Percentage Uniform Marks (PUM) Explained: A Comprehensive Guide
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any one applying arabic as a first language here ???
me but y ?
need some tips i am really lost since the curve is too high for getting an A* you should get 90/100 which is way too difficult..
sara im not taking it
but my teacher used to tell me
try as much as possible to make sure u know spelling properly
like the words with hamza
hard ones
practice them
and try to summarize out loud bel logha el fos7a 🙂
good luck!
writing bel fos71 and spell words correctly! do you really look for A* ?! hey dania you are lucky for not taking Arabic as a 1st language buddy 🙂
shut up i was trying my best
no offense 🙁
its ok i meant it like a joke 🙂 hehe
i should have added one happy face to show im joking
it not that simple if ur talking about A* in Arabic as a 1st Language.
in Arabic there is nothing to learn or practice as all what we will write is two essays. but i can say the following
????? ??? ??? ??? ????? ? ??????? ???????? ???????? ? ????? ???????? ? ???? ?? ??? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ??????? ? ?????????
im a person who have learned the whole holy Quran, write poetry and very experienced in Arabic but still if A* id from 90 im not quite sure i can get it. i advice u to go to the marking sceme and see on what specifically they are looking for in your essays.
What are grade thresholds.
Basically it is,grade boundaries which shows you how many grades you need to achieve to get an A or an A*
A grade boundary is the minimum mark at which a letter grade can be achieved. For example, if the grade boundary for a B is 60 marks, then 60 is the minimum mark at which a B can be achieved. A mark of 59 would therefore be a C grade.
Reeya, they are that at what minimum mark will you score a certain grade in a component. You can check the grade thresholds for every year’s past paper. If threshold is low, it means there’s a greater range at which you can score an A. The threshold is decided by the examiners depending upon the difficulty level of the paper and how students attempted it.
So if you score 80 out of 100 it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll get an 80%
I wrote a huge amount of extra words (around 100) extra in my English language narrative writing.
Could I know the penalties for this blunder?
Thank you.
no penalty
not exactly just a mark or so wud b lost
but more like depends upon the examiner…
hey, the penalties usually depend on if your story could be ended without the extra 100 or if it needs to be finished. Most of the time examiners allow it and don’t penalize but this depends on whose marking your paper, if youll get penalized for it, it cant be above 3-5 marks
they stop reading at the extras
your makrs arent counted after exceeding word count
hi sallyy
that is only for the summery writing
i guess a small amount of marks are lost for u
not “no penalty” Fawwaz
if they did give u word limit u get penalized
but not sure how much
i hope its 1-2 marks only
now anyways
forget about it 🙂
and proceed to other exam 🙂
Well I am in Nigeria and I am writing October/November I got to know that there is no penalty for that
Maths paper 42: wow…the hardest paper ever!!!! seriously CIE ???
ICT paper 12: “is this even A PAPER ?”
Geography 12: the topic was about “population” then why you guys asked us about the LAND USE ??? SERIOUSLY CIE ? then how can we pass IGCSE this year ?
yeah… it’s true tho. Maths paper this year was so freaking hard… Why u treated us so bad CIE 🙁
was it the international math? or the 0580?
580
math was ****
even i didnt understand why they brought land use in population it made no sense
let’s not get started with that maths paper
Don’t forget bio paper 3! 🙁
what about ICT!
anyone do the international mathematics paper 41 ?? How did you feel about it?
i did paper 42 and it was very tough…how was paper 41 ?
opps, sorry, i did 0580 maths :)))
oops Edward :))
41 was very easy, probably only lost 10 marks at most. 21 as well and 61 was tooooo easy for a paper 6. I have the feeling this might be the easiest year yet. haha I feel sorry for those who did 0580 variant 2!
41 was lengthy
not easy too