The Student Room Group
Reply 1
oilcan
When your marks are scaled and come to something like 75.5% for example, will they round that to 76% or round it down to 75% or just leave it?


I'd say they#'d round up.
Reply 2
round up im sure, because on a silly modular science exam ocr last yr, i got 150/150, when im fairly sure i cudnt have got everything right lol
it depends what board it is but ocr round down
Reply 4
I was going to say, it probably depends on the board.
Reply 5
Do the results certificates actually say a % for each part of the course? Because if they didnt they'd be no need to round. Even if it was .5 of the next grade up. Obviously still wasnt good enough for next grade up :p:
well i did rs last yeah and my certificate gave u ur mark out of 210 and what an a was ie 170 or somethin. they dont work on percentages at all
Reply 7
llanberismecca
well i did rs last yeah and my certificate gave u ur mark out of 210 and what an a was ie 170 or somethin. they dont work on percentages at all


That's intetresting - I wasn't aware of that. Do you know which exam board this was with?
well i think that was edexel but i think its the same for all gcses. they just add up all the marks and then there are boundaries within the total marks
Reply 9
llanberismecca
well i did rs last yeah and my certificate gave u ur mark out of 210 and what an a was ie 170 or somethin. they dont work on percentages at all


I didnt think so, bit pointless considering all they're doing is counting up the marks. If they wanted to work out the percentages for each mark out of whatever then they could if they wanted to be picky, and if schools wanted to call up the exam boards and ask the'd need to have a percentage at hand.
what do u mean?
Reply 11
All they're doing is counting up the marks for each individual candidate right, and they dont put percentages on your certificates. In front of the examiners they have grade boundaries created by the chief examiner, they dont need percentages but if school want to find out the percentages they will ask for them. The exam board probably work out %s anyway but they arent need in the marking of your exams
WHAT MOST EXAMININ BOARDS DO IS THAT THEY GET THE HIGHEST MARK FROM THE COUNTRY OR SMT N THEY WUD MAKE THAT FULL MARKS N EVERYTHIN UNDERNEATH THAT MARK IS SCALED DWN

E.G
best score in country is 145/150.....
they wud change that to UMS marks 600 outta 600
so people who didnt actually get nearly full marks actally think they did cos their UMS marks are really high
:smile:
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Reply 13
Did your capslock get stuck? :frown:
markus u shut up....MUCH LOVE