haven't a clue what that will work out as in terms of UMS but I'd love it to be 95 as I think that would mean, provided I've done well in the Unit 3 exams, I could just secure a low A* overall in both Biology and Physics. Chemistry is out of the question as I screwed up in Unit 2 but securing an A overall will do for me now. Generally, my school doesn't seem to have faired as well as some of your schools have in terms of ISAs - the lowest result I saw in my set was 31 I believe.
Original post by dandaman7771
If it isn't higher than 39 in all of them for an A*, I would be pleasantly horrified, because surely everyone's would have to be moderated down, as everyone on here seems to have all plus 40's at least. I know that people on here are more likely to be getting high grades, I have seen very few people lower than 39.


We'll just see


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Reply 82
Original post by tsjmcgrath
Unit 1:
Biology: 89 (so annoying)
Chemistry: 83
Physics: 85

Unit 2:
Biology: 85
Chemistry: 79 - I didn't talk to anyone for the rest of the day when I found this out. Possibly a bit of an overreaction.
Physics: 83

ISAs:
Biology: 42/50
Chemistry: 42/50
Physics: 42/50

I haven't a clue how I managed to get the same result in each ISA.

I've been told by my school that 42/50 would be the boundary for A* (or maybe they said 40 would be the boundary, can't quite remember). I haven't a clue what that will work out as in terms of UMS but I'd love it to be 95 as I think that would mean, provided I've done well in the Unit 3 exams, I could just secure a low A* overall in both Biology and Physics. Chemistry is out of the question as I screwed up in Unit 2 but securing an A overall will do for me now. Generally, my school doesn't seem to have faired as well as some of your schools have in terms of ISAs - the lowest result I saw in my set was 31 I believe.


Isn't the A* boundary quite low for AQA, as in 82%?
Reply 83
Is anyone doing AQA physics GCSE? If so how do you think the grade boundaries will be for unit 3, because that exam was the first one ever so I have no ideA


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Reply 84
Just my opinion - but i think the grade boundaries will be really high this year.. theyve been going up for the last few exams especially like for unit 2 and the government reckon gcses are too easy so want to make them harder :L at our school we've been told they'll be high this year!
This really sucks though, i messed up the exam so it'll probably bring down my whole grade :frown: wbu?
B1 - 86
B2 - 90
ISA - 47/50

C1 - 81
C2 - 86
ISA - 46/50

P1 - 87
P2 - 92
ISA - 49/50
I reckon I can pull out As across my sciences now that the exams are done


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B1: 89
C1: 84
P1: 96

B2: 93
C2: 94
P2: 91

Isas
Biology: 44/50
Chemistry:49/50
Physics:46/50
Reply 87
Original post by ergo30
Isn't the A* boundary quite low for AQA, as in 82%?


These are UMS marks, unless you're talking about my ISA results? If so, I certainly hope that you're right about 82% being the A* boundary


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Reply 88
B1: 91
C1: 96
P1: 96

B2: 88
C2: Done the exam last week
P2: 88

B3: Done the exam last week
C3: Done the exam last week
P3: Done the exam last week

ISA's:
Bio: 44/50
Chem: 48/50
Phy: 46/50
i got 42/50 in the physics isa
and im really worried that it will bring my mark down because currently im just in the A* band, however i think my isa may bring me down to a high A, which will be annoying

my school have told us that 45/50 is and A* and so im really worried ://
Original post by iwishiwasclever
i got 42/50 in the physics isa
and im really worried that it will bring my mark down because currently im just in the A* band, however i think my isa may bring me down to a high A, which will be annoying

my school have told us that 45/50 is and A* and so im really worried ://


Nope don't worry, high 30s (39) will be an A*


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Reply 91
Original post by Alex_Aits
I got told from my school that an A* in the ISA will not be any higher than 42/50... don't know if I really trust their judgement though! In the ISAs I got 44-physics , 45-bio and 48-chem so im hoping for 93UMS , 95UMS, 100UMS but I really don't know


yes i was told by my teacher that she was informed by AQA that an A* in the ISA's is 42, not 45 as my school previously thought:tongue:
Reply 92
What I think I got...
Biology:
B1 73 B
B2 79 B, 1 off A
B3 PREDICTION 70 B
ISA 38/50 UMS of 90? A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 312/400

Chemistry:
C1 80 A
C2 72 B
C3 60 D/C
ISA 42/50 UMS of 95? A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 307/400

Physics:
P1 89 A, 1 off A*
P2 75 B PREDICTED
P3 85 A
ISA 48/50 Has to be 100UMS?! A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 349/400

GRADE IDEAS?:frown:


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Original post by BLTontour
What I think I got...
Biology:
B1 73 B
B2 79 B, 1 off A
B3 PREDICTION 70 B
ISA 38/50 UMS of 90? A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 312/400

Chemistry:
C1 80 A
C2 72 B
C3 60 D/C
ISA 42/50 UMS of 95? A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 307/400

Physics:
P1 89 A, 1 off A*
P2 75 B PREDICTED
P3 85 A
ISA 48/50 Has to be 100UMS?! A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 349/400

GRADE IDEAS?:frown:


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Biology would be B
Chemistry B
Physics A

The grade boundaries are
360 ums A*
320 ums A
280 ums B


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Original post by BLTontour
What I think I got...
Biology:
B1 73 B
B2 79 B, 1 off A
B3 PREDICTION 70 B
ISA 38/50 UMS of 90? A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 312/400

Chemistry:
C1 80 A
C2 72 B
C3 60 D/C
ISA 42/50 UMS of 95? A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 307/400

Physics:
P1 89 A, 1 off A*
P2 75 B PREDICTED
P3 85 A
ISA 48/50 Has to be 100UMS?! A* PREDICTION
Total UMS: 349/400

GRADE IDEAS?:frown:


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You never know since their predictions the biology and chem could be A aswell


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I got
B1 84
B2 92
ISA 45

C1 88
C2 92
ISA 45

P1 86
P2 97
ISA 46

We were told to assume our isa ums would be the mark doubled! Will be a nice surprise if it's higher!! :biggrin:




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Reply 96
Original post by sr234
yes i was told by my teacher that she was informed by AQA that an A* in the ISA's is 42, not 45 as my school previously thought:tongue:

But how would she know considering ISA boundaries haven't been released yet? I presume your teacher must be friends with someone from AQA that leaked the information out? If that's the case, I'm a happy boy
August 22nd I will come back and prove to all you ****ers that the grade boundaries for an A* are 39 or less


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Reply 98
Original post by Alex_Aits
But how would she know considering ISA boundaries haven't been released yet? I presume your teacher must be friends with someone from AQA that leaked the information out? If that's the case, I'm a happy boy


hmm im not sure! she said to us that they had a meeting with aqa and thats what AQA said, i thought that they have to receive all the grades first and then set them? :smile:
Reply 99
Is it common for the ISA grades to get moderated down?? Because surely some schools may be more lenient that others and so that would make it unfair.


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