Offers/rejection Thread

[Rippy]

Got an offer.

[Hawkeye91]

I got an offer too! Yay!

[Foxyhan_13]

Hey! Anyone else got an offer from Peterhouse?x

[Undulipodium]

Just worked out that I need the grades ACC this year to average A*AA overall. That is a lot of pressure off my back! A*AA at first seems very daunting!

You surely need 90% in at least one? So it's more like A*CC?

I'm in a similar situation.

A*AA offer from G&C

[charliewarlie00098]

I got rejected from Christ's College.
Although I never really expected to get in...

[magpie7]

You surely need 90% in at least one? So it's more like A*CC?

99% UMS from AS-Level Mathematics.
So I need 81% UMS from A2-Level to average the 90% overall needed for an A*. (And yes, I phoned the exam board and it works like that >.<)

And then 81% is an A-Grade.

Same with other two A-Levels. Got 96% in AS-Level, so need 64% in A2-Level to average the 80% UMS needed for an A-Grade.

[moe2k7]

99% UMS from AS-Level Mathematics.
So I need 81% UMS from A2-Level to average the 90% overall needed for an A*. (And yes, I phoned the exam board and it works like that >.<)

And then 81% is an A-Grade.

Same with other two A-Levels. Got 96% in AS-Level, so need 64% in A2-Level to average the 80% UMS needed for an A-Grade.

I haven't confirmed it officially but isn't an A* = A overall in AS & 90%+ in A2.
Just curious becuase the way you've stated it 540/600 is an A* ???
(If that's the case then I have 2A* at A level )

[magpie7]

I haven't confirmed it officially but isn't an A* = A overall in AS & 90%+ in A2.
Just curious becuase the way you've stated it 540/600 is an A* ???
(If that's the case then I have 2A* at A level )

Yes, but also the questions get harder (apparently)... With "Stretch and Challenge" questions being introduced this year (although I was flamed for saying this before xD Just phone up OCR.)

So to get an A* you need 90% UMS overall, with the "Stretch and Challenge" questions also being included in your course. (They wanted 90%+ to be harder to get than it is now... They don't want a load of people getting the A* grade... That defeats the point of introducing it!)

[Rippy]

99% UMS from AS-Level Mathematics.
So I need 81% UMS from A2-Level to average the 90% overall needed for an A*. (And yes, I phoned the exam board and it works like that >.<)

And then 81% is an A-Grade.

Same with other two A-Levels. Got 96% in AS-Level, so need 64% in A2-Level to average the 80% UMS needed for an A-Grade.

The specifications published by the examboards say it doesn't work like that. I'd play it safe and aim to get over 90% in your exams this year.

(I think it's more likely a person working at the phonedesk at the examboard got it wrong, than the specifications published by the people who actually set the papers and know how it all works etc)

[DLS]

A* is 80% overall with 90% in the A2 units. With maths the only A2 units that count are C3 and C4, so its 180/200 for those two