I'm not retaking any exams but want to achieve a B overall in Psychology A-level

Hi, just wondering if anyone has managed to achieve a B/A grade overall in A-level Psychology from getting a low C (62 ums) and a D (52 ums) in AS level?

I'm not retaking my Psychology exams because I feel that it will be more worthwhile to focus on the A2 modules this year, hopefully I can still get a B, what do you think?

Reply 1

Crystalz

What exam board are you on?
In all check the overall Ums needed for an A or a B and see how much you need to achieve. Then you can decide for yourself whether it's realistic. I suspect you'll need very high A's

Reply 2

lowleaf

Original post by Crystalz

My exam board is AQA and its psychology A. I looked and I will need to achieve 83 ums points for both unit 3 and 4 to get 280 which is a B. An A is 80 ums, so yeah I will need to achieve high As, has this been done before? I don't know if its realistic but I am doing the best I can with revising. Do you have any tips or advice?

Reply 3

Audiology-Med

I don't think you can get an A because That would mean you need to get 103 ums in both A2 exams and that isn't possible because its out of 100 ums however a B is still possible if you can get around 93 ums in both exams which is hard but can be done if you got a good memory. However I would suggest retaking the exam from AS which you got a D in if you wont want to retake them both as it would make it easier to achieve the B overall.

Reply 4

Crystalz

My advice to you would be to retake your D grade module. It makes things much easier. Revise hard and it can work. Without retakes I'd be doubtful

Reply 5

lowleaf

Original post by haseebi82

I believe it is 83 ums points that I need to get the B overall, right? Not 93 ums? I don't think I can request to retake the Unit 1 where I got a D in because the deadline has passed. :frown:

Reply 6

Audiology-Med

Original post by lowleaf

my mistake I thought a B was 300 ums because thats what I got overall , but its 280 UMS for a B so you need around 83 UMS in each paper, so I still suggest retaking one of your psychology exams. I got 95 UMS in the unit 3 paper and its all about being able to remember your essays but I'm retaking unit 4.

Reply 7

Audiology-Med

Original post by lowleaf

I believe it is 83 ums points that I need to get the B overall, right? Not 93 ums? I don't think I can request to retake the Unit 1 where I got a D in because the deadline has passed. :frown:

I don't see how your deadline could of passed because I remember my six form telling me to come in January to school to get the application to retake my exams, I hope they never told me wrong, now I'm worried I wont be entered for the exams, going to have to contact them tomorrow.

Reply 8

lowleaf

Original post by haseebi82

I hope that the deadline is next year but it might be different because I'm wanting to retake unit 1 which is AS and you want to retake unit 4, which is A2.

Reply 9

lowleaf

Original post by haseebi82

Just wondering how many A02/A03 points and IDAs should be included to get the highest marks? You got really high marks, so I'm guessing you implemented a good technique structuring your essays answers. :smile:

What went wrong in your PSYA4? Was it the research methods?

Reply 10

Audiology-Med

Original post by lowleaf

What went wrong in your PSYA4? Was it the research methods?

For PSYA3
1, have at least 4 A01 Paragraphs
2, Try to have between 8-6 A02 paragraphs (A03 get marked as A02)
3, Include at least 2 IDA points ( they count a lot in PSYA3 but not PSYA4)

PSYA4 I never spent much time on last time, but I have started revising it like I did PSYA3 and its going good, the research methods is good to revise from past papers according to my cousin ( she got 100 ums in both PSYA3 and PSYA4 papers)

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 11

lowleaf

Original post by haseebi82

How many studies/research did you include to support/criticise for A02 points?

Reply 12

lowleaf

Also, are the procedures important to include in the essays? Or is it enough to mention just one bit of procedure from one study? I realise I spend too much time memorizing procedures that I don't think it's really helping me get the high grades. Just not sure if I should ditch or keep them in my essays.