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  1. Rashu712

    Is this true? - CIE now releases total marks or percentage earned to students/teachers?

    I finished my IGCSEs in 2011, back then no marks were specified in online results. Recently someone told me that she got 89 in a subject, her teacher told her. Apparently teachers receive their marks As far as I know, Results are confidential and centres may know of the grades, but are they...
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    I do not understand which grade I have gotten in C1 and C2!

    So I got my results in my online account, and I had this. So are these my "RAW" marks or the "UM" marks? Then I looked at the Unit Grade Boundaries here: Unit Grade Boundaries January 2012 Now I don;t understand if these were my raw marks or UMS marks, because either way they don't...
  3. Rashu712

    New to Edexcel A Levels. Can I take my A Level exams (1.5y)

    I finished Cambridge IGCSE examinations in June and got 5 A*s and 3 As.The structure of papers there were simple an if I compare those to A Levels, I end up getting lost. The rules don't seem clear, not to mention the subjects are way harder now. So I started off studying a little late and I...
  4. Rashu712

    Biology Classification doubt: Is this an insect?

    Is this an insect? Sorry about the bad drawing. But to me it looks like it has chelicerae and a pair of simple eyes, but has 3 pairs of legs. I am confused.
  5. Rashu712

    How many A*s Required To Receive a Special Certificate?

    Some of the ex senior students at my school each year received a Gold Medal and a Special Certificate from CIE for scoring about 5-7 A*s I think. I don't exactly remember. I couldn't find any info about it on the CIE Website. Do you guys know anything about it? Also some of them received a...
  6. Rashu712

    Biology: Why does dry mass of a germinating seed decrease?

    According to the Marking Scheme, the Answer is A. Which means the dry mass decreases first and then increases. Why does this happen? May/June 2007 Session - Biology Paper 1
  7. Rashu712

    Can you explain the procedures for the A Level exams?

    I am doing my IGCSEs and I have no idea how A Level exams are carried out and prepared for. I plan to take Mathematics and Physics next year for A Levels, in a year's time. How many papers are usually there and when and how are the exams taken? I heard that there are staged examinations...how...
  8. Rashu712

    Can the invigilator stop my further examinations?

    I am a student registered as an IGCSE Candidate for May/June 2011 session. We had a Biology Paper 3 exam today which had a duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes. The invigilators use an analogue wall clock to time the ongoing examination. I use my Digital Watch's built in Stopwatch feature to...
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    Biology Paper 62:What were the "Improvements" in experiment?

    In Biology ATP Second Variant, we had a question on 4 improvement suggestions for the experiment of finding the concentration of Vitamin C. I wrote these because I had nothing else come across my mind at that time. 1. Repeat the experiment for more accuracy. 2. Maintain a constant temperature...
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    Guys, are you sure the Sequence Question was CORRECT in Math

    This was the question about Sequence in Paper 4 and a friend of mine who used to be a math teacher says that the question is WRONG. Because if you solve for the first 2 or 3 diagrams, a and b's value only satisfies the conditions for maximum 3rd diagram. From 4th diagram and onwards, the...
  11. Rashu712

    What was the minimum mark required for A* last year in Math?

    I have finished the Paper 4 today...the paper did seem easier than the past papers but I couldn't answer all of them. The final questions were about 8 marks in total, on sequences, and there was an algebra question for 3 marks...I left those. I think I'll lose about 10 marks from Paper 2. :(...
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