What happens if I get an A in paper 1 but an A* in paper 2?

In the chemistry paper 1 aqa igcse exam today I think I got an A but I was aiming for an A*. Do you think I can get an A* overall if I do good in paper 2? Does anyone know how they determine an overall grade because if you search for grade boundaries they are always for individual papers? Thanks

Reply 1

Kevin De Bruyne

Original post by swhiukdhkwhxk

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4402-W-SP-14.PDF

You can find the spec there which shows you the weighting between units.

I think each component is worth 25% so you can't just look at paper 1 and paper 2 but yes, if you got A*A*AA then you could get an A* depending on how it averages.

Reply 2

Halzy1234

You could either get an A or A* so that's calm.

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Reply 3

weekendkid

It really depends on the exact marks. If you have a really high A and a high A* you'll likely get an A*, but if you're just scraping boundaries it'll likely average down.

Best of luck xxx