Grade thresholds – March 2019

Cambridge International AS & A Level Chemistry (9701)

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 9701 (Chemistry) in the March 2019 examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark A B C D E
available
Component 12 40 27 23 19 15 12
Component 22 60 41 35 31 26 21
Component 33 40 25 23 19 16 13
Component 42 100 58 51 44 36 28
Component 52 30 23 21 19 16 13

Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component.

The maximum total mark for this syllabus, after weighting has been applied, is 260 for A Level and 130 for
AS Level.

The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Combination of
Option A* A B C D E
Components
AY1 12, 22, 33, 42, 52 189 168 147 126 105 84
BY1 42, 52, 85 196 175 154 130 107 84
BY2 42, 52, 88 196 174 152 129 106 83
CY1 42, 52, 95 192 169 146 125 104 83
CY2 42, 52, 98 191 168 145 124 103 82
EV 42, 52, 75 188 170 152 132 112 92
S3 12, 22, 33 – 87 75 64 53 43

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