15 August 2013 A-Level results: Discussion thread - results day is here!

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this + repped

edit: checking right now.

So. They predict exams she couldn't sit


Yeah

For AQA Biology Unit 2 you need 72 marks out of 85 to get full UMS and for Chemistry Unit 2 you need 99 marks out of 100 to get full UMS. I thought some of you might want to know as not everyone is able to access the UMS convertor.

Question: Why do grade boundaries effect you? Do they take the average from your ISA?

Right but then there is a flaw here, a U grade and A grade candidate both fall ill with an indentical condition, they call up AQA and they are both given A grades? I would say perhaps a C grade automated on those exams would be a little more evened out. This is my personal opinion though but it kinda defeats the purpose of an exam such that when you become ill your given grades.

Are the predictions based off AS results?

Right but then there is a flaw here, a U grade and A grade candidate both fall ill with an indentical condition, they call up AQA and they are both given A grades? I would say perhaps a C grade automated on those exams would be a little more evened out. This is my personal opinion though but it kinda defeats the purpose of an exam such that when you become ill your given grades.

Are the predictions based off AS results?

Right but then there is a flaw here, a U grade and A grade candidate both fall ill with an indentical condition, they call up AQA and they are both given A grades? I would say perhaps a C grade automated on those exams would be a little more evened out. This is my personal opinion though but it kinda defeats the purpose of an exam such that when you become ill your given grades.

Are the predictions based off AS results?

No its not.
People in my college have been granted predicted grades before for the same exam I couldn't sit.
You get 5% if you sit it but your disadvantaged.
When your in hospital, collapsed with 45% body burns and skin grafts I think it's slightly different and my exams officer agrees. She's had cases of similar incidents where the student has been granted an average grade.

could you check what full ums was in buss1, buss2 and buss4 please.

53/75 for an A in geog Dem boundaries



Found 'em

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/142071-unit-level-raw-mark-grade-boundaries-june-2013.pdf

Slightly lower for PHYA5 - A.
50 for an A

I skipped the pages, what have I missed?

How are people feeling after boundaries?

Oh my gosh guys I just found this twitter:
https://twitter.com/ALevelProblems

It's really funny and it will cheer you up

This.

The system doesn't make sense sometimes :/

Oh my God...school just rang asking me to read my results on the radio...I said yes...HELP.

please stop living under this delusion that AQA will give you a grade because quite frankly they won't, you need to sit the exam in order to get the grade, it wasn't your fault but the maximum you can get is 5% extra marks