media studies ocr a level

im just wondering about how may marks i need to get for an A overall. at AS, i got a B. all together i got 157 marks. my teacher just told me my a2 coursework grade and i got 80, so i asked him how many marks i need to get for an A overall including my a2 exams which i will do in june. he said 83 but 43 for a B..but he was unsure because of the gap and said hes going to double check because i might need to get 63 marks in the exam instead of 83..does anyone know? (sorry if this was so confusing)

Reply 1

loperdoper

You need 320/400 UMS overall to get an A (80% of 400). You have 237 UMS so far, which means you need 83 for an A.

You need 280/400 UMS for a B (70% of 400). As you have 237 UMS so far, you do indeed only need 43 UMS in the exam for a B.

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Reply 2

atxya

Original post by loperdoper

oh okay thanks! don't understand why the gap is so huge...oh well :/

Reply 3

loperdoper

Original post by atxya

oh okay thanks! don't understand why the gap is so huge...oh well :/

It's because you're so close to an A, and there's 40 UMS between each grade boundary.
A similar thing has happened with my media exam. I need 76 for an A, but only 36 for a B. I don't even need to turn up to the exam for a C.