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OCR MEI S2: 5th June 2015

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Can anyone confirm that S2 can count towards AS FM- as I took 8 modules this year (year 12) of which I can't include C3 this year, but from the applied modules I have M1 S1 S2 D1. I flopped D1 quite badly in the hope that it would be the module that isn't going to be included this year in my AS certification if I do well in every other applied module.

S2 can 'count' for A Level Maths if S1 is included in the 6 modules as well.
It can 'count' for AS FM if S1 is included in the 6 Maths modules or is another one of the 3 AS FM modules.

S2, however, is an A2 module. So it can also count towards your 3 A2 modules >= 270/300 to qualify for A* in A Level FM.

Reply 161

hukdealz

Original post by Mathbomb

I would appreciate it a lot :biggrin:

Reply 162

LAG 123

Anyone got the second page of the question paper?

Reply 163

patel_7

Would 69 marks be 95+ ums? For this exam

Reply 164

Velocity_

Well and truly fu**ed.

The grade boundary is as high as snoop dog!

Reply 165

anunoriginaluser

Original post by Velocity_

Well and truly fu**ed.

The grade boundary is as high as snoop dog!

I feel you :frown:

I was counting on scraping an A, expecting it to be like 62 marks max lmao

65/72 for an A is mad :frown:

Reply 166

username1050473

Original post by Velocity_

Well and truly fu**ed.

The grade boundary is as high as snoop dog!

Original post by anunoriginaluser

I feel you :frown:

I was counting on scraping an A, expecting it to be like 62 marks max lmao

65/72 for an A is mad :frown:

Maybe it just means we all did well? :smile:

Stay positive all!

Reply 167

avfcfan

65 raw marks to get an A? What the...? I was relying on this because my c4 didn't go so well, and now I found out both are incredibly high! MEI is horrible

Reply 168

Cadherin

Original post by avfcfan

65 raw marks to get an A? What the...? I was relying on this because my c4 didn't go so well, and now I found out both are incredibly high! MEI is horrible

Why didn't my school just do bloody Edexcel like normal people... :/

Reply 169

Cadherin

Original post by Velocity_

Well and truly fu**ed.

The grade boundary is as high as snoop dog!

Even Snoop Dogg would think over 90% raw for 80% UMS is comparatively high.

Reply 170

Hopefulbunny

Original post by Cadherin

Why didn't my school just do bloody Edexcel like normal people... :/

Amen to that brother.

Reply 171

Cadherin

Original post by Hopefulbunny

Amen to that brother.

I mean, S2, granted was an easy paper - 65/72 is excessive, but understandable if everyone aced it.

But, for many (myself included), FP1 was horrific, so why the hell is it 62/72 for an A?! I wish they'd give us papers of consistent difficulty, rather than papers where grade boundaries vary between 48/72 and 63/72 for an A. :/

Reply 172

Hopefulbunny

For a considered opinion by a neutral expert see page 425 of the STEP prep thread 2015. Dfranklin makes a number of very interesting observations some of which have more general application to the exams set by OCR. I think many of us will recognise the unwelcome validity of his conclusions.

Reply 173

anunoriginaluser

I don't protest that it is fair to adjust the grade boundaries based on the difficulty, but it's horrendous to set a paper considered so easy by the candidates that a single mistake drops them a grade. Someone needs to review why on Earth they're repeating questions from past years (FP2) which is frankly BS and rewards memorisation instead of logic, and setting papers so straightforward (S2) IMO.

Reply 174

Leechayy

Original post by anunoriginaluser

^this

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Reply 175

Velocity_

i got 58 raw marks... 0_o

Piss take in that it could have been an A or AT LEAST a B.
I still got a decent grade in maths, C, so i'll take it when i thought i got a D

Reply 176

lewis.robbins

Original post by Velocity_

i got 58 raw marks... 0_o

Piss take in that it could have been an A or AT LEAST a B.
I still got a decent grade in maths, C, so i'll take it when i thought i got a D