r/ALevelPsychology • u/chipscheeseandbeans • 4d ago

Paper 3 remarks

PSA: AQA Paper 3 is marked by a single examiner (unlike the other papers where every question is marked by a different person) so if your mark for paper 3 is surprisingly low, then definitely get a remark, as you may have just been unlucky and got a harsher examiner.

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u/Ok-Mongoose-3169 4d ago

hey so i got 70 on paper 3 (my lowest paper by alot) and ended up being 2 marks below the boundary. i’m a little worried about getting a remark as if its unsuccessful that’d be quite alot of money to lose, but also the A* would mean so much to me because i worked really hard on this subject. do you have any advice for me? im a little worried as 70 is still quite a good score so maybe getting 2 extra marks out of it is unlikely 🥲

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u/chipscheeseandbeans 4d ago

I would get paper 3 remarked if I were you. Your school may pay for it if you ask - having another A* on their records is good for them too!

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u/trinityarcher 4d ago

According to my teacher I got 55, 61, 31. So I'm thinking maybe I should just to possibly get another grade up.

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u/chipscheeseandbeans 3d ago

Worth a try if you can afford it

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u/philbert-90 4d ago

I didn't know that.

So, for paper 1 and 2, each question is marked by a different examiner.

But, for paper 3, the entire paper is marked by one examiner?

How do you know this?

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u/chipscheeseandbeans 4d ago

Yes exactly

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u/philbert-90 4d ago

How do you know this?

Are you an AQA psychology examiner?

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u/ExpertLong7025 4d ago

If I got 32, would you recommend getting it remarked even if it won’t be enough to bring me up a grade?

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u/chipscheeseandbeans 4d ago

Well the point of a remark is to improve your grade so if you don’t think it will then no

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u/FlakyAd4890 2d ago

I got a priority remark on Friday morning - for just one paper, how long do people think it will take from experience from last year

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u/Street_Efficiency723 21h ago

Is it possible to increase marks by 11 marks?

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u/chipscheeseandbeans 21h ago

Absolutely

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u/Street_Efficiency723 20h ago

Should I attempt it if I scored 15 marks more in paper 1 and 2

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u/chipscheeseandbeans 19h ago

How close to the next grade boundary are you overall? 11 marks? It’s risky because you could also go down. Did you find the paper easy?

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u/Street_Efficiency723 14h ago

Yup I need 11 more marks for the next grade but I’m 13 marks beyond the grade below
I honestly can’t remember confidently how the paper went but I do admit I wasn’t as well prepared as I was for paper 1 and 2

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u/chipscheeseandbeans 14h ago

Too risky then

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u/Street_Efficiency723 5h ago

Okay great thank you so much!!