Pearson Edexcel FRENCH

hello everyone

I jsut got my A2 grade for French today but im genuinely confused . I got an A in the AS and now I got an A I think ? on the A2. but im not sure if its actually an A or an A* . do I have to add the scores up to see if I got an A * ?

Your AS grade has no bearing over your A2 (or A Level) grade. If the certificate says A, then that means you achieved an A in A Level French.

Congratulations on the grade, by the way

Hey thank you for such a quick reply
I saw this on their website . is the overall grade on the side my "cash in"?
"international AS units and overall qualifications (cash-ins) are graded A to E. International A2 units are graded A to E but we publish the theoretical A* boundary. Overall International A level qualifications (cash-ins) are graded A* to E."

Apologies. I was speaking from a UK perspective.

Looking at the website, you need to achieve an A grade overall and at least 90% of the A2 UMS marks for an A*, or else you've achieved an A.

For a four-point International A Level, you need to score at least 180 UMS marks at A2 and 320 UMS marks overall to achieve an A*. This means you would need to add up the scores.

For a six-point International A Level, you need at least 270 UMS marks at A2 and 480 UMS marks overall for an A* grade.

Hope this helps.

hellooo
im doing the international advanced level
I got a 344/400 (A)on my French A2
and a 176/200 (A) on my AS

do I have an A* ? or just an A ?

You have an A grade, as that is your A2 grade. You don't add your AS grade on

I think that it's a total of both my A2 and AS grade since each are worth 200 and the entire exam is out of 400 . do you know how I can find out wether I did a "four unit a level" or jsut the normal one.

it would make the difference between an A and an A*. my school hasn't told me anything about this so im quite lost

thank you sm <3

I think that it's a total of both my A2 and AS grade since each are worth 200 and the entire exam is out of 400 . do you know how I can find out wether I did a "four unit a level" or jsut the normal one.

it would make the difference between an A and an A*. my school hasn't told me anything about this so im quite lost

thank you sm <3

I think that it's a total of both my A2 and AS grade since each are worth 200 and the entire exam is out of 400 . do you know how I can find out wether I did a "four unit a level" or jsut the normal one.

it would make the difference between an A and an A*. my school hasn't told me anything about this so im quite lost

thank you sm <3

Yes, that score out of 400 is your overall A-level score.

If your AS score is 176 and your overall is 344 then your A2 score is the difference, so 344-176=168/200. To get an A* you usually need 90% at A2, so 180, as well as 80% overall. As your A2 score isn't that high, you score an A on account of having at least 80% (320/400) overall.

nono yeye i definetly get that but my problem is that if I did do a "four part " a level then I got an A* because an overall of 320 out of 400 is an A* . but I know for a fact that if Im doing the "normal" one I need an 90%

This is an A-level that happens to be made up of four modules (not uncommon for modular A-levels in languages!). I don't see why that would move the A* boundary down from 90% UMS to 80%?

yes thats what I thought to but if it says it on their website it must be correct . now the thing is im not sure if im doing that "four part" a level or not

Can you link that bit of the website please?

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/results-certification/understanding-marks-and-grades/understanding-your-results-information-for-students/edexcel-international-advanced-level-results-explained.html


just scroll down to the fAQ "how to get an A* " 3rd bullet point

For other four-unit Edexcel International A levels you must:

score at least 320 UMS marks for your overall International Advanced Level
score at least 180 UMS marks at International A2.

Ok so as you say, the relevant bit of that FAQ is this:

You've ticked off the first bit by getting 344/400, but you haven't hit the 180 UMS at A2 (remember the A2 is only the Y13 part of the qualification, nothte overall).

As per my working in post #5, your A2 UMS was only 168, so you didn't get fulfil the second condition.

but do you think it would matter ? surely if I got the overall grade required (24 extra points) I should have an A* no?
or could they deduct point because I didnt get 180 in the A2

No, you have to meet both criteria to get the A*.