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  1. Medicine Man's Avatar
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    (Original post by Hippysnake)
    "would be somehere around 59-61 for an A."


    Few posts above.
    Ahhh ok. Cool. :yy:

    Still think C3 will be higher though, but oh well we'll find out on the 20th, possibly the 19th.
  2. Waheyyyy's Avatar
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    (Original post by Hippysnake)
    Take a look again, my estimated A boundary is lower.
    I don't really know what you mean, but my predictions are:

    C3 - 63 for an A
    C4 - 59 for an A
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    (Original post by Waheyyyy)
    I don't really know what you mean, but my predictions are:

    C3 - 63 for an A
    C4 - 59 for an A
    The guy above you did.
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    (Original post by Waheyyyy)
    I don't really know what you mean, but my predictions are:

    C3 - 63 for an A
    C4 - 59 for an A
    Do you have any predictions for Economics ECN5 & 6?
  5. Medicine Man's Avatar
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    (Original post by Hippysnake)
    The guy above you did.
    :lolwut:
    No I didn't! I had to ask you what you meant. :p:
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    what do you think the grae bounderies will be for CHemistry unit 5 edexcel

    and physics unit 4 5 6
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    A boundary predictions

    M1 - 56
    C3 - 65
    C4 - 58
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    (Original post by Medicine Man)
    :lolwut:
    No I didn't! I had to ask you what you meant. :p:
    But you got it eventuallu. Jeez, you're going for med, he's going for Oxford and neither of you fully read my posts....Tsk.
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    (Original post by logic123)
    what do you think the grae bounderies will be for CHemistry unit 5 edexcel

    and physics unit 4 5 6
    I'm ususally pretty off but I'll give it a go. :p:

    chem unit 5 - 50/51 out of 75 fo an A. I really hope its lower than that though as I think that was the hardest paper they've set, but I don't want to be too optimistic.

    I wouldn't even bother trying to guess them for physics - I really don't know what to expect, so many mixed reactions?

    What do you think the edexcel unit 5 and 6 chemistry boundaries will be like?
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    (Original post by sleekchic)
    Do you have any predictions for Economics ECN5 & 6?
    AQA? I, and people at my college in general, found them neither particularly hard or easy, so I'd imagine the boundaries would be similar to past years - according to the AQA site that's about 66-70% for an A

    (Original post by Hippysnake)
    But you got it eventuallu. Jeez, you're going for med, he's going for Oxford and neither of you fully read my posts....Tsk.
    Maybe that says something about the clarity of your posts rather than how fully we read them
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    i think UNIT 5 chem = A= 48/75 for an A

    unit 5 physics = 52/75 for an A possible slightly lower

    unit 4 physiscs 58/75 for an A

    unit 6 physics 48/49/80 for an A
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    (Original post by Waheyyyy)
    AQA? I, and people at my college in general, found them neither particularly hard or easy, so I'd imagine the boundaries would be similar to past years - according to the AQA site that's about 66-70% for an A

    Maybe that says something about the clarity of your posts rather than how fully we read them
    Yes AQA.

    A couple of people at my school found them hard.
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    (Original post by Hippysnake)
    But you got it eventuallu. Jeez, you're going for med, he's going for Oxford and neither of you fully read my posts....Tsk.
    There's just no logic to your point. :lolwut:
    You just weren't clear enough when you said what you thought the boundaries would be.
  14. Waheyyyy's Avatar
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    (Original post by sleekchic)
    Yes AQA.

    A couple of people at my school found them hard.
    Yeh some people did at mine too, but I don't think the general consensus was that they were horrible papers.
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    OCR's C4 paper - thoughts people?

    :toofunny:
  16. Medicine Man's Avatar
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    (Original post by logic123)
    i think UNIT 5 chem = A= 48/75 for an A

    unit 5 physics = 52/75 for an A possible slightly lower

    unit 4 physiscs 58/75 for an A

    unit 6 physics 48/49/80 for an A
    Surely unit 5 chem won't go that low? It would be lovely if it did though. :p:

    Unit 4 physics is out of 60 and unit 5 physics is out of 96 aint it?

    How did you find the chem practical and synoptic?
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    (Original post by Medicine Man)
    1 - Nope they havent.

    2 - My predictions are almost always wrong. Seriously! :yep: I always overestimate/underestimate by about 4/5 marks almost all the time with bio and chem, but my maths ones are normally 1/2 marks off. Anyway, I'll give it a shot for the A grade boundaries, but remember they will almost definitely be wrong - its just fun doing this! :woo: :o:

    You could also look at old examiners reports for past papers and try and make guesses too? :dontknow:

    Anyway, I only did C3 and C4 for Maths. My guesses are:
    A in C3 - 64/65 out of 75
    A in C4 - 58/59 out of 75

    Bio:
    A in 4A - 48/49 out of 70
    A in 5B (now this was a damn hard paper) - 42/43 out of 70 (if not lower)
    A in 6 (I did the W2 paper and not the coursework option) - 44/45 out of 75

    Didn't do AQA chem so I wouldn't know.

    Your guesses?

    I reckon 50/70 for bio4

    44/70 in 5B

    and 51/70 in bio6

    and maths...

    i reckon 60/75 for an A in C4... it shud stay about the same i reckon
  18. i'm no superman's Avatar
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    Re: Grade Boundaries Discussion :)
    Did anyone else do Nuffield Chemistry? If so, estimate the grade boundaries for...
    - Unit 5 (biochemistry)
    - Unit 6 (synoptic)

    I honestly don't know how both exams were generally perceived tbh. :dontknow:
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