Moderated from A to U --- help!

I'm in year 12, did Music A level a year early and got my results yesterday - B overall, which is what I expected, and I was happy.
Then I looked at my modular grades, and my performance module (which is marked in school as coursework and moderated by the exam board) was graded at U. I spoke to the other two people in my class, and it turns out they got U for the same module. When my teacher marked it, she gave me a high A. Can results change that much from moderation? If I had received the mark she gave me, my overall grade for my A level would be an A. This is so frustrating!
I'm applying to Oxford, so I have to submit my UCAS application by the 15th October - this means I'm highly unlikely to get a remark back in time to be able to include it in my application.

Is there anything I can do that will be quicker?
Has anyone else had a similar issue?

I was really pleased with all my other grades, and this is kind of spoiling it...

Also be aware that if you didn't play pieces Grade 5 standard and above in the practical they will take marks off you.?

I'm not a Music specialist but from my experience you need to be a confident Grade 8 to get an A in the performance unit - and I have seen people with Grade 8 get Cs.

OP, I'd seriously suggest asking for a priority remark, even if it means everyone else's is moderated.

Re-marks are not an option for centre marked coursework. The candidate cannot chose for it to happen - the school has to decide to pay for it to be re-moderated - the cost varies between exam boards but at Edexcel the minimum price is £150 for a centre entry of 5 candidates.

As this is centre marked and externally moderated you cannot get a re-mark by yourself. The only option is for the whole centre's work to be re-moderated, I suggest you talk to your school asap and find out what happened. Re-moderation tends to take longer than a remark (they are normally back within 10-14 days).

With a difference in mark this great it would seem that there is more to it than just moderation. Candidates can lose marks if the specification hasn't been followed- e.g. if a performance is meant to be 15 minutes and you only play for 8 then there will be a penalty - say 1 mark every 30 seconds - and that can drop your grade significantly.

Also be aware that if you didn't play pieces Grade 5 standard and above in the practical they will take marks off you.

What exam board was this?

I'm not a Music specialist but from my experience you need to be a confident Grade 8 to get an A in the performance unit - and I have seen people with Grade 8 get Cs.

I'm in year 12, did Music A level a year early and got my results yesterday - B overall, which is what I expected, and I was happy.
Then I looked at my modular grades, and my performance module (which is marked in school as coursework and moderated by the exam board) was graded at U. I spoke to the other two people in my class, and it turns out they got U for the same module. When my teacher marked it, she gave me a high A. Can results change that much from moderation? If I had received the mark she gave me, my overall grade for my A level would be an A. This is so frustrating!
I'm applying to Oxford, so I have to submit my UCAS application by the 15th October - this means I'm highly unlikely to get a remark back in time to be able to include it in my application.

Is there anything I can do that will be quicker?
Has anyone else had a similar issue?

I was really pleased with all my other grades, and this is kind of spoiling it...

Thanks

I know this isn't the same, however I didn't get the grade I was expecting in Art, and I'm thinking that the moderator has also docked marks. All throughout my A2 year whenever I I handed work in it was graded as an A.
For Art, the only re-mark/re-moderation option is for a whole centre and it's £300+. I've emailed my Art teacher to find out what's happened.
I hope you find out what's happened in your instance, OP, and you get the grade that you deserve.

I did WJEC and we were told Grade 5 standard pieces were the absolute minimum. I played three pieces on the LRSM specification and got full marks in the performing module, so it's not impossible. OP, I'd seriously suggest asking for a priority remark, even if it means everyone else's is moderated. If you're lucky the school may pay for it (I know my school has done this in the past, although not for music and not for WJEC.)

I'm in year 12, did Music A level a year early and got my results yesterday - B overall, which is what I expected, and I was happy.
Then I looked at my modular grades, and my performance module (which is marked in school as coursework and moderated by the exam board) was graded at U. I spoke to the other two people in my class, and it turns out they got U for the same module. When my teacher marked it, she gave me a high A. Can results change that much from moderation? If I had received the mark she gave me, my overall grade for my A level would be an A. This is so frustrating!
I'm applying to Oxford, so I have to submit my UCAS application by the 15th October - this means I'm highly unlikely to get a remark back in time to be able to include it in my application.

Is there anything I can do that will be quicker?
Has anyone else had a similar issue?

I was really pleased with all my other grades, and this is kind of spoiling it...

Thanks

My music (composition) coursework was moderated from an A to a E (school staff have no idea what they're doing)
I just did it again next year. :P

It's just frustrating knowing it COULD have been better, maybe if I had just had a different examiner!

I had a similar problem but just with AS music two years ago...I was expecting an A in performance and the external examiner marked me at a C, which brought me down to a B overall. The same happened to the others in my class - they got a few grades lower than expected - C, E and U.
My school applied to get this re-moderated and checked but they didn't change.

We all resat the performance module in year 13, and with the same examiner (!) got an A. I probably did perform a bit better, perhaps with a better choice of pieces, but it was a substantial improvement. I didn't do A2 music though.

I entered the performance module for June 2011 on my UCAS form (so entered it twice) with result pending, to let the universities know that I was resitting - but it was obvious there was something up with it compared with my other module results.
But one iffy module result shouldn't matter too much - depending on what you're applying for (I'm a medic, so music wasn't the most relevant) and it didn't have any impact on my offers - I still managed to get into Cambridge

Hope this helps somewhat - but talk to your music teachers and school about what to do, but I think the others are right and you can't apply for a remark individually. There may be variations in exam board though...

Hey! I am hoping to apply to medicine at Cambridge and got a B at Music AS level, I got a D in the compositional module (inconsistent AQA marking again). Did your C hinder you at all, or did they ask you about it?

Thank you!!


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