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What if i get full marks on my coursework?

I am currently doing OCR A-Level History.
Hypothetically, If i were to get 100%, or 85%+ on my history coursework, how well would I have to do to get an A overall??

There are four units in the specification:

Unit 1: 25% of A-level
Unit 2: 15% of A-level
Unit 3: 40% of A-level
CW : 20% of A-level

Reply 1

Kevin De Bruyne

Original post by EnchantedPizza

You need 80% of the overall UMS marks.

If you get 100% of the 20% then you need 60% from the other 80%.

Let's say you get 60% in Unit 1, 90% in Unit 2 and 80% in Unit 3.

Then you got 60% of 25 which is 15, 90% of 15 which is 13.5 and 80% of 40% which is 32, so in total you got 15 + 13.5 + 32 + 20 = 80.5.

Hopefully this calculation shows you that it's almost meaningless to try and answer your question, only that if you get 85 or more in your CW then you're on track to do wel.

The only time this calculation has some kind of sf if I acne is when you only have 1 Unit left to do... but ultimately I wouldn't bother calculating it as you have to do your best either way.