UMS and marks conversions?

diamond1998

Hi!
Just wanted to ask you that when the grade boundaries for a gcse exam are lowered for an a*, does that mean the UMS will also lower and you may still get 100 UMS? You see, I don't see the point in lowering the grade boundaries is the UMS conversion will be exactly the same as before.
Thanks to anyone who can answer

Reply 1

Kitty-meaw

Original post by diamond1998

Yh, good point, but if an A* is lowered and you just hit that grade boundary it would be nicer to put on your application cv you got an A* rather than an A, if the grade boundary was higher. :smile:

Reply 2

bencs25

If the grade boundaries are lowered, the UMS conversions will still correspond like they usually do; getting an A* will get you 90 (or 100 if you get a high A*), A gets you 80, B gets you 70, etc...