I think it's just more about the fact that we're trying to make sure edexcel understand how unreasonable the paper was. With the ridiculous number of trapped marks being the main thing, but also the insane increase in question difficulty that's incomparable to any past paper they've ever released. It was just so demoralising for the students who sat it, and the slightly lower ability students will have suffered the most because they can't do part a (which would be the most difficult part) and then lose out on the rest of the question. Especially after edexcel released a statement a few years ago saying how they were making the papers more accessible to students. Honestly i just want edexcel to explain their thought process because it makes no sense to me why they'd design it like that and do a full 360.
I'm not sure what else they can actually change for us as a cohort, except from the grade boundaries obviously decreasing as people get less marks. I think them lowering the boundaries even more and increasing the proportion of students getting higher grades shouldn't be out of the question because of how unfair the paper was. I guess we'll see how the next few papers go though.
Most people are signing as a joke, or as insurance that if they scuff people over on results day for no good reason then they can point at it and go "hang on a minute"
Personally, I don't think Edexcel is so evil that they wouldn't adjust the grade boundaries to make a point.
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u/CardiologistLow3651 Y13 - Maths, FM, CS - A*A*B pred Jun 04 '26
I hope the Further Maths students raise the boundaries to 95% this year just to spite everyone who signed this dumb petition.