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AQA grade boundaries

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DollyPlastic · 16/08/2018 11:44

Can anyone help please? DD didn't do great in her A level Psychology and it says she's got 150 marks which is an E.

I can't find any grade boundaries for this exam so no idea if she's close to the boundaries or not. I'm not necessarily after a remark (don't think they exist anymore) but she's wanting to know how close she was.

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DollyPlastic · 17/08/2018 12:09

Pretty shocking breakdown.

Paper 1 35
Paper 2 26
Paper 3 42

Apart from one 16 marker she messed up she actually thought they had gone ok Confused

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TheFallenMadonna · 17/08/2018 09:01

I marked it and it's definitely worth a shot I think. What is the paper breakdown?

Myusername2015 · 17/08/2018 08:42

I’d go for the remark; I’m an examiner and also look at appeals (for another subject) and frankly the quality of marking is patchy at best between examiners. I moved one candidate from a D to an A last year. Clearly that’s very extreme but one mark off a D I don’t think you’ve got anything to lose by getting it rechecked.

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DollyPlastic · 17/08/2018 08:35

I've looked at the forms and it says they don't do a remark, just check that the marker applied the mark scheme correctly.

Is it worth getting that done do you think? It's £45 per paper and there's three papers.

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BlessYourCottonSocks · 16/08/2018 18:31

You can still get a re-mark in AQA History, certainly. (Teacher here). I would recommend going for it if she is that close.

Somewhereovertheroad · 16/08/2018 15:25

@DollyPlastic as far as I Know you can still get a remark with AQA. Both Ds and Dd have had a grade move up with remarks.

I think it's definitely worth it if one grade would make a difference. Your Ds seems very close to a D

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DollyPlastic · 16/08/2018 13:05

Thank you, I've spoken to the school. She got 103 raw marks.

So close!

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xyzandabc · 16/08/2018 11:57

I agree with physics. If it's the 7182 specification, a C is 132 and a B is 161.

An E would be 104 or less

physicskate · 16/08/2018 11:54

Pretty sure she didn't get 150 marks. 150 out of the possible 288 marks on the new reformed a level was a solid c grade, according to aqa's grade boundaries spreadsheet for psychology...

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