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Unit Module Session 100' 90' 80' 70' 60' 50' 40'

6677 M1 Jun-13 68 62.0 56 50 44 38 32

So for example for these boundaries I know that

70% is 50

80% is 56

90% is 62

100% is 68

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Is this right? Is the conversion factor correct?

Reply 6961

venenecinema

Original post by Potential Medic

Has anyone else read this? :frown:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-138960/Headteachers-demand-A-level-marked.html

Why would you believe that this is from 2013?

Reply 6962

username878045

Original post by Potential Medic

Has anyone else read this? :frown:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-138960/Headteachers-demand-A-level-marked.html

That's an old article.

Reply 6963

Bloxorus

Original post by Llewellyn

I've shown this on the grade boundary thread but you can say
70% is 44
80% is 49
90% is therefore 49 + (49-44) = 54
100% is 59.

Btw, the OCR 100% raw mark column isn't the 100% UMS boundaries, they are just showing the theoretical maximum mark in each unit.

So for FP1, the A boundary is 64/72 and B is 57. So the 90 UMS boundary is 71 and the 100 UMS boundary is 72?!?! If I get 71 I'm going to be so hacked off!!

10 UMS for 1 mark, thats utterly ridiculous.

Reply 6964

username878045

Original post by venenecinema

Why would you believe that this is from 2013?

"Education secretary Estelle Morris"

You'd of thought with all the hate towards Michael Gove, people would know his job title.

Reply 6965

Zaphod77

Original post by Robbie242

economics...

Ok, I was just checking, as that's a Chemistry grade boundary as well! (sorry)

Reply 6966

natd_x

What does UMS mean? I'm looking at OCR, and it says MAX = 100. UMS = 70. Please can somebody explain??

Reply 6967

Potential Medic

Original post by PythianLegume

That's an old article.

Oops!

It's a relief to know that though. :smile:

Reply 6968

x0x

Original post by Potential Medic

Has anyone else read this? :frown:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-138960/Headteachers-demand-A-level-marked.html

Oh god, schools already know our results ... That shows that this year the results are even worse :frown:

Reply 6969

Robbie242

Original post by Zaphod77

Ok, I was just checking, as that's a Chemistry grade boundary as well! (sorry)

no worries :smile:

Reply 6970

username878045

Original post by natd_x

What does UMS mean? I'm looking at OCR, and it says MAX = 100. UMS = 70. Please can somebody explain??

It probably means there are 100 raw marks, which translates to 70/400 of your A-Level.

Reply 6971

x0x

Original post by x0x

Oh god, schools already know our results ... That shows that this year the results are even worse :frown:

Never mind,that was just an old article ...

Reply 6972

username878045

Original post by x0x

Oh god, schools already know our results ... That shows that this year the results are even worse :frown:

That article is clearly incredibly old. I expect it's from 2002.

Reply 6973

Priya08

Original post by ahnn

Edexcel's won't be released until midnight. https://twitter.com/EdexcelStudents/status/367313145767153664

so does this mean that those maths edexcel grade boundries aren't from edexcel and are completely wrong!!

Reply 6974

x0x

Why aren't the edexcel grade boundaries out yet? They're like 10 hours late :frown:

Reply 6975

Drama-Nut

I'm cacking it for results.. my reduced offer due to a BTEC i did before A Levels just seems too easy.. 300 course, 100 BTEC, 20 AS Dance and 40 EPQ so I only need 140 points.. but it just seems too good to be true >.<

Reply 6976

Robbie242

Original post by Priya08

so does this mean that those maths edexcel grade boundries aren't from edexcel and are completely wrong!!

no they are from Arsey, Arsey always gets the maths boundaries early (somehow :ninja:

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Reply 6977

Llewellyn

Original post by Bloxorus

If you have read my grade boundaries thread (http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2312329) then you will know it doesn't work like that.

The A boundary is 64 and the 100% is 72, so* it will scale linearly from A to 100%. So the 90 boundary is 68 (the halfway point).

* - because twice the difference between the A and the B is greater than the difference between the A and 100%