Grade boundaries for Edexcel Economics

Hi guys, I was just wondering what the grade boundaries are for edexcel economics. The marks are in UMS and out of 90 (apart from Unit 3 which is 120)
Thanks

Reply 1

Becreate

72 UMS was an A. (out of 90 paper).

Not sure about the other grades.

Reply 2

supersam7

thanks.. i need to know b and c boundaries as well :frown:

Reply 3

joybelle

On the UMS sheet we got today, it said
A = 72
B = 63
C = 54
D = 45
E = 36

Reply 4

supersam7

lifesaver, thanks, i didnt get one!
I take it thats for all exam boards if the mark is out of 90 UMS?

Reply 5

MikeRoss4

overall, is an A 240/300 and 480/600. Ive reading this but then i realised in edexcel economics in the papers and A is about 68%-70% so im just very confused atm, any1 shed some light on this???

Reply 6

XENOCIDE

68-70% raw mark gets upgraded to an 80% ums. .

Reply 7

sass.ss

Hey since you guys all seem to be doing edex econ - anyone have unit 5a or unit 6 papers?

Reply 8

nicangeli

There is a unit 6 paper under June 05 > economics

http://eiewebvip.edexcel.org.uk/pastpapers/

Reply 9

sass.ss

cheers nicangeli

I hate edexcel - its so difficult getting hold of past papers! anyone else got any others

Reply 10

ostinato.soul

sass.ss

cheers nicangeli

I hate edexcel - its so difficult getting hold of past papers! anyone else got any others

i had a thread where i uploaded some past papers...

i'm confused by these raw marks thing because Unit 1 is out of 60 - 40 for multiple choice and 20 for data response