I think you need a low C actually. Low C = 74 UMS which when added to 190 and 56 = 320 UMS which is an A.
Lets hope so, I've been stressing out big time, and theres a reason I'm not doing maths haha! Somehow I find myself still doing chemistry...damn you chemistryyyyyy!
OK, it's the UMS marks you need to calculate grades (Raw marks are used to convert to UMS and then forgotten)
There are 400 UMS marks max for the 2 years: Unit 1 - 140, Unit 2 - 60, Unit 3 - 120, Unit 4A/B - 80.
For an A, you need 320 (80%), B 280 (70%), C 240 (60%), etc. If you want an A* you need 320 over all 4 units, with a minimum of 180 (90%) from A2 Units 3 and 4A/B.
Example: You have UMS results for 3 units, Unit 1 - 124, Unit 2 - 42, Unit 4A - 66, Total for 3 units = 232. To get an A, you need 320 - 232 = 88 out of 120 from Unit 3. This is about 74% UMS, which will probably be somewhere in the region of 60-70% Raw in the exam.
Remember, it's possible to get an A* overall, even if you only got a C at AS. In Unit 3 in January 2013, 78% Raw would have got you 120 UMS (100%)!!!
thought you needed an A at AS and 90% average at A2 to get an A*?
also has anyone noticed by looking at past papers the ten mark question is nearly always about regeneration
Oh god I hope it won't be this time! I always mess my case studies up for those. Btw, if a question asked us about reurbanisation, do we need to include all the regeneration stuff for that or is it separate?
Ok im kinda confused, for my volcano case studies im using montserrat and mt st helens
the total cost of the montserrat eruption in 1997 was estimated to be about 1billion pounds whereas the the total cost of the eruption of the mt st helens eruption in the 1980s was estimated to be 1.1billion US $, how come the cost of the montserrat eruption was higher? i thought the economic impact is often higher in MEDCs compared to LEDcs?
someone help me clarify this, thanks
You could also infer that the lower cost in the Mt St Helens was due to good management - eg. USGS scientists issued warnings to people living in the area. This is compared to Montserrat, where there was no disaster management plan/scientists gave little attention. However, the main argument is that Montserrat caused heavy damage to Plymouth (the capital city), in which key infrastructure was destroyed.
Does anyone know any responses to climate change that have been successful and significant? I'm finding it difficult to produce a balanced answer for "to what extent have the responses to global climate change been successful?" thank you
on the tectonics essay, is it a bad idea answering the question case study by case study??
Yes, too segmented. Generally you want to have three focuses (three main points) and then a conclusion. If you go case study by case study, your points are too spread out subsequently come across weakly. If they're grouped together it makes your argument a lot more powerful, and it's impressive that you can integrate facts into your arguments rather than simply writing down facts and commenting on them
Yes, too segmented. Generally you want to have three focuses (three main points) and then a conclusion. If you go case study by case study, your points are too spread out subsequently come across weakly. If they're grouped together it makes your argument a lot more powerful, and it's impressive that you can integrate facts into your arguments rather than simply writing down facts and commenting on them
Can someone be an absolute legend and give me a decent structure for the essay? I literally have no idea how to organise it. I'll be doing World Cities or Development and Globalisation if that helps.
Does anybody have any idea what could come up in tectonics section A or a list of what has come up in the last few years?
I wouldn't know as I'm going to avoid tectonics at all costs but I'd avoid second guessing the paper. Be prepared for everything, there's nothing worse than trying to predict a paper and getting it all wrong and everything you didn't revise because it was on last years paper comes up.
I wouldn't know as I'm going to avoid tectonics at all costs but I'd avoid second guessing the paper. Be prepared for everything, there's nothing worse than trying to predict a paper and getting it all wrong and everything you didn't revise because it was on last years paper comes up.
I have to do tectonics! Jan 13 and Jun 12 both were about volcanicity, they won't do it for three papers in a row will they? Surely not...
as long as it's not a disaster I am just hoping for a B overall - I need 44% in this exam :P so I think that will be fine! although I don't know why everything has gone blank!