What do you think was the E4 cutoff for Maths Ext 2?? (1 Viewer)

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Pwnage101 said:
MX1 or MX2?

if its MX2 its gotta be out of 100
oh wait, sorry. it was intended for mx1.

for mx2, 60-65% would be close to 90
 

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lyounamu said:
oh wait, sorry. it was intended for mx1.

for mx2, 60-65% would be close to 90
even though it was about this in 2008, the cutoff isn't usually this low. a lot of people found this year's paper abnormally hard (including me). i'd say historically, the cutoff has been more like 70-75%.
 

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sirfeathers said:
even though it was about this in 2008, the cutoff isn't usually this low. a lot of people found this year's paper abnormally hard (including me). i'd say historically, the cutoff has been more like 70-75%.
You know the one thing that I still don't understand about the system is that why does the Board of Studies align marks? I understand why they scale and moderate them, but I can't see any apt reason for aligning marks. No offense to anyone who got a mark beyond their expectations, but aligning is just like giving marks to people who don't deserve them.
 

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Dragonmaster262 said:
You know the one thing that I still don't understand about the system is that why does the Board of Studies align marks? I understand why they scale and moderate them, but I can't see any apt reason for aligning marks. No offense to anyone who got a mark beyond their expectations, but aligning is just like giving marks to people who don't deserve them.
probably for band 6/5/4/3/2/1 purposes, so you supposedly know wat standards u achieved.
 

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Dragonmaster262 said:
You know the one thing that I still don't understand about the system is that why does the Board of Studies align marks? I understand why they scale and moderate them, but I can't see any apt reason for aligning marks. No offense to anyone who got a mark beyond their expectations, but aligning is just like giving marks to people who don't deserve them.
The aligning process is designed so that no one is advanataged or disadvantaged from having a harder/easier exam compared to other years. In other words it tries to ensure that marks are somewhat comparable between different years.
 

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Trebla said:
The aligning process is designed so that no one is advanataged or disadvantaged from having a harder/easier exam compared to other years. In other words it tries to ensure that marks are somewhat comparable between different years.
Okay, thanks for answering that.
 

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110/120 would be, i think, 97 at least
 

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any estimate raws for what a 96 aligned would be?
 

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dp624 said:
maybe 100?
well guess thats my aim then 100 haha
sounds pretty good when parents ask you,
"them: what you get in maths?"
"100"
"wow 100/100 well done!"
"yeah i got that" :rolleyes:
 

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clintmyster said:
well guess thats my aim then 100 haha
sounds pretty good when parents ask you,
"them: what you get in maths?"
"100"
"wow 100/100 well done!"
"yeah i got that" :rolleyes:
You never get to know your raw marks though.
 

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lyounamu said:
You never get to know your raw marks though.
yeah, oh mai bad then the story doesnt work LOL

meh im still aiming for 96 aligned then
 

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