english literature coursework

English Literature mostly. At one uni I applied for a split degree with philosophy, and at another, English Literature with Creative Writing. How about you?

ah i applied for english too!

What uni are you hoping for? I'm not sure, but I really like York and have an offer from them.

also quick question, if i get an A in my coursework and then an A* in two of the exam papers and an A in the 3rd exam paper would that bring my grade to an overall A*?

I think I’m gonna make York my insurance and firm Cambridge

What draws you to York out of curiosity? It seems like everyone wants Durham or St Andrews secondary to Cambridge. I like York's course and campus, plus I went to their open day and everyone seemed so friendly. (I applied to Cambridge too but was rejected post-interview. Congrats on your offer, by the way!)

No. the moderated sample is used to decide if all the marking is fair - so they may mark yours down based on the fact they think the marking of other people's work is too generous without ever seeing yours. If they feel they can't get a clear view of the overall marking standard from the initial sample then they ask for more work.

Yep this happened at my school, it was felt that one piece of English coursework had been marked too high and everyone’s marks were brought down as a consequence, seems so unfair doesn’t it? I don’t think they ever made that mistake again and have been very cautious with marking from then on. I’m sure most teachers are so you’ve just got to trust they know what they’re doing and wouldn’t risk bringing all entrants grades down with poor marking on one student’s coursework.

The work would not be moderated down based on one student's work being overmarked and the reduction is not always the same across all mark ranges. They might decide that the marking at the top was much too generous and reduce that a fair bit but taper it down so the marking nearer the bottom is not changed - or the other way round.

Hi does anyone know the grade boundaries for a level english literature coursework for edexcel exam board? i know it’s out of 60 but on some of the websites it says you need 52 for an A and 58 for an A* which seems really high so i don’t know if that’s accurate? my teacher said you need 80% for an A which i calculated it to be 48 marks but i’m not sure. does anyone know how it works?