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#1 Ally

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Posted 02 October 2004 - 07:09 PM

The P.A Report has been published for the Higher Chemistry 2004 exam:

Principal Accessor Report - Higher Chemistry

The grade boundries have been published for higher chemistry 2005:

A(1): 86%
A(2): 77%
B: 62%
C: 48%
D: 41%

2004:

A - 75%
B - 60%
C - 45%
D - 37%

2003:

A: 76%
B: 62%
C: 49%

2002:

A: 77%
B: 62%
C: 47%

Edited by Ally, 13 May 2006 - 08:07 PM.

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Posted 18 March 2005 - 02:49 PM

God if thats what the pass % are for Chemi then I'm so gonna fail! sad.gif

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Posted 18 March 2005 - 04:25 PM

thats actually quite low - 45% for a pass is lower than it is in most subjects
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Posted 18 March 2005 - 05:15 PM

They're not too bad - it's just the A % which is higher than 'normal'. smile.gif
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Posted 23 March 2005 - 12:08 PM

Yeah but i'm failing Chemistry n i'm resittin it next year! sad.gif

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Posted 24 March 2005 - 08:31 PM

QUOTE
ally Posted Mar 18 2005, 05:15 PM
  They're not too bad - it's just the A % which is higher than 'normal'. 




what is the percentage needed for an A 'normally' then? unsure.gif

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Posted 24 March 2005 - 09:07 PM

QUOTE(a*r @ Mar 24 2005, 08:31 PM)
what is the percentage needed for an A 'normally' then? unsure.gif

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Usually around 70%. But for chemistry specifically - around 75-80%.
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Posted 24 March 2005 - 09:21 PM

ohmy.gif - you said before the required percentage for an A was higher than normal, but if normal's 75-80% then surely it isn't?
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Posted 24 March 2005 - 10:02 PM

QUOTE(bred2k4 @ Mar 24 2005, 09:21 PM)
ohmy.gif - you said before the required percentage for an A was higher than normal, but if normal's 75-80% then surely it isn't?

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Sorry, I don't understand? unsure.gif
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Posted 24 March 2005 - 10:09 PM

Sorry, I was a little confused myself you see.
You said the grade boundary for an "A" last year was 75%. Then you said "it's just the A % which is higher than 'normal'." However, it seemed to me a contradiction when you said "Usually around 75-80%" in response to the question "what is the percentage normally needed for an "A"?"
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Posted 24 March 2005 - 10:21 PM

QUOTE(bred2k4 @ Mar 24 2005, 10:09 PM)
Sorry, I was a little confused myself you see.
You said the grade boundary for an "A" last year was 75%. Then you said "it's just the A % which is higher than 'normal'." However, it seemed to me a contradiction when you said "Usually around 75-80%" in response to the question "what is the percentage normally needed for an "A"?"

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Yeah sorry didn't make myself clear. When I said 'higher than normal' I was comparing it with the standard A mark which is 70%.
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Posted 24 March 2005 - 11:33 PM

i got the same story from my chem teracher the thing is though the average mark for an A over the last 10 years or whatever if i remember isn't that far away from the normal.

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 09:08 PM

I hope the B stays at 60% this year, really want to get a B, the only problems I am having with mole calculations and multiple choice standard grade.

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 09:14 PM

I hope so too!
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Posted 20 April 2005 - 10:11 PM

Bloody hell! I'm never gonna get into uni if 75% is what I need for an A. sad.gif

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Posted 20 April 2005 - 10:45 PM

Sorry, but sometimes has a cut off mark whch is even higher than that, although in 2004 it was reduced substantially as people didn't do very well with that paper.
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Posted 26 May 2005 - 08:18 PM

2003:

A: 76%
B: 62%
C: 49%

2002:

A: 77%
B: 62%
C: 47%
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 08:58 PM

Why the hell did they make it harder to get an 'A' in Chemi when it's already like, the hardest science? DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE????? mad.gif

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As long as I pass, I'm not going to redo it, but I really want a B+ ... well, good luck everyone! wink.gif

P.s It's 75% for Bio,. too, isn't it?
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Posted 31 May 2005 - 03:12 PM

Any predictions for this year? Compared to other subjects I really think Chemistry is quite unfair.

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Posted 31 May 2005 - 03:15 PM

I think the ground boundaries for Chemistry are usually quite high anyway. They seem to like it having them fairly high, considering it's supposed to be the 2nd hardest Higher.
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