The Bard Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Regarding steps up: I've found the step from A level to university far greater than the one from GCSE to A level. I mean, even if I poured my entire soul into a university exam I'd probably get less than 80%. It's probably different according to the university you go to though, right? Cambridge are proper slave drivers, or so I've heard.
jayseven Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Well us normal plebs probably find it just as hard to get 80% at a regular, mortal university as grunchie does in fantasyland. Damn you! *cries*
ipaul Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Regarding steps up: I've found the step from A level to university far greater than the one from GCSE to A level. I mean, even if I poured my entire soul into a university exam I'd probably get less than 80%. See I've heard the opposite of that from a few people. Hope I get into a good uni first though!
Tellyn Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Got my science result from January yesterday: A. And I got a C in my maths mock earlier this week, which made me happy.
Slaggis Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 I got my AS results for Geography today, I got what I needed. So many people were crying because they failed Biology!
ipaul Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 I've heard of alot of people failing their Biology as well. Doesn't bode great next year for me really =/ Ah well. I shall just have to try and remember the textbook =P
Rowan Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Currently in the middle of GCSEs. Last years science grade was an A. I got my grade back for my Additional Science in Chemistry which is also an A. My ISA coursework was full marks so I am 50% of the way to getting A/A* in the summer. Yesterday I got my marks for last years ICT (Edexcel Dida) and that too was an A. Overall pleased with my results so far.
chairdriver Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Chemistry / Physics GCSE coursework was a joke. (Not a positive joke, a negative joke) The teacher basically told us what we had to write to get full marks. No scientific expertise was needed at all. And the fact that I helped a friend write a section of his coursework (ie. I wrote it for him) is really flawed. If I were on the exam board, I'd scrap coursework altogether, since it doesn't actually demonstrate how competetant someone is at said subject at all.
spirited away Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Wahey. 3 A*'s for GCSE January sceince modules and a B in the first half of CT AS. 100% in Biology B2 means I only need 70% in B3 to get an A* Good stuff!
nightwolf Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 GCSE's have changed so much and I only took them two years ago, all these different subjects people can take now =[. Bleh. In the end I only revised for maths, because I've always been rubbish at it (god knows how I got onto games programming for uni then..) english I find easy but could have got a better mark if I'd put some effort in, the same with art and textiles.
Intensity Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 In the end I only revised for maths, because I've always been rubbish at it . Co Signs. I was more happy with the C I got in Maths, then the A* I got in English.
Paj! Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 And the fact that I helped a friend write a section of his coursework (ie. I wrote it for him) is really flawed. *smiles gleefully, having passed Chemistry GCSE, due to the coursework he got help to do*
Guest Stefkov Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Co Signs. I was more happy with the C I got in Maths, then the A* I got in English. I'm with you. I got a B in maths which I was really happy about. I got A's in english but English was so easy it was nothing to be happy about.
Raining_again Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 I always found English to be really difficult all through high school =( I was getting major fails until i started gcse's and thanks to a good teacher managed to pull it up to a C. (with a lot of bloody work at that) I did intermediate modules and coursework for maths but still managed to pull off an A after the higher exam...and i didn't study. >_>
The Bard Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Co Signs. I was more happy with the C I got in Maths, then the A* I got in English. Hmm. Same. I got a C in maths, but that's probably because I went to approximately 3 lessons that term. Woo. It gives my results some personality, can't be having all A's .
Zell Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Got my January module results yesterday, and I am super pleased. Especially with getting 98% in C4. Now I only need Bs in the summer to get As overall.
MoogleViper Posted March 9, 2008 Posted March 9, 2008 Maths - A* Science - AA Geography - A English Lit - A English Lang - B Graphics - B Media - B Statistics - B IT - C IT was a complete joke. We had a shit media teacher. And we had two weeks of statistics lessons. The rest were just down to me not doing any of my coursework. Got out january As level results on wednesday. In business and C1 maths I got a B and 2 marks off of an A. I didn't do a single bit of revision. It's not that big of a step up from GCSE.
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