A* at A level question thread

yes o/c. you just need 90% in your A2's... aslong as you put in for a new A-level grade, i see no reason why there should be an exception!

Reply 181

jjackson18624

11

what i want to know is WHY they introduced the A*.... It just looks stupid and demeans the value of the A grade... why couldn't they just make it harder to get an A, if more people are getting them? idiots..

Reply 182

chronic_fatigue

13

Depends what you get in the other modules. No one has achieved A*s yet so....yeah

Reply 183

Zottula

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jjackson18624

what i want to know is WHY they introduced the A*.... It just looks stupid and demeans the value of the A grade... why couldn't they just make it harder to get an A, if more people are getting them? idiots..

I guess it makes more people feel better about their grades. So people getting As don't feel like B grade students.

Yeah, it's silly.

Reply 184

JellyBean123

11

jjackson18624

what i want to know is WHY they introduced the A*.... It just looks stupid and demeans the value of the A grade... why couldn't they just make it harder to get an A, if more people are getting them? idiots..

Agreed! It makes me feel bad about my A grade, even though i got it before the A* grade came along.....

Reply 185

jjackson18624

11

Zottula

I guess it makes more people feel better about their grades. So people getting As don't feel like B grade students.

Yeah, it's silly.

yeah but A grade students only feel like B grade students BECAUSE of the introduction of the A* lol. no-one pissed on AAA this much before some smartass thought it would be a good idea to make A-levels comparable to GCSEs.

& refer back to 'why couldn't they just make it harder to get an A, if more people are getting them?'

Reply 186

Zottula

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jjackson18624

yeah but A grade students only feel like B grade students BECAUSE of the introduction of the A* lol. no-one pissed on AAA this much before some smartass thought it would be a good idea to make A-levels comparable to GCSEs.

& refer back to 'why couldn't they just make it harder to get an A, if more people are getting them?'

I know some will feel like B grade students, but they can still refer to themselves as A grade students. So will make them feel a bit better than if it was harder to get As and were therefore only receiving Bs.

I totally agree that it's silly though. Just raise the boundary for an A, rather than introduce something new.

Reply 187

jjackson18624

11

JellyBean123

Agreed! It makes me feel bad about my A grade, even though i got it before the A* grade came along.....

ditto to that. but even though i could get one now, i'm not sure whether i WANT one because A*AAB looks a bit silly in my opinion compared to AAAB. For less consistent people A*BC looks even worse. I thought A's where the whole point of 'a' levels. Then they went and got rid of coursework after i slaved for hundreds and hundreds, probably thousands, of hours on in ICT :eek3:

I fear A-levels will turn into the new GCSEs... but easier because there's less of them..

Reply 188

jjackson18624

11

Zottula

I know some will feel like B grade students, but they can still refer to themselves as A grade students. So will make them feel a bit better than if it was harder to get As and were therefore only receiving Bs.

I totally agree that it's silly though. Just raise the boundary for an A, rather than introduce something new.

A-levels arent about making people feel better (or shouldn't be). and if more people are getting B's they wont be pissed on as much anyway. B was good when my mum did gcses, nowadays if you get a B its like getting a C, which is probably again down to the A* rather than increasing boundries like they should have. it makes people of the old grades look worse than they actually were.

Reply 189

JellyBean123

11

jjackson18624

ditto to that. but even though i could get one now, i'm not sure whether i WANT one because A*AAB looks a bit silly in my opinion compared to AAAB. For less consistent people A*BC looks even worse. I thought A's where the whole point of 'a' levels. Then they went and got rid of coursework after i slaved for hundreds and hundreds, probably thousands, of hours on in ICT :eek3:

I fear A-levels will turn into the new GCSEs... but easier because there's less of them..

Agreed, again! I mean, when I did GCSEs it was thought of as amazing if people got even one A*, now it seems like if you get any less than five you're a complete no hoper. Plus I'm pretty sure grade boundaries for an A are getting lower.....

Reply 190

jjackson18624

11

JellyBean123

Agreed, again! I mean, when I did GCSEs it was thought of as amazing if people got even one A*, now it seems like if you get any less than five you're a complete no hoper. Plus I'm pretty sure grade boundaries for an A are getting lower.....

lol yeah! maybe part of that might be we've been spending too much time on TSR though. If anything you'd have thought they'd want to make A-level grades more credit-worth, but noooo! the sad thing is it's our generation that looses out, because we will look CRAP in 5-10 years time... next think they'll be introducing A** lmao :lol:

Reply 191

jjackson18624

11

next thing they'll be introducing A**

remember kids, you heard it here first :wink:

Reply 192

JellyBean123

11

jjackson18624

lol yeah! maybe part of that might be we've been spending too much time on TSR though. If anything you'd have thought they'd want to make A-level grades more credit-worth, but noooo! the sad thing is it's our generation that looses out, because we will look CRAP in 5-10 years time... next think they'll be introducing A** lmao :lol:

Precisely! And whats even more annoying is I would have the damn A* if it had been available! Psshh. What a load of tosh. Haha, or they'll introduce the Super A or something. That would be cooler.

Reply 193

Zottula

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jjackson18624

A-levels arent about making people feel better (or shouldn't be). and if more people are getting B's they wont be pissed on as much anyway. B was good when my mum did gcses, nowadays if you get a B its like getting a C, which is probably again down to the A* rather than increasing boundries like they should have. it makes people of the old grades look worse than they actually were.

Yep, I totally agree with you. Like I said, the whole thing is silly.

Reply 194

AyonFazal

8

so i finished M1 S1 C1 C2 C3 C4 M2 S2 by January 2010 and cashed in. so i will be getting an A grade max.
now I got an offer from UCL and they want an A*.
so if i register for C3 and C4 ONLY again, just in case i get less than 90% in them, i can re-sit and obtain an A* (given i get the marks) if I cash in again in May - right?

And for maths, lets say they consider M2 or S2 as my sixth unit in MATHEMATICS (not FM), will the marks in those units matter? or will only C3 and C4 marks matter?

HELP PLEASE!

Reply 195

evilzadi

im confused
im doing maths and further maths A2
if i have A for both AS' i need a 90% between C3 and C4?
what modules would i have to get a 90% to get an A* in further maths, apart from FP2 or does it not matter :confused:

Reply 196

Everythingisthischance

fran-timms

Ok Thank you both very much.
The example on the website was very helpful.
I have decided to structure it as follows:
Intro
How a DNA profile is made- split into mini sections
How it is effective- split into mini sections
Conclusion
Evaluation
References

That sounds great- but my college gave me a copy of the teachers guidelines and the recommended layout was of a normal science paper.

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Abstract

Intro

Discussion/ developing ideas
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Evaluation
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bibliography
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extra raw data and calculation

Reply 197

Smiles_m

12

The whole point is you do it yourself, and go and independently ask teachers about it.
Just go and have a chat to different teachers in different subjects. I'm sure they'd be happy to help :smile:

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Oh and nice avatar :wink:

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Reply 198

Mitch92uK

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