GCSE/A-Level Results Day!

[lemons]

How are you feeling about GCSE/A-Level results day?


I get my GCSE results on the 22nd August and I'm not feeling that worried that I'll fail them but still quite nervous I won't be able to do my preferred A-level choices:rolleyes::Embarrassed:


Come back on results day and let everyone know how you did :)

[MKR&*42]

Crap, especially for my law result ;s. I had to resit the first exam cause I did so poor and then I ballsed up the second one because I forgot the definition of 2 terms cry.

Sociology should be good for me, but philosophy just yeah no comment.

[Jurv]

i don't even know what day i'm supposed to be getting them but i guess it's the same for every1

i'm dreading it so much though lmao i know for a fact i'm gonna be pissed when i get them back but w.e

[Zelda]

I'm really dreading my results tbh, especially for music and for chemistry. Probably most worried about mechanics 1 for maths though cuase of the last paper in that and cause I need such ridiculously high UMS in Maths :(

[Cerys]

I get mine on the 22nd August.

Quite nervous as I'm getting my 'main' gcse results back. (Maths, English, Science) as well as Law and Product Design!!

Ofc I have another year to improve maths+english but still.. ;s

gl everyone

[Circadia]

If I balls up it doesn't matter THAT much because I'm already guaranteed a place in Sixth Form if non of the grade boundaries were increased on the results I've already got back, if they were lowered then I'll be jumping for joy, but I'd prefer to get decent results then **** results
I'm worried about French and Music that's about it

[geo]

i'm seriously worried. i'm lucky i've already got my maths and my english lit exam paper results but i'm not sure what my overall english grade will be. i know i really ****** up in a lot of the exams.

get them on the 22nd of august

[dbgtz]

I genuinely believe I may have buggered up my exams to the extent I won't get the grades I need. Hopefully I haven't as I can't stand another year in this hell hole LOL. I'll be staying up until late to see if I get my grades & if I do, I shall be applying for my accommodation immediately.

[Mr-Trainor]

Omg results day :'(. Mine is 15th August I think. I need AAB to go to uni - guaranteed ABB but I definitely didn't get an A in maths (thanks to Edexcels hard replacement papers :L) so all down to Economics :(.

[Munex]

Not worried a single bit, but still have some nervousness -- not sure why. I think it's excitement. I haven't considered failing because I don't think it'll happen to me, but if I do fail, I'd be in for a nasty surprise.

[Ardemax]

Forgot about results day ~ yay /s.

I'm away for the 15th so I get to have a phone call off my mum, who will be disappointed however well they go haha.

Most nervous for C2 and PH1. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

[lemons]

the only thing I think I failed is statistics gcse :)

[JACKTARD]

Feeling gr8 cos i won't be getting results and ill be sunning it up on ma hols.

I've gone through my pain, enjoy peasants xxxxx

[Shar]

I do not envy you guys. Hope you get the grades you're expecting/uni of your choice

[lemons]

19 days ahh

[Yupt]

The more I think about it the more I worry tbh. I just try not to think about it lmao.

I don't need exactly *high* grades, but i'm also not a great student so it's still just as challenging.

[lemons]

scottish people got their results today i wanna know how i didddddd

[Samantha.]

Oh wow, I remember my results day for both GCSE and A Level! I was so scared for both of them as I thought I did really bad but turns out I did a lot better than I thought and got into my chosen uni.

Good luck to you all and I hope you all get the results you want/need :)

[lemons]

3 days until AS and A2 results and 10 days until GCSE!

[MKR&*42]

I'm now ******** AS results as I'm reconsidering continuing Sociology to A2 :s

[lemons]

i am so excited

[AgnesIO]

GCSE results were awful, AS Levels were very good...

... nervous as anyone for this Thursday :L

[Mr-Trainor]

So scared for these :/. One of my friends got an email from his uni today saying that he has got in, so did the unis get our results today?

[Chippiewill]

Unis do get them a bit earlier to go through them, I don't think they're meant to tell people if they got in or not before thursday though.

[Circadia]

I'm really nervous for my Drama, Music and Stats results omg
Its gone so quick from my last exam to now jfoiredwsa

[noddy]

Can't wait for Thursday, not worried about my results as I'm already taking a gap year and can retake as necessary and am going out that night yay

[davecool656]

I have to wait till the 22nd august to get my results :O

[lemons]

I have to wait till the 22nd august to get my results :O

me too i am so excited and worried

[davecool656]

me too i am so excited and worried

I am excited and scared

[Chug!]

*REMOVED*. It's Thursday!

Edited by Matts (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't avoid the filter!

[davecool656]

Good luck to everyone who is getting their results on Thursday :) :)

[ToyTruck]

Hope you guys get the results you're looking for. Good luck.

[Yupt]

not. enjoying. the. wait.

[lemons]

HOW EXCITING AHHHHHHHH I'm most worried about english and really wanna get an A in french and an A* in geography

[Mr-Trainor]

Anyone know if we can actually see the grade boundaries for Edexcel yet? They came out today and one of my teachers emailed about grade boundaries for C3 but I can't find the rest on their website :(.

[dbgtz]

I'm guessing UCAS will crash at midnight?

[lemons]

goodluck for tomorrow peeps

[Kardan]

I'm guessing UCAS will crash at midnight?

Probably, even though results don't come out until the morning, and not at midnight.

[MKR&*42]

Anyone know if we can actually see the grade boundaries for Edexcel yet? They came out today and one of my teachers emailed about grade boundaries for C3 but I can't find the rest on their website :(.

http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/Documents/GCE%20Composite%201306%20v2.pdf

[lemons]

Anyone know if we can actually see the grade boundaries for Edexcel yet? They came out today and one of my teachers emailed about grade boundaries for C3 but I can't find the rest on their website :(.

Not sure if this will give you what you're looking for!

Grade boundaries for all boards~~

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2312329

[Rozi]

Just got a phone call telling me that I didn't get halls for Brighton uni, but I'm so confused because I don't actually know if I've got in or not...

[dbgtz]

Probably, even though results don't come out until the morning, and not at midnight.

Oh really, is it the same time the college/sixth form allows you to collect them?

[Kardan]

Oh really, is it the same time the college/sixth form allows you to collect them?

My UCAS updated at around 6:30am, so I found out online before I collected my results.

UCAS says that all results will be up by 8am. So generally, you get them online before you get your results, which is strange, since it's really the only results day where you know how well you've done before getting the actual grades.

[Chippiewill]

From the intense research my sister has been doing (For some reason she's more interested in my results than I am), apparently UCAS tends to update for most between 7:30 and 8:00.

[Mr-Trainor]

I'm guessing UCAS will crash at midnight?


Probably, even though results don't come out until the morning, and not at midnight.
I was wondering whether it will or not, but I'd like to think it won't and that they're prepared for the amount of people that will be accessing their site :P. I just have to use my college's own website anyway, just hoping my internet will be working tomorrow morning!


http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/Documents/GCE%20Composite%201306%20v2.pdf


Not sure if this will give you what you're looking for!

Grade boundaries for all boards~~

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2312329
Thanks :D. That first link ^ my friend sent me about an hour ago. Grade boundaries are higher than I was hoping :(.

[Shar]

Good luck for tomorrow guys you'll be fine don't worry and if you don't get what you want there will be a way of getting around it and achieving it in a later date xxx

[iBlueBox]

UCAS is down already :l

[Munex]

Getting nervous.

[Rozi]

UCAS is down already :l


ucas.com (http://t.co/MLGRBUH3j6) is unavailable due to a criminal denial of service attack. We're working to restore it and will keep you updated

o... which ****** DDOS'd UCAS

[shiver]

GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!!!!!! a very important day for you all I am sure.

I remember being in this position 2 years ago and it was awful, knowing your uni knows and you don't!

Managed to get onto UCAS track at 8am which confirmed I'd got into uni and it was FAB. My mum cried. Then waltzed into uni and found out I got AAB which was what I needed for uni. Then got v. drunk with my year group in the evening :D

Now I'm on my yr out, working in Switzerland. UNI OPENS SO MANY DOORS, DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHERWISE (unless u go to a rubbish uni, no offence)

[oli]

You're all going to have terrible results.
Similar to mine.

[AgnesIO]

Either way I don't want to go to work tomorrow - feel so sick right now...

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[dbgtz]

UCAS can be accessed from 8. I will be on my way to college then :(.

[Yupt]

Officially ******** myself.

[Kyle]

gl yall

[Rozi]

Got into Brighton for definite!

Good luck to you all

[Chippiewill]

Got into York with 3 A's. Funnily enough I was closer to an A* for Further Maths than I was with Maths.

[AgnesIO]

Got in, was never even worried :rolleyes:

:D

[Matthew]

Got into York with 3 A's. Funnily enough I was closer to an A* for Further Maths than I was with Maths.

You did OCR maths right?

I was 3 marks off an A*, that damn C4 paper screwed it up :c

Oh well :P

got all a's in S1, C3, C4 and econ2 though so I'm happy!

I hope you all got what you wanted :)

[AgnesIO]

You did OCR maths right?

I was 3 marks off an A*, that damn C4 paper screwed it up :c

Oh well :P

got all a's in S1, C3, C4 and econ2 though so I'm happy!

I hope you all got what you wanted :)

Congratulations! A*AABB here :D

[Matthew]

Congratulations! A*AABB here :D

Oh sweet well done! :D

[Yupt]

Got into Gloucestershire

#winning

[Betsie_Curatola]

Failed my AS's today and dropped out. Woo!

[Zelda]

Got my AS's and did quite well woo.

Pure Maths - A , 298/300
Further Maths - A , 283/300
Music - A , 263/300
Chemistry - A , 255/300
Physics - A , 263/300

was a bit confused with the pure maths/further maths though because I thought S1 was part of pure and D1 part of further, but if I do that I end up with 294/300 on pure and 287/300 on further, but if i put S1 as further and D1 as pure then I get what I have on my results as pure 298/300 and further 283/300 so a little confused :(

[lemons]

Well done everyoneeeeee

[MKR&*42]

going to get mine in 30 mins as they're not on our student portal as my college said :/ dreading it because I messed up the law resit and philosophy is just hard as ****.

[Boffo]

k well im GCSE so i dont get them until the 21st or 22nd i dont even know myself :l .

[MKR&*42]

I didn't do that great, but I'm stunned I did better in philosophy than law

law D
philosophy C
sociology A

I'm over the moon about the A in sociology though I didn't think I'd get that.

[Mr-Trainor]

Didn't do as well as hoped, but I didn't expect to do well anyway.

ICT - A (15 from A*)
Economics - B (11 from A)
Maths - B (25 from A) - A used to be guaranteed in maths until those horrible C3/C4 papers :(.

Probably could have got A*AB if not A*AA if I worked harder though. Didn't meet my conditional offer for uni but 5 mins after I saw my results I got a text from them saying my place was confirmed, and then realised they'd changed it to an unconditional offer so that's good I guess.

[Chippiewill]

was a bit confused with the pure maths/further maths though because I thought S1 was part of pure and D1 part of further, but if I do that I end up with 294/300 on pure and 287/300 on further, but if i put S1 as further and D1 as pure then I get what I have on my results as pure 298/300 and further 283/300 so a little confused :(

From what I can tell, the modules are automatically juggled between the two qualifications to maximise grades first and then maximises UMS points for Maths over Further Maths.

[AgnesIO]

Didn't do as well as hoped, but I didn't expect to do well anyway.

ICT - A (15 from A*)
Economics - B (11 from A)
Maths - B (25 from A) - A used to be guaranteed in maths until those horrible C3/C4 papers :(.

Probably could have got A*AB if not A*AA if I worked harder though. Didn't meet my conditional offer for uni but 5 mins after I saw my results I got a text from them saying my place was confirmed, and then realised they'd changed it to an unconditional offer so that's good I guess.

Congratulations on getting your place anyway - maybe time to resign from Hx and concentrate on the really important stuff aha :)

[Phil]

Congratulations to you all :)

[Mr-Trainor]

Congratulations on getting your place anyway - maybe time to resign from Hx and concentrate on the really important stuff aha :)
Well while I had exams I didn't do anything here :P. But can never motivate myself to revise no matter what lol. But yeah, glad I still got the place :D!

Well done to everyone :).

[Catchy]

Congratulations to everyone! It's so good when you see your conditional offer change to unconditional !

[-:Undertaker:-]

Well done to all who passed. :)

First year of university is so much easier than A Levels, and for most courses first year doesn't count - it's essentially a year off.

[Kardan]

Well done to all who passed. :)

First year of university is so much easier than A Levels, and for most courses first year doesn't count - it's essentially a year off.

Sadly, this is true, but hopefully when you realise you didn't do as well as you would have liked in your first year, you'll realise that it does eventually get harder than A-Levels :P

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From what I can tell, the modules are automatically juggled between the two qualifications to maximise grades first and then maximises UMS points for Maths over Further Maths.

Yup, this is right. If this wasn't in place, I would never have got my A in Maths :P Would have been left with B/B.

[Shar]

Well done to all who passed. :)

First year of university is so much easier than A Levels, and for most courses first year doesn't count - it's essentially a year off.
Depending on what course you are doing. I wish my first year was easy, I only just finished today :'(

Well done guys!

[Zak]

Well done to all who passed. :)

First year of university is so much easier than A Levels, and for most courses first year doesn't count - it's essentially a year off.

I thought my whole university degree was easy. Defo think they should make it harder! although it could have just been because I went to a crap uni.

I remember overhearing my university lecturer talking about the student's performances and saying "oh the student's didn't do well here last year so we're going to change that to make it easier for them".. and no doubt this would happen every couple of years.

Sadly it's all about success, retention rates and £ now. :(

[Roxy]

AS results:
A - English
A - economics
A - geography
D - maths

So pleased with them :D maths isn't great but I was barely expecting a pass so I'm still happy :)

Congratulations to everyone who's got into uni as well!

[Matthew]

AS results:
A - English
A - economics
A - geography
D - maths

So pleased with them :D maths isn't great but I was barely expecting a pass so I'm still happy :)

Congratulations to everyone who's got into uni as well!

did you do edexcel maths?

And iirc AQA econ? What did you get in econ? :O

really well done though they're great results! (especially if you weren't really expecting to pass maths)

[Roxy]

did you do edexcel maths?


And iirc AQA econ? What did you get in econ?


really well done though they're great results! (especially if you weren't really expecting to pass maths)


nope was aqa for everything! Econ I got a b in unit one then an a in unit 2! Knew I'd messed up the final question in Econ 1 so happy I did well enough elsewhere to still get an a overall :D

And thank you! I knew I'd done awful at maths, completely messed up my c2 paper but I was only a few marks off an a for c1 which thankfully brought the overall grade up :)

[Absently]

aww, reading through all this is making me so happy for everyone! congratulations to everyone xx

[Matthew]

nope was aqa for everything! Econ I got a b in unit one then an a in unit 2! Knew I'd messed up the final question in Econ 1 so happy I did well enough elsewhere to still get an a overall :D

And thank you! I knew I'd done awful at maths, completely messed up my c2 paper but I was only a few marks off an a for c1 which thankfully brought the overall grade up :)

yeah :D

What mark did you get in econ 2? :P

[ToyTruck]

Glad you guys got what you wanted!

[Roxy]

yeah :D

What mark did you get in econ 2? :P

85! What about you?

[Matthew]

85! What about you?

I got the same :D

[lemons]

can't wait to see gcse grade boundaries on wednesday

[iBlueBox]

Never did great on my final grades was around 20 points of what I needed,

but they decided to let me in anyway! My tracks just updated I'm so happy I'm going to Salford! :D

[Ajthedragon]

Quite pleased with my A level results.

A in Politics, B in Geography and a B in Business, which I must admit I was disappointed with as I just fell short of an A and my last module was weak.

And I'm not off to uni but rather a higher apprenticeship woo! :D

[Amberr]

I did better than what I thought obviously not as well as the majority of people on this forum but hey. I got an A in art and a B in English Language for A2, then I did AS Psychology which I got a B in. (I'm staying on for another year at sixth form so I'll be doing A2 Psychology then).

So happy to hear that everyone got what they wanted, hope you all have a great time in uni :).

[Ardemax]

Congratulations on the wonderful results guys :)

For AS I had an A in maths & history, a B in physics and a C in English language (no revision due to the subject being duller than a table)

[AgnesIO]

Congratulations on the wonderful results guys :)

For AS I had an A in maths & history, a B in physics and a C in English language (no revision due to the subject being duller than a table)

Jesus I agree, EL was so dull - one lesson I literally had the privilege to watch some paint dry in the corridor :L

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[lemons]

Edexcel GCSE Grade Boundaries are out

http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/Documents/GCSE%20Composite%201306%20v2.pdf

Only did 1 edexcel exam which was statistics, can safely say I got a D or a veryyyyyyyy low C

[Circadia]

Might have a high A in drama if my exam doesn't pull me down considerably
Also might have a high A in music depending on my exam :L
I know I had an A going into my stats exam from my controlled assessment but I think the exam might drag me down

Hopefully i've not done that bad, I'm only really worried about drama because I'm wanting to do drama at college

[MKR&*42]

In addition to Edexcel GCSE boundaries;

Edexcel IGCSE http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/Documents/IGCSE%20composite%201306v3.pdf
AQA http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-GCSE-GRADE-BDY-JUNE-2013.PDF
AQA IGCSE http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-I-GCSE-GRADE-BDY-JUNE-2013.PDF
OCR (page 31 onwards) http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/142071-unit-level-raw-mark-grade-boundaries-june-2013.pdf

[lemons]

All grade boundaries apart from WJEC and CCEA~


http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2312321

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SOOO happy with the aqa french listening boundaries 25/40 for an A*!! It was a hard exam

[Cerys]

I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW -CRY
seriously i actually think ive failed everything
cry
:(

[AgnesIO]

I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW -CRY
seriously i actually think ive failed everything
cry
:(

You won't do - I did absolutely zero revision for GCSEs and put in little effort in school and came out with relatively decent grades (mix of As, Bs and Cs) - felt like a mug afterwards for not trying, but if you have tried you'll be fine :)

[Hannah]

I feel so old. D:
Good luck to everyone getting their GCSE results tomorrow, though.

[AgnesIO]

I feel so old. D:
Good luck to everyone getting their GCSE results tomorrow, though.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

[Hannah]

Twenty in September. D:
Inb4nolife.

[Cerys]

You won't do - I did absolutely zero revision for GCSEs and put in little effort in school and came out with relatively decent grades (mix of As, Bs and Cs) - felt like a mug afterwards for not trying, but if you have tried you'll be fine :)

I seem to be very alike you then ahaa..

but the grade boundaries are soso high.. I thought I did decent in Law, but the boundaries are so high it's unbelievable ;/

[lemons]

can't wait for tomorrow ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhh

[Hannah]

How do you think you did, Zitrone?

[lemons]

How do you think you did, Zitrone?

I think I did okay, I'm hoping for an A* in geography and an A in french but I might drop a grade in both. I know I have probably failed statistics and got C's in both English lang and lit but other than that I'm probably gunna be looking at a list of B's :P

[Hannah]

Those grades sound pretty awesome, Zitrone.

I'm sure you haven't failed statistics, and with how your other expected grades sound I think you've probably got better than Cs in English language and literature.

I look forward to see your grades posted tomorrow.

[AgnesIO]

I seem to be very alike you then ahaa..

but the grade boundaries are soso high.. I thought I did decent in Law, but the boundaries are so high it's unbelievable ;/

Having bricked myself for both A Level and AS Level, I will sound like a hypocrite now - but you cannot do anything about your results now, so just try and chill for the next few hours :) Although I know as well as anyone how hard that can be!

Good luck either way :)

[Ardemax]

Good luck for those who are waiting on results tomorrow, I'm sure you've all done grand :)

[Chippiewill]

Good luck to GCSE peoples, hope you all get the grades you want/need.

[lemons]

i will be getting my results at around 9:30am tomorrow gl all!!

[Shar]

Good luck everyone whos getting GCSE results tomorrow

[Cerys]

WE CAN DO THIS GUYS. IT WILL ALL BE OKAY


lol no it wont :((((((((((

[lemons]

wtf I got a B in statistics just checked onlines how omfg!?!??!?!?! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


going school in an hour to get the rest gl everyone!!!!

[Circadia]

going to school in about half an hour! i am bricking it

[AgnesIO]

Good luck to all those collecting their GCSE results today :)

Congratulations on your B in Stats, Zitrone.

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[Circadia]

I've got 15 GCSEs all together
6 A*'s
4 A's
4 B's
1 C
2 D's


Art & Design - Distinction* (A*A*)
Media Studies - Distinction* (A*A*)
Performing Arts - Distinction* (A*A*)
English Language - A
Additional Science - A
Maths (Linear) - A
Maths (Modular) - A
English Literature - B
Drama - B
Statistics - B
Science - B
Music - C
French - D
RE - D

[AgnesIO]

I've got 15 GCSEs all together
6 A*'s
4 A's
4 B's
1 C
2 D's


Art & Design - Distinction* (A*A*)
Media Studies - Distinction* (A*A*)
Performing Arts - Distinction* (A*A*)
English Language - A
Additional Science - A
Maths (Linear) - A
Maths (Modular) - A
English Literature - B
Drama - B
Statistics - B
Science - B
Music - C
French - D
RE - D

Err what are these Distinction things? Not BTECs are they?

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[Okeanos]

I've got 15 GCSEs all together
6 A*'s
4 A's
4 B's
1 C
2 D's


Art & Design - Distinction* (A*A*)
Media Studies - Distinction* (A*A*)
Performing Arts - Distinction* (A*A*)
English Language - A
Additional Science - A
Maths (Linear) - A
Maths (Modular) - A
English Literature - B
Drama - B
Statistics - B
Science - B
Music - C
French - D
RE - D

when you say "distinction* (A*A*)" does that mean you got a distinction or an A*? I ask because some schools lie to their pupils and tell them BTECs are worth a certain number of GCSEs when in fact they're not.

[AgnesIO]

when you say "distinction* (A*A*)" does that mean you got a distinction or an A*? I ask because some schools lie to their pupils and tell them BTECs are worth a certain number of GCSEs when in fact they're not.

This is what I was thinking - I know a lot of my friends from different schools were disappointed at Sixth Form when they found out their BTECs were not considered worthy lol

--

Well done on the Maths, Science and Eng Lang GCSEs Midnight (and all the others, obviously!) nevertheless :)

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[Kardan]

Well done everyone :) If you get into your next course okay, your GCSE's (other than English and Maths I suppose :P) are now useless :P

Always a good feeling to do well in your first proper results day, well done guys :)

[AgnesIO]

Well done everyone :) If you get into your next course okay, your GCSE's (other than English and Maths I suppose :P) are now useless :P

Always a good feeling to do well in your first proper results day, well done guys :)

Yeah I'm the **** who believed this advice, who can now not get accepted into some of the top Universities for my chosen courses lol. Why did I not try in Maths :L got a B, business courses want an A :l

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[Okeanos]

Well done everyone :) If you get into your next course okay, your GCSE's (other than English and Maths I suppose :P) are now useless :P

Always a good feeling to do well in your first proper results day, well done guys :)

this is very true. i know someone who only completed 3 GCSEs and she still got into Cambridge. i dont even put my gcses on my CV anymore they're that useless.

[geo]

English Literature - A (I thought I did awfully in the test)
Media - A
English Language - B :)!!!
Maths - B
Science Additional - B (I PASSED PHYSICS OH MY GOD)
Science Core - B
Statistics - B
RE - B
ICT - B
Food Tech - C
Spanish - D (Probably could have been a C if I didn't have such an AWFUL listening but I expected this)

HAPPY

[AgnesIO]

this is very true. i know someone who only completed 3 GCSEs and she still got into Cambridge. i dont even put my gcses on my CV anymore they're that useless.

How the **** did she manage that lol

Oxbridge generally say you have to have a good number of GCSEs that are all A*/A grades. I've found the "best" UK Universities often request all GCSEs to be good grades.

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[Smurfed-]

My Level 2 Childcare diploma results weren't in the envelope. asdfghjkl

Just the enrollment form for sixth form. aaaaaaagh

[Okeanos]

How the **** did she manage that lol

Oxbridge generally say you have to have a good number of GCSEs that are all A*/A grades. I've found the "best" UK Universities often request all GCSEs to be good grades.

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she studied two A levels at home and completed an access course (whilst working full time) so i suppose they thought she made up for it. getting bad gcses doesn't limit your options if you're willing to work hard to make up for them. there are lots of stories like that at even the most elite universities.

[Catchy]

Retook my maths this year because I got a D when I left school at 16, didn't really realise how important it was at the time but just got my C today which will do fine for me! Well done everyone xx

[AgnesIO]

she studied two A levels at home and completed an access course (whilst working full time) so i suppose they thought she made up for it. getting bad gcses doesn't limit your options if you're willing to work hard to make up for them. there are lots of stories like that at even the most elite universities.

Working hard doesn't necessarily open all the options for you, baring in mind many people with straight A* grades commonly get rejected.

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[beth]

er to those slagging off btecs they are very much "worthy". i got a triple distinction grade btec at a-level level and have had offers from top university's.

[Catchy]

Working hard doesn't necessarily open all the options for you, baring in mind many people with straight A* grades commonly get rejected.

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He wasn't saying that lol, he was saying in certain cases it does happen which is true. Also it's not just grades even though they're important, that they're looking at, they're looking at how rounded you are as a person, life experience etc, The girl obviously worked HARD, I studied an access course this year and they're very intense so working full time as well as that.... plus self teaching 2 alevels. Very commendable.

[Kardan]

er to those slagging off btecs they are very much "worthy". i got a triple distinction grade btec at a-level level and have had offers from top university's.

I don't think that was the point being made, some btecs are worthy, people just need to be wary of the equivalent qualifications sometimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23729205

[Okeanos]

Working hard doesn't necessarily open all the options for you, baring in mind many people with straight A* grades commonly get rejected.

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well i disagree. lots of stupid people get A*s at GCSE, in a sense they're trained to perform in certain ways... often people who get first from Oxbridge did badly at their GCSES because it requires much more original thought.

[lemons]

omg i am back i am so ******* HAPPY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh

GEOGRAPHY A*
FRENCH A*
FOOD TECH A*
MATHS A
MEDIA A
BUSINESS B
ENGLISH LIT B
STATISTICS B
ENGLISH LANGUAGE C

btec science i got merit and epq I got a B!


omg sosoososos happy

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but i am peed off because they wouldn't let me do sociology because I didn't have a gcse in history or psychology gutted so now i am doing media, french and geography

[Kardan]

omg i am back i am so ******* HAPPY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh

GEOGRAPHY A*
FRENCH A*
FOOD TECH A*
MATHS A
MEDIA A
BUSINESS B
ENGLISH LIT B
STATISTICS B
ENGLISH LANGUAGE C

btec science i got merit and epq I got a B!


omg sosoososos happy

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but i am peed off because they wouldn't let me do sociology because I didn't have a gcse in history or psychology gutted so now i am doing media, french and geography

Congrats! I did AS French for 2 years, was awful, didn't even take the exam :P I didn't like French very much to begin with though, so I'm sure you'll be fine :P

[Cerys]

Ugh I am so upset and annoyed..


maths:C
DT: A
Law: C
Science: B

sigh.

[Kardan]

Ugh I am so upset and annoyed..


maths:C
DT: A
Law: C
Science: B

sigh.

Are you in Year 10, hence the lack of results?
And are the Maths and Science the full GCSE or just modular results?

And what's wrong with them? As long as you get the grades for whatever you want to do next (And Maths/English C grades) they're pretty pointless :P

[Cerys]

Are you in Year 10, hence the lack of results?
And are the Maths and Science the full GCSE or just modular results?

And what's wrong with them? As long as you get the grades for whatever you want to do next (And Maths/English C grades) they're pretty pointless :P

Yeah yr 10, only got triple science left to do, done all the others in year 9. + maths/science are the full GCSE.
I guess I'm annoyed as my teachers have been predicting all these grades which I'm happy with/the mock exams were good, but then I come out with these.. what ;//


and dont even get me started on my english.. got a C on my exam when all through the past 2 years my teacher has given me no extra help as he claimed I would do fine and was getting high results blahblahblah. ugh, damn him ;/

[Kardan]

Yeah yr 10, only got triple science left to do, done all the others in year 9. + maths/science are the full GCSE.
I guess I'm annoyed as my teachers have been predicting all these grades which I'm happy with/the mock exams were good, but then I come out with these.. what ;//


and dont even get me started on my english.. got a C on my exam when all through the past 2 years my teacher has given me no extra help as he claimed I would do fine and was getting high results blahblahblah. ugh, damn him ;/

Wait... So you've got your Science GCSE at the moment, but say you're taking triple science? Surely this means your science GCSE will be replaced by Chemistry/Physics/Biology GCSE? So it's not the end of the world :)

What are you planning to do when you're 16?

[Catchy]

Ugh I am so upset and annoyed..


maths:C
DT: A
Law: C
Science: B

sigh.

That's really good! Like others have said GCSE's are really irrelevant apart from maths and english and possibly science (which a B is really good in anyway)! You've done good!

[Cerys]

Wait... So you've got your Science GCSE at the moment, but say you're taking triple science? Surely this means your science GCSE will be replaced by Chemistry/Physics/Biology GCSE? So it's not the end of the world :)

What are you planning to do when you're 16?

I guess so ;s I guess the science is just something to fall back on for if I get all d's next year ahaa..

Go to 6th form, then hopefully uni for law. don't really know if they'll accept me for 6th form to do law if I've only got a c though D;


ok now i'm seriously peed off haha
1mark off a b in law ;/


does anyone know how much a remark costs and when it should be done for?

[Ardemax]

I guess so ;s I guess the science is just something to fall back on for if I get all d's next year ahaa..

Go to 6th form, then hopefully uni for law. don't really know if they'll accept me for 6th form to do law if I've only got a c though D;

I don't see why they wouldn't. A C is a pass and they can take into account you did it a year early.

EDIT: Just remembered, if you can't do it it's not the end of the world, you don't need to do law at A level to do it in uni (in fact it's an idea to not take it as you'll be doing mostly the same stuff) :)

Regarding your remark question, I believe if they remark it and you go up a grade it's free of charge.

[Kardan]

I guess so ;s I guess the science is just something to fall back on for if I get all d's next year ahaa..

Go to 6th form, then hopefully uni for law. don't really know if they'll accept me for 6th form to do law if I've only got a c though D;


ok now i'm seriously peed off haha
1mark off a b in law ;/


does anyone know how much a remark costs and when it should be done for?

If you're in year 10, can't you just retake a poor module in year 11 ready for year 12?

And obviously you need to contact your sixth form to see what grades they require, at my place you need C to advance.

Good news though, to do law at Uni, you don't need a law A-Level. Infact, I've heard that an A-Level in Law is actually a bad thing, and Uni's have to 'unteach' you first... Might want to double check though :P

[lemons]

does anyone know how much a remark costs and when it should be done for?

I don't think they cost too much but I would ask your school, my school pays for our remarks if it's like 1-5 marks away off a boundary

[Kardan]

Yep, Leicester University for example does not require A-Level Law for a Law degree... Prettty sure Law is one of the only A-Level subjects you can do at Uni without the A-Level in it :P

Does require AAA though there :P

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Haha, the Leicester Uni page says:

"You need AAA in A-Levels and we do accept General Studies and Law"

That means some Unis don't even accept an A-Level in Law towards your grades! :P

[Amberr]

I redid my gcse maths this year and I now have a B so im happy.

[Cerys]

If you're in year 10, can't you just retake a poor module in year 11 ready for year 12?

And obviously you need to contact your sixth form to see what grades they require, at my place you need C to advance.

Good news though, to do law at Uni, you don't need a law A-Level. Infact, I've heard that an A-Level in Law is actually a bad thing, and Uni's have to 'unteach' you first... Might want to double check though :P


I don't think they cost too much but I would ask your school, my school pays for our remarks if it's like 1-5 marks away off a boundary

Thanks guys :) :)


Yep, Leicester University for example does not require A-Level Law for a Law degree... Prettty sure Law is one of the only A-Level subjects you can do at Uni without the A-Level in it :P

Does require AAA though there :P

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Haha, the Leicester Uni page says:

"You need AAA in A-Levels and we do accept General Studies and Law"

That means some Unis don't even accept an A-Level in Law towards your grades! :P

Wow really? So doing law at a-level may even be a bad idea?! :O cheers!!

[Kardan]

Thanks guys :) :)



Wow really? So doing law at a-level may even be a bad idea?! :O cheers!!

From what I can see, the only Uni to list Law as a 'Non-preferred subject' for a Law degree is LSE. So they will take people who didn't do A-Level Law than who did.

[Ardemax]

Thanks guys :) :)



Wow really? So doing law at a-level may even be a bad idea?! :O cheers!!

Sometimes even doing law at uni may be a bad idea, as you re-learn most of the information through training to be a lawyer or whatever. That's why a lot of people do something like history in uni and then go on to train in the law profession :)

[MKR&*42]

Yes there is a bit of confusion about whether taking A Level Law is advisable or not. If you want to do it then quite gladly go for it (although it is not considered "as facilitating a subject" compared to maths / science / english / some humanties) and if you get a good grade in it then woo. I'm sure there was a survey (I was given the results of it in my law class) about which universities were open to accepting law - all of them but Oxford and Cambridge were.

The teaching style of it at university is different hence why some unis will deter students from doing it at A Level.
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Congratulations on GCSE results everyone else :)

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omg i am back i am so ******* HAPPY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh

GEOGRAPHY A*
FRENCH A*
FOOD TECH A*
MATHS A
MEDIA A
BUSINESS B
ENGLISH LIT B
STATISTICS B
ENGLISH LANGUAGE C

btec science i got merit and epq I got a B!


omg sosoososos happy

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but i am peed off because they wouldn't let me do sociology because I didn't have a gcse in history or psychology gutted so now i am doing media, french and geography

That's a bit weird, I never obtained a GCSE in either of those and was allowed in :P

[Amberr]

Yes there is a bit of confusion about whether taking A Level Law is advisable or not. If you want to do it then quite gladly go for it (although it is not considered "as facilitating a subject" compared to maths / science / english / some humanties) and if you get a good grade in it then woo. I'm sure there was a survey (I was given the results of it in my law class) about which universities were open to accepting law - all of them but Oxford and Cambridge were.

The teaching style of it at university is different hence why some unis will deter students from doing it at A Level.
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Congratulations on GCSE results everyone else :)

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That's a bit weird, I never obtained a GCSE in either of those and was allowed in :P

I never did either and was allowed to do it, i didnt think sociology specified any subjects?

[Zak]

Yeah yr 10, only got triple science left to do, done all the others in year 9. + maths/science are the full GCSE.
I guess I'm annoyed as my teachers have been predicting all these grades which I'm happy with/the mock exams were good, but then I come out with these.. what ;//


and dont even get me started on my english.. got a C on my exam when all through the past 2 years my teacher has given me no extra help as he claimed I would do fine and was getting high results blahblahblah. ugh, damn him ;/

I wouldn't worry about your GCSE grades. I was excluded from school for the whole of year 11 managed to get 5 C's with a D in Science. Now I have a degree and they personally offered me a place to do my masters.. No need to worry :D

[lemons]

Yes there is a bit of confusion about whether taking A Level Law is advisable or not. If you want to do it then quite gladly go for it (although it is not considered "as facilitating a subject" compared to maths / science / english / some humanties) and if you get a good grade in it then woo. I'm sure there was a survey (I was given the results of it in my law class) about which universities were open to accepting law - all of them but Oxford and Cambridge were.

The teaching style of it at university is different hence why some unis will deter students from doing it at A Level.
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Congratulations on GCSE results everyone else :)

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That's a bit weird, I never obtained a GCSE in either of those and was allowed in :P

ik so annoying

[AgnesIO]

I guess so ;s I guess the science is just something to fall back on for if I get all d's next year ahaa..

Go to 6th form, then hopefully uni for law. don't really know if they'll accept me for 6th form to do law if I've only got a c though D;


ok now i'm seriously peed off haha
1mark off a b in law ;/


does anyone know how much a remark costs and when it should be done for?

As others have said, you certainly don't need law at A Level. It is also the case in SOME Universities that law is not accepted, however it is a myth that this is common - I think it is more of a modern grannys tale that this is the case.

I took Law at AS Level and got a C in it, so proceeded to drop it - found there to be far more work than any of my other subjects, although my hatred for the teacher probably made it worse. Don't worry about being one mark of a B - whilst it is disappointing, you could potentially risk dropping a grade - which would be silly for something that doesn't matter too much :)

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[Kardan]

As others have said, you certainly don't need law at A Level. It is also the case in SOME Universities that law is not accepted, however it is a myth that this is common - I think it is more of a modern grannys tale that this is the case.

I took Law at AS Level and got a C in it, so proceeded to drop it - found there to be far more work than any of my other subjects, although my hatred for the teacher probably made it worse. Don't worry about being one mark of a B - whilst it is disappointing, you could potentially risk dropping a grade - which would be silly for something that doesn't matter too much :)

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If the paper got remarked and she dropped from a C to a D, there was some serious bad marking in the first place to drop a whole grade boundary.

[AgnesIO]

If the paper got remarked and she dropped from a C to a D, there was some serious bad marking in the first place to drop a whole grade boundary.

Not sure how many marks in the paper.. In some subjects that only means like 4 marks.. If that.

I know some people from my college got a D which was remarked to an A the year before last lol

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[Circadia]

Err what are these Distinction things? Not BTECs are they?

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Yes BTECs, I did them because there was no GCSE alternative in the subjects at my school at the time. Hence why there is Drama and Performing Arts there as I was given the option to do GCSE Drama as an extra GCSE in year 11.


when you say "distinction* (A*A*)" does that mean you got a distinction or an A*? I ask because some schools lie to their pupils and tell them BTECs are worth a certain number of GCSEs when in fact they're not.

Don't know what schools you've been too but my school certainly doesn't lie about the amount of GCSEs a subject is worth :L Anyway yes, my distinction*'s are all worth 2 A*'s each.


This is what I was thinking - I know a lot of my friends from different schools were disappointed at Sixth Form when they found out their BTECs were not considered worthy lol

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Well done on the Maths, Science and Eng Lang GCSEs Midnight (and all the others, obviously!) nevertheless :)

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I was constantly told during the enrolment at sixth form that I had a fantastic set of results and my BTECs were never mentioned to be less worthy than the GCSEs I had received


Yeah I'm the **** who believed this advice, who can now not get accepted into some of the top Universities for my chosen courses lol. Why did I not try in Maths :L got a B, business courses want an A :l

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The woman at enrolment said that with my great set of results I should try and apply to get into one of the top 24 Universities in the country as it would be a waste for me not to go to one :L

[AgnesIO]

Yes BTECs, I did them because there was no GCSE alternative in the subjects at my school at the time. Hence why there is Drama and Performing Arts there as I was given the option to do GCSE Drama as an extra GCSE in year 11.



Don't know what schools you've been too but my school certainly doesn't lie about the amount of GCSEs a subject is worth :L Anyway yes, my distinction*'s are all worth 2 A*'s each.



I was constantly told during the enrolment at sixth form that I had a fantastic set of results and my BTECs were never mentioned to be less worthy than the GCSEs I had received



The woman at enrolment said that with my great set of results I should try and apply to get into one of the top 24 Universities in the country as it would be a waste for me not to go to one :L

I am being straight with you, nobody will consider them 2 A*s - a BTEC is a BTEC, whilst a GCSE is a GCSE. I'm not saying they are worth nothing for you, just that they don't literally translate to GCSEs - sorry, but that is a fact.

Also, the woman at your enrolment appears to have referred to the Russell Group Universities. I should point out this group is merely about the money spent on research, and does NOT indicate whether a University is "worthy". Case in point; I received all five of my offers from Universities. Four of these offers were from "Russell Group" ones, whilst one of them was not. I have opted to go for the one that is not in this group, and have considered reapplying for another University... that is not in this group. Th Universities I am referring to are Loughborough and Bath, now lets have a look at the league tables;

Bath - number 9
Loughborough - number 14

Both of these feature higher in league tables for Business-related courses specifically, but to keep it fair I went for the overall results. Meanwhile, as an example, Sheffield is not in the top 24.

Certainly, even if we put the BTECs to one side, your results are excellent and there is no reason why you can't apply at the top Universities in the country, but please, ignore any tripe you hear that you should apply at "one of the 24" (aka the Russell Group) - the only people this REALLY benefits is your college, who can add students to their precious statistics :L

[Rixion]

omfg at being the forum dumbass, got at as:
BTEC ICT - D*
Geography - C
Biology - U http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z448/reeecerawwr/lmao.gif
Chemistry - D


Failed my AS's today and dropped out. Woo!
Same boat pretty much! They told me I could progress onto A2 but told them to shove their a levels and went to apply for full time BTEC in Applied Science, so I can still get onto my uni degree at a decent-ish uni. :)