I had to convince myself not to aim for A*s during this thing, because in January I thought 'I'm going to get 90%< in this Geography exam' and I just bottled it because I expected to do too much. I retook that Geography exam to get an A in it, but if I get any A*s it'll be a great surprise .
What are your firm and insurance? My firm is Edinburgh, and Insurance is Nottingham (AAB).
Fair enough, I did the opposite as I've pretty much banked on 2 A*'s for Maths and Further Maths so I told all my peers I would be disappointed if I only got A's in them, they weren't very happy when I said that but everyone has different expectations and capabilities and mine were to easily get 2 A*'s and maybe even a third but I've lost 1 of my A*'s by a few marks it seems Oh well and my firm is Warwick and Insurance is Nottingham for A*AB which I'm 99.99% certain I've got I hope you get into your firm
Both my firm and my insurance is for Cardiff university, normally on my profile it shows the details for my firm and underneath it shows the details for my insurance. However, I just logged in and it now only shows the details for my firm, omg I hope this is a good sign!!
How were the papers like? I'm just so worried now that'll I miss my grades for chemistry. I mean what does it say of the exam body if they always raise the boundaries? Do they not have consistency? I really didn't feel that the exams were getting easier as well
I'm just in despair now. How on earth did that paper merit 90/120 for an A? This has to be politically motivated; how else can they justify a rise in boundaries for 3 successive exam seasons?
100% political!! since they are scrapping jan exams we are the first year who cannot retake f335 in jan, so my teacher was convinced they would be a little kinder with the grade boundaries, but alas
I cant believe OCR are being so silly with the F322 grade boundaries, saying that im still pretty confident i got 89+, but with high grade boundaries my UMS wont be as high
You're right, they are really high, but if you are certain you have gotten an A then you shouldn't be worrying! I think I have got around 75, so I could end up with a C and I really need a B
Yeah I'd have to agree, OCR Chemistry A grade boundaries aren't as generous as before. Thankfully the OCR A Biology grade boundaries are pretty nice, the first biology exam was ridiculous.
Say you have 2 units for A2 right? So the A* boundaries for the papers have been released.
For an A* can I get an A and an A* (to give an A* avergae) or would it have to be BOTH A*s?
I'm only doing AS, but my teacher told me that you have to get an average of 90% across your A2 units. So for Maths if you got 100 UMS in C3 you would only need 80 UMS in C4 to get an A* overall. So in your case I think yes.
100% political!! since they are scrapping jan exams we are the first year who cannot retake f335 in jan, so my teacher was convinced they would be a little kinder with the grade boundaries, but alas
And it's always our year that faces the brunt of things that the government does. Really, if I get a grade that would've been higher in all the past years, I'll be seriously annoyed.
I'm sure the vast majority of people on the F335 thread found it, at best, average?
How were the papers like? I'm just so worried now that'll I miss my grades for chemistry. I mean what does it say of the exam body if they always raise the boundaries? Do they not have consistency? I really didn't feel that the exams were getting easier as well
The exam was relatively straightforward, though 82 for an A is a lot higher than usual! I'm really worried as well What do you need/ think you'll get?