a level chemistry paper 1 2024

i sat chem paper 1 (AQA) on the 10th of june and i genuinely think i did rrly badly (chem is always a hit or miss for me) and i just didn't read the questions properly during the exam to point where i think i just got a D on that paper alone, does anyone know how the weighings of each paper work? ik that the weighings for paper 1 and 2 are 35% each and paper 3 is 30%, so lets say i got like 20 marks, worst case scenario, how much would i have to get in paper 2 and 3 to get minimum a B? thanks for your help in advance

Reply 1

UtterlyUseless69

No one can say for certain where the grade boundaries will lie.

In a typical year, a B is usually around 170 and so you’d need to get at least 150 marks across papers 2 and 3 (i.e something like 81/105 on paper 2 and 69/90 on paper 3 if your scores across both are roughly consistent) if you have got 20/105 on paper 1.

Try not to think about paper 1 - you have no idea how well you have actually done and so any estimates of how many marks you need to get are likely to be off. Besides, you may be vastly underestimating how well paper 1 went.

Reply 2

ciao50276

Original post by UtterlyUseless69

No one can say for certain where the grade boundaries will lie.
In a typical year, a B is usually around 170 and so you’d need to get at least 150 marks across papers 2 and 3 (i.e something like 81/105 on paper 2 and 69/90 on paper 3 if your scores across both are roughly consistent) if you have got 20/105 on paper 1.
Try not to think about paper 1 - you have no idea how well you have actually done and so any estimates of how many marks you need to get are likely to be off. Besides, you may be vastly underestimating how well paper 1 went.

ah literally bless you (for your response and not making me feel worse) 🥲 im doing my best to smash paper 2 and 3 and hopefully ill be able to get that grade.