15 August 2013 A-Level results: Grade boundaries

I think they are but I've just realised how **** I've actually done :/

You giving Cambridge a go? (If you do, for maths I take it?)



What really stood out was in Macro, there was no AD/AS diagram question. So how the grade boundaries are so high, I don't know because usually those diagram questions are free marks.

The joke is, that I got the diagram question wrong in micro though. Should have shifted both Demand and Supply but I just shifted one.

The only subject I feel confident with is AQA Geography.
AQA Env Studies could be the reason I don't get into uni. Envs3 was the hardest exam I have ever sat and yet the boundaries have increased
And as for Edexcel English Lit, looks like I have to wait even longer before I find out how screwed I am!

Yeah definitely, a bit dissapointed at the effect S1 has on my FM average but its not that bad, econ is the one that stands out but who needs a-level economics for a maths degree . It's only 1 out of 5 at the end of the day, I'd happily go to Warwick nearly as much as Cambridge.

I noticed this also, though there were quite a few nice questions on inflation which were really easy to answer, I liked also that protectionism as I recall was only really a theme in the essay? and other then that the question that threw me off was the comment on macroeconomic objective one.

Ah well whats done is done

Where do you find the ocr grade boundaries?

Same S1 is worrying me, Cambridge look heavily on that for Econ according to the Corpus Admissions tutor.

I think there was a question on protectionism early one. Like 1b, I may be wrong though. The macro economics objective one was a bit ok, definitely harder than the other questions but yeah, what's done is done.

i reckon , they might be marking that essay really really nicely. because apart from Q1B , there was nothing in that first section that should have really tripped you up unless you made a silly mistake or something.

where a significant amount of marks wouldve been lost , would have been on the essay. those marks lost + the marks that people lose in section A ( and majority lose atleast 2-4 ) wouldve made for a low-ish grade boundary , but by marking that essay very nicely it's caused the boundary to go higher if you see what i mean ?

does anyone know if WJEC grade boundaries are out?

True but I wouldn't place full emphasis on it. University stats is vastly different to a-level stats. My S2 luckily mitigates the poor stats performance but I can see why if you only have S1 that it could be bad.

1b was to do with ciricular flow of income I believe

Nope, Tomorrow () Morning 8am and onwards I'd say

AQA Geography boundaries aren't too bad I don't think, although an A* is now out of the question I think. What do you think?

NOOOooOO why so late