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Reply 1
fred0202
I know it is a bit late but is still interesting.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/aqa-gce-bound-1E04.pdf


an A for biology module 4 was 63%
i got 74/90 UMS points, so i got 65% on that exam
very confusing, im sure i scored a minumum of 80% in that exam.

an A for biology module 3 was 65%
i got 105/120 UMS points for that which means i scored 71% on that exam
again, confusing, im sure i scored about 95% on that exam.
Reply 2
fred0202
I know it is a bit late but is still interesting.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/aqa-gce-bound-1E04.pdf


how does the scaled mark work?is the maximum scaled mark the maximum mark you can get?
Reply 3
Is it possible to see the OCR ones?
hello, forgive my ignorance or pure stupidity,



but how does this grade boundry publication work?


i checked a module i did in January - Eng. Lit LTB2 and it's out of 105 marks and i'd like to figure out my grade by use of this thing ...lol....


too bad their is no explanation as to what the max. scaled mark is.
That's chatcrap:
ECN6 was out of 90 and I got 63, which should here be A and not B...
And I reckon I'm owed more than 78 and 83 for M1 and S1 respectively...
Reply 6
TheWolf
how does the scaled mark work?is the maximum scaled mark the maximum mark you can get?



the maximum scaled mark is the maximum mark that the paper was out of
the A grade boundary gets you 72/90 or 96/120 or 84/105

e.g

accounting 1 - max 80

A = 69/80 = 86% (probably because it was an easy exam)
the 69/90 on the paper would get you 72/90 UMS marks..which is 80%
Reply 7
XTinaA
That's chatcrap:
ECN6 was out of 90 and I got 63, which should here be A and not B...
And I reckon I'm owed more than 78 and 83 for M1 and S1 respectively...


u got 63 UMS marks..not raw marks.
Reply 8
XTinaA
That's chatcrap:
ECN6 was out of 90 and I got 63, which should here be A and not B...
And I reckon I'm owed more than 78 and 83 for M1 and S1 respectively...


63/90 = 70% = right on a B

looking at scale mark for a B - 48/100 = 48%

so 48% on the paper got you 70% UMS points..(which suggests it was a solid exam)
ShOcKzZ
63/90 = 70% = right on a B

looking at scale mark for a B - 48/100 = 48%

so 48% on the paper got you 70% UMS points..(which suggests it was a solid exam)


You're saying I only got 48% (hence 48 marks) in the exam? But I thought I smacked it!!! All that revision, for fuck's sake...
Reply 10
ahh i know how this works now,does anyone know whether edexcel have this grade boundary thing?
Reply 11
What does the max scaled mark mean?
Reply 12
AQA seems the most internet friendly board (apart from edexcel putting the results on-line) so I doubt OCR or edexcel would have the boundaries on their websites.
fred0202
AQA seems the most internet friendly board (apart from edexcel putting the results on-line) so I doubt OCR or edexcel would have the boundaries on their websites.


I would really like to know the grade boundaries for OCR. I heard some very...interesting news related to the Biology A2 results on Thursday...i'm feeling v. guilty and unsure about the two A grades i recieved.
Reply 14
2776
What does the max scaled mark mean?


It is the maximum number of raw marks you can get on a paper.
Reply 15
lol, some of those boundaries are soooo low.

Computing Unit 3: an A is 35/65!
Reply 16
llama boy
lol, some of those boundaries are soooo low.

Computing Unit 3: an A is 35/65!


There are worse ones

Physics PHB5 52/100 is an A, I took this paper last year and it was very,very diffucult.
Reply 17
fred0202
There are worse ones

Physics PHB5 52/100 is an A, I took this paper last year and it was very,very difficult.
well if it is difficult then it is justified in being low.

i can assure you that particular computing exam wasn't difficult in the slightest.
Reply 18
fred0202
I know it is a bit late but is still interesting.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/aqa-gce-bound-1E04.pdf

lol, I shouldn't have read this....takes away any sense of pride that I got full UMS marks on 2 AQA papers
ShOcKzZ
an A for biology module 4 was 63%
i got 74/90 UMS points, so i got 65% on that exam
very confusing, im sure i scored a minumum of 80% in that exam.


Same here mate. In the exam I thought I spanked it. The boundaries seem quite low! AQA deserve some credit for being internet friendly, but I'm not sure if it's a good thing, them being very open.