A* Grade (Mathematics)

The A* grade isn't introduced until next year, for the A-levels which begin being tought next year, so you're out of luck... sorry!

Also, why're you sitting 8 units for each A-level instead of 6?

Reply 2

Adjective

OP

Because I can, really. I'll have to teach myself M5, but I find it all rather interesting. Plus it gives me the chance to get AS Additional Further Maths... though the main bonus is the flexibility with unit marks if I screw up a module.

Reply 3

silent ninja

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I hope you make sufficient time to do STEP/AEA work as that's more useful than doing lots of additional units.

Reply 4

Adjective

OP

I'll probably take STEP next year - but I'm not sure about AEA, though I'm gonna do AEA Physics, seeing as I want to do Theoretical Physics rather than Maths...

It's not that I have to go to extra untimetabled lessons, but rather that some of us opt to attend only the Stats/Decision lessons, or the Mechanics lessons.

Reply 5

scaryhair

As a previous poster said, the A* grade doesn't come into effect until next year. But to obtain it, you must have at least 240/300 at A2 to make up the 540/600 that achieves the A*. This is to prevent people resitting AS modules loads to push their overall mark up to a higher one, despite having lower marks at A2.

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scaryhair

As a previous poster said, the A* grade doesn't come into effect until next year. But to obtain it, you must have at least 240/300 at A2 to make up the 540/600 that achieves the A*. This is to prevent people resitting AS modules loads to push their overall mark up to a higher one, despite having lower marks at A2.

You need 270/300 at A2, but only 480/600 overall.

Reply 7

scaryhair

Ah right ok, my mistake. I'm sure my teacher said 240 lol!
Isn't 480/600 an A though?

Reply 8

Yep. Not sure why you don't need 90% as it seems rather imbalanced, but that's the way it is.

Fair enough!

Glutamic Acid

Yep. Not sure why you don't need 90% as it seems rather imbalanced, but that's the way it is.

What my teacher said is that you need an A overall in mathematics and then with more than 90% in your A2 modules (i.e c3, c4, m1) to achieve the A*.

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fusionskd

What my teacher said is that you need an A overall in mathematics and then with more than 90% in your A2 modules (i.e c3, c4, m1) to achieve the A*.

Yeah, that's right. I meant it was imbalanced as you don't need 90% overall.

Reply 12

fusionskd

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Glutamic Acid

Yeah, that's right. I meant it was imbalanced as you don't need 90% overall.

Yeh it is kind of stupid...someone with a B (Ums: 210) at AS could get an A* at A2 lol (Ums: 210+90+90+90=480) with an A on the DOT lol...so if that person got to 479, would he/she drop down to a B? Or an A?

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