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Accuracy of A-level mock exam grades?

Hi, For those of you who have done mock exams or similar, how accurate have they been in giving you an indication of what your actual AS grade was?

What are your experiences?

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Reply 1

jason01

2

Well as far as I know most people tend not to do very well in their mock exams, but do not worry as long as you know the majority of the material and do plenty of past papers, you should hopefully come out wit an A.
Similar questions seem to crop up every year.
I knew a kid who was predicted 4 As at AS level, but he ended up with 4 Cs, because he mainly dossed around in his lessons.

Reply 2

Happy1

14

I didnt do them, but i personally think that mock exams are pretty inaccurate for A levels. Purely because when youdo them, you wont have cov ered everything, and you'll therefore only get a grade based on your knowledge of one module. Also, the question will be different on your real paper so i wouldnt place too much emphasis on this.

The mocks will give you an idea of where you are with your grades, but t be honest they cant be too accurate! If you get an A in a mock, doesn't mean you'll get one for the real thing... you wouldnt be up to A grade standard by the time you did mocks because you wont have covered everything.

Reply 3

kellywood_5

17

I didn't do official mocks, just timed essays and past exam papers in class, and for half of my subjects they were pretty accurate, but for the other half they weren't. I always got high As in my sociology essays, which turned out to be accurate, and in past papers for French I always got As, although I got higher As in the real exams. English lit was really erratic; I got a mixture of As, Bs, Cs and even Ds in my essays and got Bs in the real exams. History was pretty inaccurate too; I always got As in unit 1 and got a B in the real exam and I always got As and Bs in Unit 2 and got a D in the real exam! I'd agree with what everyone else has said- use mocks as a guide, but don't take them as gospel.

Reply 4

Akhoza

I remember my first AS mocks the class did extremely crap first time round however after every paper we did, the marks continued to go up therefore its all practise mate. For eg for my chem mod 1 in jan last yr i got, D, then a C then a B then a low A but come the exam i got 90% an A. Class mocks will tell you whether you need to get your ass in gear, dont think you can leave revision to the last minute!!!!!!!!!

Reply 5

anon53

4

've only just started A-Levels, so I'm not the best person to comment on this. We do mock exams (based on topics we have already covered) in December and then the exams for module 1 in January. I think there is plenty of potential to improve between the mock and the real thing as it only takes into account one module and hopefully you should learn from the mistakes you make the in the mock exam. When I think back to GCSEs, my mocks weren't an accurate reflection of what I achieved in the real thing, but I'm not sure if the same principle applies for A-Levels.

Reply 6

oxfordbrooks

1

At first when you do mocks you always get low grades but in the end when you are doing mock q's every day you start getting higher marks, also you are never going to be concentrating as much as you would on the day

Reply 7

Iscariot

11

I did worse on my final exam than on my final mock exam. I got a A's and B's from my Biology mock and only a C from the real thing. I could talk about my disappointment with my Biology grade for hours, I honestly felt I deserved better than a C.

Reply 8

xemilyx

2

i did better in my mock history exam than in the actual exam (why im resitting it)

Reply 9

Hana_1987

1

in my A level mocks I got D(history), D(rs), E (english lit)or was it U..i cant remember lol..n I came out with B(history), B (english lit), C (RS) for my A levels :biggrin:

however i'm retaking the C cos I don't want a C :| n so i can hopefully transfer courses :biggrin:

I only revised for my mocks the week or was it day(?) before...hmm not a great idea! if you're ill for an A level exam or miss it, then the exam board will ask your teachers for timed papers you've done in class and look at your mock exam so it is best to revise for the mocks..

Reply 10

mizfissy815

12

Mock AS results-
Chem-A, Physics-B, Bio-B....Took math privately so...

Actual grades...
Physics- A (pretty high too)...Chem-A, Biology-A

Reply 11

FunkyIguana

I found mock exams very helpful last year, but it helps if your teacher is as critical as possible. For example, my English Literature lecturer *always* marked my essays UP to the high 18s and 19s (out of 20) when, realistically, they were worthy of 14s and 15s. My History lecturer did the opposite, never giving me higher than 25/30 in timed essays and awarding a 17 three weeks before the exams :eek:

Actual results: English Literature (261), History (300) :wink:

Reply 12

db

17

FunkyIguana

I found mock exams very helpful last year, but it helps if your teacher is as critical as possible. For example, my English Literature lecturer *always* marked my essays UP to the high 18s and 19s (out of 20) when, realistically, they were worthy of 14s and 15s. My History lecturer did the opposite, never giving me higher than 25/30 in timed essays and awarding a 17 three weeks before the exams :eek:

Actual results: English Literature (261), History (300) :wink:

My English Essays were all borderline As but in the exams they were very high As and I got 300/300 for the A2 modules

Reply 13

FunkyIguana

devilbunny

My English Essays were all borderline As but in the exams they were very high As and I got 300/300 for the A2 modules

That's fantastic! Well done :biggrin:

Reply 14

Dimez

14

The AS mocks I sat were pretty accurate to what I got at the end. I ended up getting nearly the exact same marks for some of the modules!

Reply 15

acoustic-angel

2

i got a U in my mock paper but then a A in the actual exam, so i dont trust the grades you get anymore. but they are good practice

Reply 16

Dimez

14

It ultimately depends on whether or not you actually studied for the mocks.

Reply 17

sexysax

14

I did awful in my mocks.

Music- The listening part I did rubbish on, the essays were great. I got a B overall and that is what I expected.

English - I got D's and E's for my essays and ended up with a B :biggrin:

Sociology- Couldn't do the mock exams and was expected to fail..I got a D 5 marks off a C..I was happy with that

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