What's the point in having a poll, nobody has a clue. And unlike other subjects, the IGCSE sciences are virtually impossible to predict grade boundaries...

Reply 4

GCSEsitter

Original post by midgemeister7

What's the point in having a poll, nobody has a clue. And unlike other subjects, the IGCSE sciences are virtually impossible to predict grade boundaries...

We can easily compare the difficulty of this paper to the difficulty of previous papers, of which we know the boundaries. By no means is this poll entirely accurate.

Reply 5

midgemeister7

Original post by GCSEsitter

We can easily compare the difficulty of this paper to the difficulty of previous papers, of which we know the boundaries. By no means is this poll entirely accurate.

Not really :/ In physics, for example, the January 2012 paper was very easy yet the A* boundary was 119... it's never an exact science (pardon the pun)

Reply 6

AmirUlMuminin

considering past grade boundaries have been up to 147 and this was quite an easy paper... I say up to 150

Reply 7

nurav11

Original post by AmirUlMuminin

considering past grade boundaries have been up to 147 and this was quite an easy paper... I say up to 150

You shouldn't really compare between Jan and Jun because it has very different candidates. Just basing on past two years Jun grade boundary, it'll be more like 135

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GCSEsitter

Original post by nurav11

You shouldn't really compare between Jan and Jun because it has very different candidates. Just basing on past two years Jun grade boundary, it'll be more like 135

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This seems true except for edexcel igcse physics 2012. Jan was 119, june was 140

Reply 9

TazLi

It wont go over 137 for a june paper.

Reply 10

nurav11

Original post by GCSEsitter

This seems true except for edexcel igcse physics 2012. Jan was 119, june was 140

Really?? Well that's ridiculously surprising. But if Jan was 147 then I'm guessing that they wouldn't make it any higher than that surely?

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I think 135-145...

Original post by nurav11

You shouldn't really compare between Jan and Jun because it has very different candidates. Just basing on past two years Jun grade boundary, it'll be more like 135

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but was the 147 a January one? and weren't both last june papers quite easy compared to this years. I must say if what you're saying is right then this is great news :smile: