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Grade boundaries come out on results day

Read these tweets from aqa: https://twitter.com/AQA/status/889793284704436224

GCSE and A level grade boundaries have always come out the day before results day, generally at midnight.
For some reason this year they come out on the day, potentially at the same time as people are picking up their results so people won't actually be able to see the grade boundaries before obtaining their results.
Am I the only one that's really irritated about this?

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Really, nobody is interested?
Yeah why bother releasing them at all then
That is rather disappointing, but then again it will probably mean I don't spent the whole day and night before wondering "did I get 45 marks here?" and "if I lost X here and but got Y here I should meet that boundary" and so on.
Heard about it on another thread a few weeks ago. Trying to understand why they'd do this
Original post by AspiringUnderdog
Read these tweets from aqa: https://twitter.com/AQA/status/889793284704436224

GCSE and A level grade boundaries have always come out the day before results day, generally at midnight.
For some reason this year they come out on the day, potentially at the same time as people are picking up their results so people won't actually be able to see the grade boundaries before obtaining their results.
Am I the only one that's really irritated about this?


Yep - I explained that here https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4826566 only teachers get early access.
Original post by PQ
Yep - I explained that here https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4826566 only teachers get early access.


Do you have a reason for this? Also would any teachers on tsr be able to share them here?
Original post by .Kekistan
That is rather disappointing, but then again it will probably mean I don't spent the whole day and night before wondering "did I get 45 marks here?" and "if I lost X here and but got Y here I should meet that boundary" and so on.


at least it's some reassurance.
Original post by AnIndianGuy
Yeah why bother releasing them at all then


exactly!
Original post by AspiringUnderdog
at least it's some reassurance.


True but I guess it is also a double edge sword - helpful if you know you have aced that grade boundary but harmful if you haven't reached the one you really wanted to.
Original post by AspiringUnderdog
Do you have a reason for this? Also would any teachers on tsr be able to share them here?


I'm sure it'll leak
Original post by teenhorrorstory
I'm sure it'll leak


but would that happen in a day?
Original post by AspiringUnderdog
Do you have a reason for this? Also would any teachers on tsr be able to share them here?


It's always been the case

Those that got posted in public were leaked by teachers/exams officers. TSR has an agreement with the exam boards not to host leaked materials (but it's possible people will share links to leaked material hosted elsewhere).
The UMS converter for AQA is available the day before.
Original post by PQ
Yep - I explained that here https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4826566 only teachers get early access.


Original post by PQ
It's always been the case

Those that got posted in public were leaked by teachers/exams officers. TSR has an agreement with the exam boards not to host leaked materials (but it's possible people will share links to leaked material hosted elsewhere).


That's definitely not always been the case; for the last three years (and almost certainly for many years before that too) exam boards have published grade boundaries on their public websites by 9am on the Wednesday.

If AQA are publishing on results day this year than that is a change in policy.
Original post by PQ
It's always been the case

Those that got posted in public were leaked by teachers/exams officers. TSR has an agreement with the exam boards not to host leaked materials (but it's possible people will share links to leaked material hosted elsewhere).


Just curious but how are these agreements made do you know?
Original post by RussianQuestion
The UMS converter for AQA is available the day before.


Do you know if that is the case this year?
Original post by AspiringUnderdog
Read these tweets from aqa: https://twitter.com/AQA/status/889793284704436224

GCSE and A level grade boundaries have always come out the day before results day, generally at midnight.
For some reason this year they come out on the day, potentially at the same time as people are picking up their results so people won't actually be able to see the grade boundaries before obtaining their results.
Am I the only one that's really irritated about this?


OMG REALLY! IM FREAKING OUT!!! do you think they will be released at midnightt then or no????
cant u ask teachers for them by email?
that's only AQA though?
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I'm so annoyed about this!! I had a day to prepare and go through the boundaries and compare them to other similar papers, and think back to how my exams went - it usually made me feel a bit more confident going into the next day, but I guess I'll just have to be a nervous wreck this year... why have they done this?

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