Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0653 Combined Science June 2013 Grade Thresholds

COMBINED SCIENCE
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0653 (Combined Science) in the May/June 2013 examination.

maximum mark available Component 11 Component 12 Component 13 Component 21 Component 22 Component 23 Component 31 Component 32 Component 33 Component 4 Component 51 Component 52 Component 53 Component 61 Component 62 Component 63 40 40 40 80 80 80 80 80 80 48 30 30 30 60 60 60

minimum mark required for grade: A 31 29 31 42 42 42 42 24 21 24 38 36 36 C 22 20 22 35 35 35 23 21 23 32 19 15 19 26 23 23 E 17 15 17 24 24 24 17 15 17 22 14 11 14 18 14 14 F 15 13 15 18 18 18 13 11 13 18 11 8 11 13 10 10

The threshold (minimum mark) for B is set halfway between those for Grades A and C. The threshold (minimum mark) for D is set halfway between those for Grades C and E. The threshold (minimum mark) for G is set as many marks below the F threshold as the E threshold is above it. Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component. The thresholds for the syllabus are determined first by adding together the thresholds for the components taken by the candidate. A reduction may be made at the higher grades depending on the correlation of the papers. If the maximum raw marks for the components are not in the weighting/relationship specified in the syllabus, a weighting is applied to arrive at the overall thresholds. The A* threshold is calculated using the difference between A and B as a starting point. The maximum total mark for this syllabus is 200. The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Option AX

Combination of components 04, 11, 31

A* 155

A 133

B 111

C 89

D 77

E 65

F 54

G 43

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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0653 Combined Science June 2013 Grade Thresholds Option AY BX BY BZ CX CY CZ EX EY FX FY FZ GX GY GZ Combination of components 04, 12, 32 11, 31, 51 12, 32, 52 13, 33, 53 11, 31, 61 12, 32, 62 13, 33, 63 04, 11, 21 04, 12, 22 11, 21, 51 12, 22, 52 13, 23, 53 11, 21, 61 12, 22, 62 13, 23, 63 A* 153 152 147 152 145 143 145 A 130 130 123 130 123 119 122 B 107 108 99 108 101 95 99 C 83 87 76 87 79 72 77 104 101 102 94 102 94 89 92 D 72 76 66 76 69 61 66 89 86 88 80 88 81 75 78 E 60 66 56 66 59 51 56 74 71 74 67 74 68 62 65 F 48 54 44 54 48 40 46 60 57 60 53 60 54 49 52 G 36 42 32 42 37 29 36 46 43 46 39 46 40 36 39

Grade Thresholds are published for all GCE A/AS and IGCSE subjects where a corresponding mark scheme is available.

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