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What do you expect to get?

Started by Ally, May 21 2004 04:31 PM

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Poll: What do you expect to get based on your performance in the exam? (28 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you expect to get based on your performance in the exam?

  1. A (17 votes [60.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 60.71%

  2. B (6 votes [21.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  3. C (3 votes [10.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.71%

  4. D (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  5. Fail (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

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#1 Ally

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Posted 21 May 2004 - 04:31 PM

Just another poll about what grades you think you'll get.

I think today didn't go bad at all. I feel the past few years have been quite easy, with 2000 and the Winter Diet 2002 Paper (not really a real exam!) being the exception
There were a few tricky questions but apart from that they seemed like Unit NAB questions! (OK maybe a bit too far)
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 04:41 PM

Im going to say a C, Iv went through what i think iv done right and its came out as a B,but I don't think that can be right since Maths is my worst subject! Plus I don't want to say I think iv done well then I fail,that would just upset me more! Im one of those people who would rather not be confident,just incase! tongue.gif

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Posted 21 May 2004 - 05:13 PM

Yeah, todays paper was very simple I thought.

Bar that one question in the non calc with the value of cos DEA or whatever then I was confident about the rest of the questions, even the 8 marker at the end of paper 2 was fairly simple for the end of a paper! biggrin.gif

Really pleased, I go so far to say that was an A.


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Posted 21 May 2004 - 05:47 PM

I'll be cautious and go for a B. With any luck I'll have an A, even my teacher said I deserve it! Hope everyone gets what they need and deserve. smile.gif
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 06:15 PM

My teacher said that I should get an A or B [even though I got a D in the pre-lim :/]

I'm hoping for a C, but I'd like to fulfil my teachers expectations [not very likely]

I think you should all pray that I pass.
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 06:33 PM

i'm very pleased with the exam there is only 5 marks at the most where i have lost or am unsure about marks and with 1 mark being less than 1% its all good tongue.gif

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Posted 21 May 2004 - 07:11 PM

Do you think the boudaries will be moved up this year?

I think they will - quite a few people who failed their prelim in our year seemed like they were on the way to getting A's.

I honestly think I maybe lost at the most like about 15-20 marks which would probably give me an A band 1. A possible improvement (although quite a small one) over my prelim - I got somewhere like about 82%.

Although I have to admit the Marking Schemes seem to be really strict on your working. You can get the right answer and if your workings not perfect only gain like 2 marks for a 5 mark question.
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 09:31 PM

It's gonna come up as a B I reckon for me. I'm quite gutted, as I messed up a couple of questions I should have had full marks in. Really wanted a B, but it's just not possible now really.

Can anyone tell me the boundaries for the past couple of years exams?

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Posted 21 May 2004 - 09:40 PM

Allan said on another thread "If i've worked it out right:

C - 46%
B - 61%
A - 75%
Upper A - 85%" for last year.
Please vote for me! (Brendan Howard, 5th from bottom, only 1 vote required): http://answers.polld...m/poll/2330393/

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Posted 21 May 2004 - 09:57 PM

QUOTE (bred2k4 @ May 21 2004, 09:40 PM)
Allan said on another thread "If i've worked it out right:

C - 46%
B - 61%
A - 75%
Upper A - 85%" for last year.

Didn't realise an A would be so high. Whatever happened to the simple 50, 60 and 70%? An A is completely out of the picture now, and I'm very dissapointed. Some of the questions I messed up are very easy(although I still cant do Question 10 of Paper 1!)

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Posted 21 May 2004 - 11:14 PM

Comparing this poll with the English 1, it seems more people feel they have done better in Maths than English although the numbers weren't balanced.

It would be quite interesting to see what the overall vote is for the polls...
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Posted 22 May 2004 - 09:24 AM

well i got 52% in my prelim and i'm sure i did better in the exam
think if i'm lucky i'll get a B, if not it'd better be a strong C

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 11:29 AM

Well I would think I dropped probably 12marks in paper 1
And about 4 or 5 in paper 2.

Plus you can drop about 30, and still get an A I would think...since the pass mark ain't ever gonna be much higher than 76/77%!

So Say I've dropped 17 - can still drop a fair few in the working say...should be sound enough for an A rolleyes.gif

And even my english teacher said my essays sounded fine rolleyes.gif so this has been a good few days.

Edited by sparky, 22 May 2004 - 11:30 AM.

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 12:08 PM

The SQA comments about last years cut offs were these:

"The pass mark remained the same as the examination was deemed equivalent at the C-interface as the
previous year. The increase in the marks required for an A and a B reflected the slight easing of the
questions designated to target the prospective B-grade and A-grade candidates."
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Posted 01 June 2004 - 02:54 PM

i thought it was more difficult than last year except the last question in last year.

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Posted 03 June 2004 - 12:24 AM

I'm causiously optimistic, I think I may have managed an A.

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Posted 29 November 2004 - 04:43 PM

[I][FONT=Geneva][SIZE=7][COLOR=purple]Yeah, todays exam was very simple , and me teacher told that i deserve an A but i do'nt know whate shall i do with my afraid, i hope to get rid of this ,so i take B rolleyes.gif

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Posted 29 November 2004 - 04:48 PM

Hmmm... I think you're a couple of months too late. rolleyes.gif
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