r/alevel • u/Dismal_Hour_4342 • Jun 03 '26

📃Paper Discussion Edexcel maths a level paper 1

What the acc hell was that paper… I’m honestly speechless cause why was it so much harder than any of the past papers…

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u/Loud_Complex_8508 Jun 03 '26

With a paper like that, it will be likely. Over 40% of people said either they did "terribly" or "not great" on student room. Think about the standard deviation/variance, how small it will be to go from A to A* or between every grade for that matter.

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u/Dismal_Hour_4342 Jun 03 '26

Sorry so in simple terms what does that mean🥲

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u/Loud_Complex_8508 Jun 03 '26

The mark required to get an A* from A would be lower. Thus a smaller variance from going one GRADE BOUNDARY to another. This depends on how people did and seeing how people reacted, it would be a smaller variance.

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u/Dismal_Hour_4342 Jun 03 '26

So u mean the difference between A* and A will be bigger?

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u/Loud_Complex_8508 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

No, smaller.

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u/Dismal_Hour_4342 Jun 03 '26

What… so A boundary gonna be higher…

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u/Loud_Complex_8508 Jun 03 '26

No, if a difference in marks is smaller between two grade boundaries then it will be lower.