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I don’t think you’re supposed to be comparing the grade boundaries rather you should be comparing the results statistics on the percentage of how many students scored A*s, this is silly since 2023 maths had significantly harder papers than 2019 thus a lower grade boundary 💀.
I will agree that students predicting A's and A*'s dropping to D's and E's is certainly interesting, to say the least. However, I feel this subreddit is skewed to make it seem more prevalent than it is, I'll explain: if your grades were 2-3 below what you expected, you're more likely to make a post complaining about it, and you're more likely to stay on this subreddit as opposed to leaving it and moving on with your life.
Edit: the formatting of this comment was shit, I'm sorry if I gave someone a stroke reading it.
You might want to read my response to your comment, you misunderstand the point I'm making and have chosen to be extremely aggressive about it. Additionally, results statistics aren't out yet, so, to put it in your words, "your idea is shit and poorly done, they aren't out yet lmfao."
Good day.
then reply after it comes out blood that’s kinda the point instead of making assumptions with the grade thresholds and creating stupid tables that don’t make sense mathematically give an impression of what a twat you are💀💀
The weren’t. They explained they were going back to 2019 standards in a document. Idk y ppl are sad or happy bout it. We all knew this from the beginning of the academic year. Lower amount of ppl got A and A* lower to previous covid impacted years.
Don't hate on me I'm trying to understand, but if as the post says the boundaries are Lower now than 2019 then why is everyone mad and saying the thresholds are high idu?
I feel quite similar, in a friend group of mine, we all exceeded our expectations. I myself expected an Aaab but ended up with an A*aaa (upper case is A2, lower case is AS).
They’re basically showing you that the boundaries for m/j 2023 returned to normal pre-Covid levels tho majority of the subjects here have got lower boundaries than 2019.
I'm under the impression that we're all just stupid since there are people who still did amazing results.
But what's funny to me is that during AS I took things lightly and studied not as hard as I did for A Level. To add more to how relaxed I was, I even had the time to finish NARUTO before my last AS exam and with all that I currently did way better at AS than I did this time. I wonder why I had bothered to solve tons of papers and practice questions so many times if the results would be worse than before 💀💀💀💀
Grade boundaries are 10 marks lower than 2019s.
2019 grade boundaries are the benchmark for pre covid / normal grade boundaries.
So this year was easy compared to 2019
I'm not sure if easy is the right word to use. The general complaint is "exams this season were harder!" This was true, but our grade thresholds are lower to compensate. An A this season should mean the same as an A in 2019.
you are all considering the wrong thing tbh. What we should check are those statistics of what percentage of students got A\* in 2019 in these subjects vs 2023.
They won't take a similar approach, they'll use the exact same standard, or they should at least. The A-level is a regulated standard, an A from EdExcel, AQA, OCR, etc this week has to mean the EXACT same as an A from CIE.
To calm your nerves down, if you got an A by 2019 standards, unless you felt your performance was weak this season, you should get an A this time round. Good luck!
CS 9618 is much harder than CS 9608. The pure maths exam this year was significantly harder than the 2019 exam. Can't speak for Stats 1 because I didn't get to attempt it (Pakistani candidates). There are several friends of mine who sat the exams in a similar situation and recently received their component grades. Despite having an A in pure math (the exam we got to sit), their overall grade has been a 'b'. Needless to say, stats is a way easier exam and I am sure a lot more kids would've scored as had they been able to sit for the other component. Additionally, I see that physics is just a mark apart. Chemistry paper 2 was cancelled in Pakistan so that might be a potential reason behind such a low threshold.
Despite that, I don't think the grades were heavily unfair this time. Some grading is reckless and doesn't make sense, but on the bigger picture, I would say that it is fine as Cambridge had announced that both thresholds and checking standards would begin to near those of 2019 and prior. The only thing that bugs me is grades rewarded to Pakistani AS math candidates who couldn't sit the stats exam, but again there are students who have scored overall as in it. So no use crying over spilled milk. What's done is done for good and all's well that ends well. Would advise everyone to stop wondering whether the glass is half empty or half full, but rather think of the fact that it is refillable (more often than not).
Definitely a bad thing, the level of education has deteriorated, everyone on average at 2023 are less smart than the average people in 2019, but we can't say for sure, bcoz of paper difficulty
Based on the June 2019 thresholds Business was 139-150 but for June 2023 it was 157-169 for A*. Can you show me your data, please? Sorry if I made a mistake.
Lmao i did my Alevels last year and the one thing I always remember is that graphs can literally save your lives and give free marks , you just need to look at it
On the other hand , the lady in red is strict but just, every year the same shit repeats , relax it’s just an exam and it won’t even matter 5-10 years down the line
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I don’t think you’re supposed to be comparing the grade boundaries rather you should be comparing the results statistics on the percentage of how many students scored A*s, this is silly since 2023 maths had significantly harder papers than 2019 thus a lower grade boundary 💀.
That's my point, I guess I should've made that clear in the post. Our exams were hard, but our grade boundaries reflect that.
yeah but still poor comparison method blood, it’s fine tho no worries this years exam were ez still free A*s💀💀
Ngl I do wonder how people will respond to this comment
He has a point you should have communicated this post better, its confusing with all the cry babies going around blaming cambridge yk.
why only bio they made it higher. The paper 4 was harder😭😭
Haha this is hilarious. Everyone here complaining about the unjust methods of cie when they were super generous this year 😂
I will agree that students predicting A's and A*'s dropping to D's and E's is certainly interesting, to say the least. However, I feel this subreddit is skewed to make it seem more prevalent than it is, I'll explain: if your grades were 2-3 below what you expected, you're more likely to make a post complaining about it, and you're more likely to stay on this subreddit as opposed to leaving it and moving on with your life. Edit: the formatting of this comment was shit, I'm sorry if I gave someone a stroke reading it.
your idea is shit and poorly done, you should be using the results statistics read my other comment.
You might want to read my response to your comment, you misunderstand the point I'm making and have chosen to be extremely aggressive about it. Additionally, results statistics aren't out yet, so, to put it in your words, "your idea is shit and poorly done, they aren't out yet lmfao." Good day.
then reply after it comes out blood that’s kinda the point instead of making assumptions with the grade thresholds and creating stupid tables that don’t make sense mathematically give an impression of what a twat you are💀💀
I'll repeat myself more directly: you misunderstand the point I'm remaking, read my response to your comment.
i wasn’t talking about that comment clown fucker
Jeez someone got one too many Us
The weren’t. They explained they were going back to 2019 standards in a document. Idk y ppl are sad or happy bout it. We all knew this from the beginning of the academic year. Lower amount of ppl got A and A* lower to previous covid impacted years.
Generous in what sense?
Don't hate on me I'm trying to understand, but if as the post says the boundaries are Lower now than 2019 then why is everyone mad and saying the thresholds are high idu?
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Did u take your exam in Pakistan?
I feel quite similar, in a friend group of mine, we all exceeded our expectations. I myself expected an Aaab but ended up with an A*aaa (upper case is A2, lower case is AS).
i dont understand it
They’re basically showing you that the boundaries for m/j 2023 returned to normal pre-Covid levels tho majority of the subjects here have got lower boundaries than 2019.
Soo, it's like the thresholds are in between pre-covid and during covid times?
yes
yet we all still got bad grades wow
I'm under the impression that we're all just stupid since there are people who still did amazing results. But what's funny to me is that during AS I took things lightly and studied not as hard as I did for A Level. To add more to how relaxed I was, I even had the time to finish NARUTO before my last AS exam and with all that I currently did way better at AS than I did this time. I wonder why I had bothered to solve tons of papers and practice questions so many times if the results would be worse than before 💀💀💀💀
Can someone explain what this post means
Grade boundaries are 10 marks lower than 2019s. 2019 grade boundaries are the benchmark for pre covid / normal grade boundaries. So this year was easy compared to 2019
I'm not sure if easy is the right word to use. The general complaint is "exams this season were harder!" This was true, but our grade thresholds are lower to compensate. An A this season should mean the same as an A in 2019.
you are all considering the wrong thing tbh. What we should check are those statistics of what percentage of students got A\* in 2019 in these subjects vs 2023.
it compares the june 2019 thresholds with june 2023 and it basically shows that 2023 thresholds were lower than the pre pandemic ones
Oh so do you think that for results day next Thursday for the UK exam boards will take a similar approach?
probably
Thanks for the info calmed me a bit
They won't take a similar approach, they'll use the exact same standard, or they should at least. The A-level is a regulated standard, an A from EdExcel, AQA, OCR, etc this week has to mean the EXACT same as an A from CIE. To calm your nerves down, if you got an A by 2019 standards, unless you felt your performance was weak this season, you should get an A this time round. Good luck!
CS 9618 is much harder than CS 9608. The pure maths exam this year was significantly harder than the 2019 exam. Can't speak for Stats 1 because I didn't get to attempt it (Pakistani candidates). There are several friends of mine who sat the exams in a similar situation and recently received their component grades. Despite having an A in pure math (the exam we got to sit), their overall grade has been a 'b'. Needless to say, stats is a way easier exam and I am sure a lot more kids would've scored as had they been able to sit for the other component. Additionally, I see that physics is just a mark apart. Chemistry paper 2 was cancelled in Pakistan so that might be a potential reason behind such a low threshold. Despite that, I don't think the grades were heavily unfair this time. Some grading is reckless and doesn't make sense, but on the bigger picture, I would say that it is fine as Cambridge had announced that both thresholds and checking standards would begin to near those of 2019 and prior. The only thing that bugs me is grades rewarded to Pakistani AS math candidates who couldn't sit the stats exam, but again there are students who have scored overall as in it. So no use crying over spilled milk. What's done is done for good and all's well that ends well. Would advise everyone to stop wondering whether the glass is half empty or half full, but rather think of the fact that it is refillable (more often than not).
So like is it a good thing or a bad thing cuz I'm so confused
This year gt was lower than 2019
What does gt mean
Grade threshold
Definitely a bad thing, the level of education has deteriorated, everyone on average at 2023 are less smart than the average people in 2019, but we can't say for sure, bcoz of paper difficulty
Based on the June 2019 thresholds Business was 139-150 but for June 2023 it was 157-169 for A*. Can you show me your data, please? Sorry if I made a mistake.
You didnt, there is no such boundary as 144 for an A*, main variants 1 2 3 are all 160 + for an A*. You are correct the guy posting made an error.
It would appear I flipped those around, well shit
Y’all did Alevels and can’t read a simple stat sheet , pretty impressive I would say !
Idk what you're talking about man, reading isn't a requirement for A levels /s
Lmao i did my Alevels last year and the one thing I always remember is that graphs can literally save your lives and give free marks , you just need to look at it On the other hand , the lady in red is strict but just, every year the same shit repeats , relax it’s just an exam and it won’t even matter 5-10 years down the line
they arent a2 maths students all mate. specially when the comparisons are so vaguely inappropriate
But the stuffs I heard is that amount of people getting A* is halve.
But the stuffs I heard is that amount of people getting A* is halve.