[Poll] Edexcel Further Maths Overall Grade Boundaries 2019 A-level

Emailed my teacher asking for direct grade boundary predictions. His response-

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"Hi,


That's a good question, and not one I can easily answer at all!


I have only looked in detail at the Pure papers, and thought they were reasonable, in terms of level of difficulty, but time-consuming (I spoke to one of your classmates on Friday, who I'd expect to get an A*, but they didn't finish).


I am used to (roughly) 90% for an A*, and 80% for an A (those are the only boundaries you need to be concerned with) - I cannot believe they'll be that high this summer, but can't predict with confidence what they'll be.


How do you think you got on? Please try not to worry over the summer."
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Make of that what you will, though all I make of it is A* < 270 and A < 240

There's no way 30% of the cohort scored anywhere near 270.

Well, I think I got 228 with no method marks and 232 if they would give me some. Effed up FM1 losing 25 marks in one go! I reduced myself 20 marks more, for things that I don’t know I did wrong, on a scale of 5 marks for each component, I got 208. I know I’ll surely get a B but could that be an A?
*I did CIE for other subjects and it’s like 230 out of 250 for A* in Single Maths and 195 out of 200 in FM, so I’m not quite used to Edexcel.

Well, I think I got 228 with no method marks and 232 if they would give me some. Effed up FM1 losing 25 marks in one go! I reduced myself 20 marks more, for things that I don’t know I did wrong, on a scale of 5 marks for each component, I got 208. I know I’ll surely get a B but could that be an A?
*I did CIE for other subjects and it’s like 230 out of 250 for A* in Single Maths and 195 out of 200 in FM, so I’m not quite used to Edexcel.

228 will be an A as 205 will be the boundary in my opinion. You should be fine. Might not be an A*, but an A.

What do you think the A* boundary will be?

Well, I think I got 228 with no method marks and 232 if they would give me some. Effed up FM1 losing 25 marks in one go! I reduced myself 20 marks more, for things that I don’t know I did wrong, on a scale of 5 marks for each component, I got 208. I know I’ll surely get a B but could that be an A?
*I did CIE for other subjects and it’s like 230 out of 250 for A* in Single Maths and 195 out of 200 in FM, so I’m not quite used to Edexcel.

I did something really bad in cp1 losing 8 marks in one go, and something similar again in fm1 losing 15 marks lol (in addition to other mistakes). I'm sure enough people make annoying silly mistakes for you to get away with it. I'm on exactly the same mark as you and I'm hoping for an A

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What did you do in cp1? You could be credited for any incorrect working through method and ECF marks so I would say you won’t have lost all 8 marks if you were on the right lines.

Which modules?

D1 + FM1. The other class in my college did FS1 + D1. My college thinks the boundaries for these options two will be almost identical

D1 + FM1. The other class in my college did FS1 + D1. My college thinks the boundaries for these options two will be almost identical

Are you sure? Many people have said they were caught out in FS1.

FM1 had a somewhat unpleasant 9 mark question in the middle that I'm sure threw a lot off too, and that's a lot of marks to lose if you don't at least use the right method

FS1 had four potential "catch-outs". 2-3/4 definitely caught me out.

Fair enough, fm1 was decent other than that one question. Idk how many marks I lost in it tbh. I didn't get the answer although my method was valid, I just couldn't get through the algebra.
Could be anything from 0/9 if they don't like my method (defo wasn't the method they intended us to use, but I've confirmed it was a valid method. Idk how they treat valid methods that aren't on the mark scheme)
To perhaps 4/9 if they're OK with my method as I did get decently far through the Q