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Started by verticalforce, May 15 2007 11:34 AM

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Poll: Grades you are hoping to get? (55 member(s) have cast votes)

What Grades?

  1. A - you little Einsteins! (18 votes [32.73%])

    Percentage of vote: 32.73%

  2. B - (11 votes [20.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.00%

  3. C - (10 votes [18.18%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.18%

  4. D - have some more confidence! (4 votes [7.27%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.27%

  5. I'd definitely fail this (9 votes [16.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.36%

  6. Undecided (3 votes [5.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.45%

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#41 babeasc

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 02:21 PM

QUOTE(neilgravir @ May 15 2007, 03:14 PM) View Post
At least 56/60 in paper 1 smile.gif
Messed up question 6 - did all the factorising and stuff but then managed to say that cos x=0 at 0 and 360 mad.gif Hopefully I'll get some marks for the working anyway.


I made this mistake too! tongue.gif
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#42 Allan_r_123

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 02:22 PM

pfft - i'd give anything for a b

I'll be lucky to scrape a C

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 02:31 PM

Last years pass marks...
2006:

A - 78% (101/130)
B - 64% (83/130)
C - 51% (66/130)
D - 44% (57/130)

Do the mark for an A not seem REALLY high? Almost 10% above the norm?
This year, I can see it being much lower.
I got a B in my prelim, and I think I've got about at total of 48/60 and 40/70, so 88/130 which wouldve been a good B last year. I think that it'll still be about a B this year, because if the pass mark is lowered to about 73% then thats still 94 marks.

What do the rest of you think the grade boundaries are likely to be?
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Posted 15 May 2007 - 02:33 PM

QUOTE(babeasc @ May 15 2007, 03:31 PM) View Post
Last years pass marks...
2006:

A - 78% (101/130)
B - 64% (83/130)
C - 51% (66/130)
D - 44% (57/130)

Do the mark for an A not seem REALLY high? Almost 10% above the norm?
This year, I can see it being much lower.
I got a B in my prelim, and I think I've got about at total of 48/60 and 40/70, so 88/130 which wouldve been a good B last year. I think that it'll still be about a B this year, because if the pass mark is lowered to about 73% then thats still 94 marks.

What do the rest of you think the grade boundaries are likely to be?


yep I was looking at this earlier - 101/130 is crazily high to me. Goin thru this years I think Im lucky if Ive got 90/130 so unlikely the pass mark will go that low - oh well hope I get a B.

#45 Allan_r_123

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 02:34 PM

Last year it was so high simply because the exam was so easy - this year it's much harder and it'll be refelcted on everyone's results so the pass marks will be loewered I think...

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 02:42 PM

so if, for example an A came down to about 73%, would this push down a C to 46???

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 02:49 PM

Well it isn't often as simple as that, but yeh - if it was found to be as hard over the whole region and a lot of people have done as bad as we say, lol, then the pass mark should me dramatically lower... If the pass mark for one grade is lower - the rest also is lower...

Just like last year the paper was easier - so the mark for a C was higher, likewise that of a B or A.

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:03 PM

Paper Two solutions out. Got full marks ohmy.gif

http://www.invergordon.highland.sch.uk/dep...p2solutions.pdf
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#49 Allan_r_123

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:07 PM

rofl i presume that was sarcasm... tongue.gif

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:09 PM

Let us hope that not everyone is like buckminsterfullerene or or the pass mark will actually increase... hehe... congrats!

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:10 PM

I'm undecided in whether he was being sarcastic or not tongue.gif but hope he was! I kid I kid tongue.gif I messed up a good few questions.. so I must have lost over 10 marks i think sad.gif

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:11 PM

Haha if he got full marks in that... there was something fishy going on! tongue.gif

Lmao I think I've got about 2 marks xD

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:14 PM

lost at least 30 marks there - not feelin 2 good - hopefully get a B - thats all i need!!

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:18 PM

I got 30- being generous ;lol;

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 03:29 PM

I feel like shit now lol

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 04:00 PM

I pray that it is lowered so I can actually get a C tongue.gif

Paper one: Easy although I mucked up a few questions I believe (stupid polynomials dry.gif)

Paper two: Done first page really easy, turned over the page and thought I was in hell.

I'm not even going to look at the solutions as after the exam I came home, had a wee cry and fell asleep for 3 hours tongue.gif

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 04:13 PM

omfg.
i wish i hadn't looked at those solutions now..
i got one question in that whole paper. Anyone know how many marksquestion 8 was worth?

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 04:16 PM

in paper 2 it is worth 4 marks or are you meaning paper 1?

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 04:17 PM

QUOTE(Indie_Cindy @ May 15 2007, 05:13 PM) View Post
omfg.
i wish i hadn't looked at those solutions now..
i got one question in that whole paper. Anyone know how many marksquestion 8 was worth?


Question 8 in paper 2 was worth 4 marks. In paper one is was worth 9 marks altogether.

I'm sure you will pick up marks here and there wink.gif

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 04:25 PM

It was paper 2, thanks. I hope i do, but sqa better seriously lower their grade boundries, probably wont happen but no harm in hoping.
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