All year I have been getting very close to full marks in all my english essays. For my english lit mock exam I got 77/84 marks so I was so on track to get an A in the actual exam. However, in the exam I only got a low B (which must have been something like 43 marks) - most people in my college seem to have got lower than they expected and I wasn't sure if AQA have been really harsh with marking? I know it isn't that my teachers are bad markers because they marked all out courseowkr essays pretty bang on and they have never had major issues like this is the past. It's lucky that my courseowkr (which was 2 marks off full makrs) pulled my grade up so I still got an A, but it just means my UMS isn't strong enough now to make an application to Cambridge. thanks