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UMS Confusion!

I was browsing past grade boundaries after I was told that a raw mark of 68% or so on Edexcel economics was high enough for an A.

I went to invetsigate this and discovered that 25/40 in Unit last summer was enough for an A.

Yet minimum UMS score for an A = 80%

Please correct me if I am wrong but...

25/40 is scaled up to 80/100 in UMS marks?

Thanks.
Reply 1
Yeah because the UMS mark is scaled and a comparision of the actual mark against how well everyone else did.
Reply 2
Roberto Tomato
I was browsing past grade boundaries after I was told that a raw mark of 68% or so on Edexcel economics was high enough for an A.

I went to invetsigate this and discovered that 25/40 in Unit last summer was enough for an A.

Yet minimum UMS score for an A = 80%

Please correct me if I am wrong but...

25/40 is scaled up to 80/100 in UMS marks?

Thanks.


yes, economics a-level is not overly challenging:rolleyes:
some even get over-scaled so some people end up with over 100%!:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Reply 4
motoroller
some even get over-scaled so some people end up with over 100%!:rolleyes: :rolleyes:


What?!!!
Is this true?!
Reply 5
:biggrin: Sounds like a fun syllabus:p:
Reply 6
How cool is that:p: Just the sort of physics paper I need - one where you can spit out all the random rubbish you know:rolleyes:

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