HOW DOES THE PERCENTILE SYSTEM WORK ?

[scouserlfc]

Assalam o Allaikum,

I would like to know how the percentile system works for cie o levels. :geek: :ugeek:

LETS ASSUME THAT STUDENT A GETS 140 MARKS OF THE TOTAL 150 MARKS OF A PARTICULAR SUBJECT.HE ALSO GETS THE HIGHEST MARK IN THIS SUBJECT AND NO ONE GETS MORE THAN HIM.
NOW ANOTHER STUDENT (STUDENT B ) GETS 125 MARKS IN THE SAME SUBJECT.WHAT WOULD ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTILE SYSTEM WOULD BE HIS MARKS AND THE GRADE ACCORDING TO CIE O LEVEL PERCENTILE SYSTEM? :?

ANYONE WHO ANSWERS THIS SHOULD ALSO SHOW THE WORKING LIKE HOW YOU GET THE MARKS(not necessarily required).

ANOTHER QUESTION IS A* 90 AND ABOVE,A 80 AND ABOVE,B 70 and ABOVE AND SO ON?????????????????? :roll:

THANKS.

 

[Chem_master]

the percentile system works as follows....
the one who gets the highest marks...e.g 140/150
140 is taken as 100%
and then other gradings are taken according to it..
90% and above=A*
80% and above=A
70% and above=B
so on....
in your example the one who gets a 125 is an A grader
(125/140)*100=89%

 

[scouserlfc]

Thanks really helped me ..

so lets hope that no one gets the highest marks as it will really destroy our grades

Just kidding

HOPE WE ALL GET THE HIGHEST MARKS

INSHALLAH !!

 

[26354464783]

chem master is correct

 

[killer22]

According to that system (as explained in the 2nd post), there will be ALWAYS SOMEONE out there who'll get 100%, as a result the percentile will not make any difference (((

 

[scouserlfc]

no it will for ur grade yaar it will just see if u become student B u will get an A the marks required will fall yaar try to understand this .

 

[ahmedyarh]

yar i heard k they finished the percentile in 09'

 

[Muhammad Talha]

yar i heard k they finished the percentile in 09'

No it is nt correct as the percentile system is still there....!!!!

 

[adnanj]

isn't it possible that one gets 150 out of 150

 

[scouserlfc]

can be possible but really difficult u need to know each and everything but u can get 100% by the method above

 

[HarisShahzad]

no this is a wrong concept of percentile actually, i used to have the same one. percentile is not percentage taken out from the highest marks. it is the percentage of candidates who scored a greater number of marks than you.
example
if in maths you like score 96/100 but infact 7% of all candidates score more than you, then you will get 93% grade. however if only 2% people score higher than you, your grade will be 98.
this is why in difficult papers, percentile goes low as many people score low. this helps in english and urdu but in maths, it suxs cuz many people score high.
the method that chem master told you isnt valid since there is atleast one nutcase in the world that scores extremely high even in the most difficult of papers. this would mean that most candidates are screwed

 

[scouserlfc]

i dont know man im not CIE but if u say so then i agree but whose gonna prove it we need a prove, but this will mean that ur marks wouuld be useless for ur grade % its gonna come from others this is puzzling.

 

[awaisbuttrocksCIE]

according to Cie there is no percentile system .....

 

[HarisShahzad]

ur marks do depend. if a paper is easy and everyone scores high but you score like 64/100 u r screwed

 

[HarisShahzad]

according to Cie there is no percentile system .....

percentile system is there -.-

 

[scouserlfc]

YAAR SOMEONE SHUD TELL ALL THESE PPL THAT KEEP THE RUMOURS TO UR SELF AND BELIEVE THAT THE SYSTEM IS THERE.

 

[zain786]

THIS IS WHAT I GOT FROM THE CIE WHEN I EMAILED THEM

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your email dated 3 May.

The process of grading in Cambridge O Level involves deciding the minimum mark necessary for each grade. We do not have predetermined thresholds (or quotas of candidates). After each examination series we decide the minimum marks for each threshold (grade boundaries) for each individual component. We carry out this process in order to ensure that the demands on the candidates are the same for every subject and every examination series. We are therefore unable to provide a general list of percentages required for each grade.

Please contact us if you require further assistance.

Yours sincerely

Paul Eaton

Customer Services Advisor

University of Cambridge International Examinations
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +44 (0)1223 553554
Fax : +44 (0)1223 553558

www: http://www.cie.org.uk/

 

[scouserlfc]

so percentile is used therefore u can say this and forget every previous thoughts.ANy questions >>

 

[killer22]

I agree that percentile is used. Just *how is it used* is confusing and puzzling me and many others

 

[scouserlfc]

yup same here its a little puzzling and CIE loves to puzzle us doesnt it they dont want us to know how the system work