How are IGCSE results reported? (btw look at my epic fail results)

[imsilly]

Okay..I don't know how to put this nicely but here goes:

I sat for my IGCSE test October/November 2011 and I recently got back my results.
I was in for a shock as I had 79 for bio (B),89 for maths(A),69 for Add Maths (C),87 for Business Studies(A),70 for Physics(B),78 for English(1st language)(B) and 78 for Accounting.
Basically,only 2 As.2 more marks for A for both English and Accounts while 1 mark for A for Bio.

Why is it that for Oct/Nov 2011 the grade for A for all subjects are 80?Don't they usually average it or something?
Because the previous year,my friend who sat for Oct/Nov 2010 received 6As and most of his subjects was in the 60-75 range!He took similar subjects as mine by the way.
Isn't different subjects,graded differently,for example a 65 For Business Studies could mean an A.

Could someone please verify this?

 

[Martee100]

Depends on the number of students appearing for the exam and their marks!

 

[Spirit95]

It is usually a threshold in all subjects. I wonder if the threshold was high this time... I would suggest you wait until the threshold is posted on XtremePapers and verify your marks then.

 

[Roselyn]

For eg, if a lot of students can answer very well on physics, then the threshold will be higher than the previous year. After checking all the physics papers, they will produce a graph. Then, they will look at ur physics score and plot it in the graph. At last, they will produce ur grade (A*,A....)..

 

[MindStealth]

I don't know how to explain this...
The marks you get on your results is not what you actually got, its just a percentage. This is how your grades are scored:

• All the students in the world give the exams.
• The papers are checked and marked.
• The highest marks in each paper are considered 100%.
• Then relative to the highest marks, your percentage is found out.
• The percentage on your paper is that percentage.
• A is always 80%. Its just that the value of the highest marks changes.

For example in a paper total marks are 75, the highest marks gained by any student were 71. You got lets say 63 then your percentage will be calculated like this:
(63/71)*100 = 88.7%. Now this will be listed on your results and since this is more than 80, you will get A.