AQA screw up???????

Aakn

am i the only one who think AS Aqa law results were ********?

Reply 1

Carly2289

Original post by Aakn

am i the only one who think AS Aqa law results were ********?

In what way?

Reply 2

Aakn

Original post by Carly2289

In what way?

Like how can I have a really high A in one unit and then an E in one, that I thought went better. (I've never ever gotten an E before)

Reply 3

That'sGreat

Original post by Aakn

Like how can I have a really high A in one unit and then an E in one, that I thought went better. (I've never ever gotten an E before)

Because you didn't revise enough/you're not as good as you thought

Reply 4

Aakn

Original post by That'sGreat

Because you didn't revise enough/you're not as good as you thought

I spent 3 months revising, did every past paper from 2007. Had answered every question in the exam numerous times before. Nobody in my entire class seems to have gotten above a D.

Reply 5

IWMTom

Original post by Aakn

I spent 3 months revising, did every past paper from 2007. Had answered every question in the exam numerous times before. Nobody in my entire class seems to have gotten above a D.

Poor teaching of that particular unit?

Reply 6

Solitude12

Original post by Aakn

am i the only one who think AS Aqa law results were ********?

i did those exact same exams as you've said for AS AQA law, and i got a C in both units, almost a B overall.

Maybe the questions just weren't the best for you in your worse unit? Which unit did you get the A and E in?

Reply 7

Solitude12

If i wasn't clear, i did the exam from this years AS AQA Law.

Reply 8

Tenyk

I think the grade boundaries in general for AQA law are too high. You literally have to get full marks in the ajority of questions to get an A and with a mark sheme that is so general and based on whether the examiner thinks you were close enough or not, I don't feel that makes much sense. Especially when psychology from the same exam board lets you drop approx 20 marks and still get an A.

Reply 9

Aakn

Original post by Solitude12

i got an A in Unit 1, with almost full marks and barely an E in unit 2. The thing is I did every question on that exam apart from one beforehand. I learnt the dates of every case and I had been getting straight A's throughout the year. I not only learnt everything from the book but I used so many other resources. My exam was good. People in my class got A's and U's, something doesn't add up.

Reply 10

Aakn

Original post by IWMTom

Poor teaching of that particular unit?

Same teacher for a few years, we had straight A's last year!!

Reply 11

Aakn

Original post by Tenyk

Exactly!! I wish I had known this before I took the subject up!

Reply 12

Solitude12

Original post by Aakn

Hmm, that's strange. Especially since you say everyone got A's in the 1st unit and did very badly in the 2nd. Maybe the technique you were taught to write the questions in unit 2 were at fault? Maybe the examiners only allow marks for questions with certain techniques?

Massive guess, i have literally no idea how that can occur.

Reply 13

Aakn

Original post by Solitude12

It could be, we're all sending it for a remark. Because last year everyone got A's. Something doesn't really add up.

Reply 14

Solitude12

Original post by Aakn

It could be, we're all sending it for a remark. Because last year everyone got A's. Something doesn't really add up.

Gotta say, this is the weirdest thing I've heard. To go from A's 1 year to U's the next, it's..... so weird.

Reply 15

Carly2289

Original post by Aakn

Like how can I have a really high A in one unit and then an E in one, that I thought went better. (I've never ever gotten an E before)

I have no idea, but from past experiences, I don't really trust AQA. I'd try for a remark, people have gained like 30 marks and gone up five grades in a remark before! I might be getting my law 2 paper remarked, or I might just retake

Reply 16

Aakn

Original post by Carly2289

Oh my god, thank you!!!! This gives me so much hope. I've never experienced a remark personally, I had no clue they could go up so much. Thanks!!

Reply 17

igotnomoney

I have no problem I got 3 A stars but that is so weird.. I mean the one I didn't revise I got lower marks which makes sense but I would be angry if I got lower garde in units that I revised a lot. I would have definitely sent it for remark because sometime you have to trust your work and it is worth paying 50 pound or so