[beckiestar]

I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how many UMS points overall is an A?
How do they split up over AS/A2?

Thanks!

[SimpleStudent]

(Original post by beckiestar)
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how many UMS points overall is an A?
How do they split up over AS/A2?

Thanks!

Exam Grade Boundaries

Out of 90: A=72, B=63, C=54

Out of 100: A=80, B=70, C=60

Out of 105: A=84, B=74, C=63

Out of 120: A=96, B=84, C=72

Out of 300: A=240, B=210, C=180

Out of 600: A=480, B=420, C=360

[oasis13]

In otherwords, 80% UMS is an A.

300UMS available for AS and 300UMS available for A2, so AS modules are just as valuable as A2. (which is good, because apparently A2 becomes very difficult).

[Ziffachan]

And AS is out of 300, A2 is out of 600

[beckiestar]

thankyou!! and yes A2 is reaally difficult - I've got to get an A overall this year, and I wanted to work out how much I already had 'in the bank' as it were from AS!

[SimpleStudent]

I've done really well in my A2 exams, considering my grades at AS last year. I think its because I have an offer from University and know I need to get the grades and have revised more.

This year I've hit a string of B's and A's in all my Unit's, whereas last year at AS I was less focused and Hit D's and B's.

This highlights the need to focus. Research what Assessment objectives are for your exam questions and what they are looking for. This is sometimes just as useful as solid revision. I'm not generally an 'A' standard but because I've researched what I need to do in exams it's helped push my grades up.

[jam12]

Yeh, it's always wise to do AS resits on your A2 year. Even if you've got a low A, you might as well resit it since it's revision for the synoptic as well. Talking about the synoptic, imo its nasty. Questions are do-able if you're given time, but it only last 1 hr.

[oasis13]

My plan is to nail AS modules this year, which should really take the strain off next year...

I'll probably find out on results day that that plan was only ever a dream lol.

[FareedPatel]

ive just done my AS year for chemistry. How many UMS marks is unit 1, unit 2 and the ISA out of???