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di marco
21-08-2008, 17:34
Really pleased about some of them but disappointed with a few.
Additional Science - A (How?! Was expecting C at the best!)
Business Studies - A (:crying: A* in mock and I thought I'd done better this time.)
English Language - A (:D Can't believe I managed to get it up to that because I'm rubbish at the speaking assesments; hate speaking in front of people.)
English Literature - B (:crying: Thought I'd done better in that than in Lang.)
Media Studies - A
Core Science - A
History - A
Maths - A (I thought I'd scrape this if I got it at all. Needed 480 and got 505 :eek: :D )
RE - A
Geography - A :eek: :D
Bit of a dilema now.. as it's my only B I'm not sure about Lit; I prefer it to Lang but on the basis of my results I'd consider switching to Lang only I can't as it's in the same block as Economics. Can't believe I got A's in Geography and Additional Science when I hardly put any effort into them and then got a B in Lit.
well done kim :) you should be really pleased with those results, a B in english lit and an A in business studies is really good. and im sure you can still take english lit if you want to
I can but I just think it'd be better to take stuff I got A's in considering I got so many of them. I really want to do an English though and everything else I was considering clashes with stuff. Going to go into school and speak to the 6th form director about it.
DaVeyWaVey
21-08-2008, 17:44
Congratulations Kim! An excellent set of results - all that worrying for nothing! You should be proud of yourself. :thumbsup:
Well done to your son as well Moonstorm - getting so many A*s is very impressive!
StarsOfCCTV
21-08-2008, 18:57
Well done Kim! :cheer: :cheer: :D
Well done Kim - amazing set of results :D :)
And congrats to your son Moonstorm :)
8 Radio 1 DJs took Higher Level Maths GCSE. 1 person got a C, the rest got Us!!
WATCH (http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm)
Funniest thing :rotfl:
:lol: I thought I did some silly stuff in mine, at least I still got an A. Can't believe it was only like 26% for a C.
Xx-Vicky-xX
21-08-2008, 21:45
Kim ya did amazing...i told ya that ya wouldnt have anything to worry about :D well done :cheer:
:lol: I thought I did some silly stuff in mine, at least I still got an A. Can't believe it was only like 26% for a C.
Well done :D
Grade boundaries change every year depending on how people did on the paper. I think it was 25% for a C when I did my maths GCSE. The paper wasn't that hard though :hmm:
CrazyLea
21-08-2008, 23:26
Kim wow how can you be disappointed with any of them marks!!!!
If I got A's and B's I'd be buzzing! Makes me feel thick :p.
Chris_2k11
22-08-2008, 01:02
Kim they are bloody amazing grades, seriously i think id be shouting from the rooftops right now if id of got anything like that haha! well done to everyone else aswell! :) cant believe its been 3 year since i got mine, dunno where the times gone!
di marco
22-08-2008, 11:38
8 Radio 1 DJs took Higher Level Maths GCSE. 1 person got a C, the rest got Us!!
WATCH (http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7575000/7575406.stm)
Funniest thing :rotfl:
thanks for that, that was so funny! cant believe one of them didnt get anything right!
di marco
22-08-2008, 11:42
:lol: I thought I did some silly stuff in mine, at least I still got an A. Can't believe it was only like 26% for a C.
Well done :D
Grade boundaries change every year depending on how people did on the paper. I think it was 25% for a C when I did my maths GCSE. The paper wasn't that hard though :hmm:
yeh they do change cos i think they can only have a certain amount of people that got the high grade. in my year it was 20% for a C and 80% for an A*, cant believe this year it was only 65% for an A*, i didnt realise the grade boundaries changed that much!
di marco
22-08-2008, 11:44
cant believe its been 3 year since i got mine, dunno where the times gone!
same, i cant believe its been 4yrs since i did mine. i wonder how much i can actually remember from all my subjects lol?!
di marco
22-08-2008, 11:47
I can but I just think it'd be better to take stuff I got A's in considering I got so many of them. I really want to do an English though and everything else I was considering clashes with stuff. Going to go into school and speak to the 6th form director about it.
you should do the subjects you enjoy the most and that you want to do rather than the ones you got the best grades in. obviously it wouldnt be a good idea to do a subject that you got a really bad grade in but your lowest grade was a B so you could pick any of the subjects to do. i got 2 A*s in my gcses, 1 in maths and 1 in business studies, i only took maths for alevel and not business studies cos i didnt want to do business studies. if you wanna do english lit then do it, youre more likely to get a good grade in a subject you want to do
I can but I just think it'd be better to take stuff I got A's in considering I got so many of them. I really want to do an English though and everything else I was considering clashes with stuff. Going to go into school and speak to the 6th form director about it.
Don't worry about that! I did 3 A2s, and...
English - GCSE (A), A Level (B)
Politics - Didn't do it at GCSE, but in History i got (A), A Level (B)
ICT - GCSE (BB), A Level (A)
So the two i did better in the subject i got an B in, lmao!
:lol: I thought I did some silly stuff in mine, at least I still got an A. Can't believe it was only like 26% for a C.
Well done :D
Grade boundaries change every year depending on how people did on the paper. I think it was 25% for a C when I did my maths GCSE. The paper wasn't that hard though :hmm:
yeh they do change cos i think they can only have a certain amount of people that got the high grade. in my year it was 20% for a C and 80% for an A*, cant believe this year it was only 65% for an A*, i didnt realise the grade boundaries changed that much!
It wasn't 65%. I did Edexcel B Spec and it was out of 600. We were told the boundaries before the exams so that we'd know how many UMS we needed from the final papers to get a particular grade. 560 was an A*, so that's 90%. Which makes sense, as when you took it they wouldn't have had D grade questions in higher. No idea where the 26% came from for the radio DJ's to get a C; I looked up the boundary for C on the syllabus I did and it was 360/600.
Thanks Abi, I think I will do Lit. Minimum requirement in my school is BB and I got an A in Lang so it's not the bare minimum or anything. If I gave up Economics to change to Lang then it wouldn't necessarily mean I'd do better and it's my least favourite of the two, and I'd have to find something else to do for the other subject.
Well done to everyone.
Please don't be offended by the old fogies who say that GCSEs are not as hard as 'O' levels that we all sat back in the day.
I did Scottish 'O' Grades in 1981 and got 7 As and 1 B (with very little work).
I have looked at the course work that my son has done over the past 2 years for his standard grades and the work is very different, particularly in Maths, Biology and Physics. The way subjects like history and English are taught has also changed.
This seems to be mainly because the subjects have moved on. There are things I did in 'O' grade physics that are now in higher, but likewise there are other things that are studied at standard grade that were not even thought of in 1981! The subject has much more 'applied' physics than the more theoretic subject I studied, and it isn't easier at all - just different.
History is no longer taught as a dry facts only subject - you have to know why, how and what the consequence were. I.e. you are expected to think and not just remember.
Well done to all of you adn good luck with your chosen future courses.
di marco
22-08-2008, 19:44
:lol: I thought I did some silly stuff in mine, at least I still got an A. Can't believe it was only like 26% for a C.
Well done :D
Grade boundaries change every year depending on how people did on the paper. I think it was 25% for a C when I did my maths GCSE. The paper wasn't that hard though :hmm:
yeh they do change cos i think they can only have a certain amount of people that got the high grade. in my year it was 20% for a C and 80% for an A*, cant believe this year it was only 65% for an A*, i didnt realise the grade boundaries changed that much!
It wasn't 65%. I did Edexcel B Spec and it was out of 600. We were told the boundaries before the exams so that we'd know how many UMS we needed from the final papers to get a particular grade. 560 was an A*, so that's 90%. Which makes sense, as when you took it they wouldn't have had D grade questions in higher. No idea where the 26% came from for the radio DJ's to get a C; I looked up the boundary for C on the syllabus I did and it was 360/600.
i was just going by what they did on that radio thing, on their slip it said 65% was an A* which i thought was quite low, obviously different exam boards have very different grade boundaries
di marco
22-08-2008, 19:47
I have looked at the course work that my son has done over the past 2 years for his standard grades and the work is very different, particularly in Maths, Biology and Physics. The way subjects like history and English are taught has also changed.
This seems to be mainly because the subjects have moved on. There are things I did in 'O' grade physics that are now in higher, but likewise there are other things that are studied at standard grade that were not even thought of in 1981! The subject has much more 'applied' physics than the more theoretic subject I studied, and it isn't easier at all - just different.
History is no longer taught as a dry facts only subject - you have to know why, how and what the consequence were. I.e. you are expected to think and not just remember.
thats exactly what my mum said about it being different rather than easier. she said you cant really compare it to when she was at school cos the teaching is so different. and also she said it probably helps that at primary school now you learn a lot more stuff than she did, she works at a junior school and she said that the kids are being taught a wider range of stuff in maths
Maybe they did IGCSE, which is said to be a lot harder and would therefore be likely to have lower boundaries. This year coursework still formed an element of the GCSE, which I don't think they'd have done as they all said they didn't prepare for it. Unless they just submitted nothing and got 0 for that part of the course. It has very little weighting so potentially they could still pass with a 0 in coursework.
Thanks Trinity. Yeah, I was talking to my mum about the way the media constantly say that our exams are getting easier and she said she never had to learn some of the stuff I did, and likewise she probably had to learn something that I didn't. You're going to think it's easy if you were taught it and the grading probably changed accordingly according to how hard the topics on the exam were considered to be.
If the presenters took the course over one year then it could be a different type compared to the standard GCSE.
Maths coursework was scrapped last year so anyone starting the maths GCSE course in September 2007 wouldn't have a coursework element.
Chloe O'brien
23-08-2008, 00:50
Well done to everyone.
Please don't be offended by the old fogies who say that GCSEs are not as hard as 'O' levels that we all sat back in the day.
I did Scottish 'O' Grades in 1981 and got 7 As and 1 B (with very little work).
I have looked at the course work that my son has done over the past 2 years for his standard grades and the work is very different, particularly in Maths, Biology and Physics. The way subjects like history and English are taught has also changed.
This seems to be mainly because the subjects have moved on. There are things I did in 'O' grade physics that are now in higher, but likewise there are other things that are studied at standard grade that were not even thought of in 1981! The subject has much more 'applied' physics than the more theoretic subject I studied, and it isn't easier at all - just different.
History is no longer taught as a dry facts only subject - you have to know why, how and what the consequence were. I.e. you are expected to think and not just remember.
Well done to all of you adn good luck with your chosen future courses.
Trin I'm one of the old foggy gang. When I left school in 83 it was O'grades and I got 5 A's and 2 B's in today's standards. I doubt I would pass 1 exam today.
Well done on you're results Kimmey. You're a star babes. Keep up the great work, don't let anyone put you down.
Excellent results you two had too. My mum got the equivalent of 1D and the rest E's. My dad doesn't have any. I swear I took after my uncle instead of my parents!
Thanks Kath, still can't believe some of them! I had more I was pleased with than disappointed with so that's good.
Just to boast about my eldest, he is a wee genius!! 4 x A*'s and 2 x B's. He obviously takes after his Mum - NOT!!
One proud Mum here!!!
Wow you must be really pleased
Really pleased about some of them but disappointed with a few.
Additional Science - A (How?! Was expecting C at the best!)
Business Studies - A (:crying: A* in mock and I thought I'd done better this time.)
English Language - A (:D Can't believe I managed to get it up to that because I'm rubbish at the speaking assesments; hate speaking in front of people.)
English Literature - B (:crying: Thought I'd done better in that than in Lang.)
Media Studies - A
Core Science - A
History - A
Maths - A (I thought I'd scrape this if I got it at all. Needed 480 and got 505 :eek: :D :D )
RE - A
Geography - A :eek: :D
Bit of a dilema now.. as it's my only B I'm not sure about Lit; I prefer it to Lang but on the basis of my results I'd consider switching to Lang only I can't as it's in the same block as Economics. Can't believe I got A's in Geography and Additional Science when I hardly put any effort into them and then got a B in Lit.
Wow well done Kim, those are like amazing results
Okay, i gto my results today and just got back from enrolling again :)
I got them in the post which was good :)
Drama: B (4 marks off an A)
Geography: B
English language: B
Biology: C ( which im really pleased with and again 4 marks off an B)
Kirsty :]
26-08-2008, 18:18
Wow well done Abbie! They're brilliant! :cheer:
StarsOfCCTV
26-08-2008, 18:37
Well done Abbie :D
Well done Abbie :):D
Btw was the Biology a typo? Are you dropping a subject when you go back or continuing all 4?
di marco
26-08-2008, 20:04
Okay, i gto my results today and just got back from enrolling again :)
I got them in the post which was good :)
Drama: B (4 marks off an A)
Geography: B
English language: B
Biology: C ( which im really pleased with and again 4 marks off an A)
well done abbie :) and you must be a genius to get that in biology lol!
Well done Abbie :):D
Btw was the Biology a typo? Are you dropping a subject when you go back or continuing all 4?
Erm ..... I dont know what you mean, typo?
Yeah Im continuing with all 4 :eek: Its gonna be hard work
Okay, i gto my results today and just got back from enrolling again :)
I got them in the post which was good :)
Drama: B (4 marks off an A)
Geography: B
English language: B
Biology: C ( which im really pleased with and again 4 marks off an A)
well done abbie :) and you must be a genius to get that in biology lol!
Thanks and lol not quite, I know someone who got a A in biology
And I meant to say 4 marks off a B not A :o, I was typing too quick and thinking about drama lol :p
C and 4 marks off of an A? Or are the boundaries very narrow?
C and 4 marks off of an A? Or are the boundaries very narrow?
Lol yes that part was a typo....I'll go change it now
di marco
26-08-2008, 20:25
Okay, i gto my results today and just got back from enrolling again :)
I got them in the post which was good :)
Drama: B (4 marks off an A)
Geography: B
English language: B
Biology: C ( which im really pleased with and again 4 marks off an A)
well done abbie :) and you must be a genius to get that in biology lol!
Thanks and lol not quite, I know someone who got a A in biology
well you must be quite clever, even the clever people in my year only got Ds and Es in biology!
Kirsty :]
26-08-2008, 20:25
Okay, i gto my results today and just got back from enrolling again :)
I got them in the post which was good :)
Drama: B (4 marks off an A)
Geography: B
English language: B
Biology: C ( which im really pleased with and again 4 marks off an A)
well done abbie :) and you must be a genius to get that in biology lol!
Thanks and lol not quite, I know someone who got a A in biology
And I meant to say 4 marks off a B not A :o, I was typing too quick and thinking about drama lol :p
Haha I agree Di M!
Well I had a U so my hat goes off to you Abbie :thumbsup:
di marco
26-08-2008, 20:26
Well done Abbie :):D
Btw was the Biology a typo? Are you dropping a subject when you go back or continuing all 4?
Erm ..... I dont know what you mean, typo?
Yeah Im continuing with all 4 :eek: Its gonna be hard work
doing 4 will be ok as long as you work hard. i carried on with 4 alevels and soon realised it was easier to cope if you organised work to do etc and as much as i hated it sat in the library in my frees lol
Well done Abbie :):D
Btw was the Biology a typo? Are you dropping a subject when you go back or continuing all 4?
Erm ..... I dont know what you mean, typo?
Yeah Im continuing with all 4 :eek: Its gonna be hard work
doing 4 will be ok as long as you work hard. i carried on with 4 alevels and soon realised it was easier to cope if you organised work to do etc and as much as i hated it sat in the library in my frees lol
Yeah Im really gonna have to do that this year, but saying it is easier than doing it. I really hope I manage to stick to it
di marco
26-08-2008, 20:46
Well done Abbie :):D
Btw was the Biology a typo? Are you dropping a subject when you go back or continuing all 4?
Erm ..... I dont know what you mean, typo?
Yeah Im continuing with all 4 :eek: Its gonna be hard work
doing 4 will be ok as long as you work hard. i carried on with 4 alevels and soon realised it was easier to cope if you organised work to do etc and as much as i hated it sat in the library in my frees lol
Yeah Im really gonna have to do that this year, but saying it is easier than doing it. I really hope I manage to stick to it
yeh it is lol! but luckily i had some of my friends sit in the library with me so it wasnt too bad, dont think id have done it very often if everyone else had been sitting in the common room lol!
Lol yeah I might get my friends to come with me :p
Hollie-x
28-08-2008, 11:22
A bit late with this but haven't been on for a while, congrats everyone (: Just reading through and looks like everyone's got really good results (: x
JustJodi
28-08-2008, 14:44
as usual I am late but
CONGRATULATIONS on every ones results, from the looks of things you guys have done well..:thumbsup:
Keep up the great work:D
Now I have my results, I have to start really looking at courses. Im sick of people nagging me though :(
StarsOfCCTV
28-08-2008, 22:10
Now I have my results, I have to start really looking at courses. Im sick of people nagging me though :(
I cannot agree with you more! It's like ARGH STOP! :lol:
I know :(
Well Im gonna try tomorrow, I was gonna look tonight just out of boredom and curiousity but maybe not :p
di marco
28-08-2008, 22:29
its best to get it over with though, as its very stressful having to rush it later on
samantha nixon
29-08-2008, 01:41
Well done everybody on your results you all did really well :)
I'm late in posting mine, but hers what I got:
additional science - c
graphics - c
english - c
english lit - b
georgraphy - d (not happy bout this one but I didnt like geo lol)
science - c
drama - c
pe - b
maths - c (100 % in both of my papers, but i did foundation)
ict - c
re - b (i have no idea how lol)
child care - b
di marco
31-08-2008, 08:31
Well done everybody on your results you all did really well :)
I'm late in posting mine, but hers what I got:
additional science - c
graphics - c
english - c
english lit - b
georgraphy - d (not happy bout this one but I didnt like geo lol)
science - c
drama - c
pe - b
maths - c (100 % in both of my papers, but i did foundation)
ict - c
re - b (i have no idea how lol)
child care - b
well done samantha :) especially on getting 100% in maths
Well done everyone on your results - they're all fantastic and you've all obviously worked very hard in gaining them.
One question - I've noticed a theme with regards to the Science subjects in that you've all found them or know people that have taken the individual Sciences and found them very difficult with many people not gaining a grade higher than a C.....are the individual Sciences "that" hard? Only my eldest son is wanting to take triple science because of the career path he's wanting to take.
di marco
31-08-2008, 09:10
One question - I've noticed a theme with regards to the Science subjects in that you've all found them or know people that have taken the individual Sciences and found them very difficult with many people not gaining a grade higher than a C.....are the individual Sciences "that" hard? Only my eldest son is wanting to take triple science because of the career path he's wanting to take.
im not sure, i did double science which wasnt that difficult i didnt think, we did each science separately with different teachers, different exams for each etc but only came out with 2 gcses instead of 3. and also we just got 2 of the same grade rather than varying grades like i think you get with triple science (although im not 100% sure). my school didnt give the option of doing triple science when i was there, all the boys schools though were made to do triple science, and a lot of them went on to do at least one science subject at alevel so they must have got at least a B in that subject to do it. so i dont know from personal experience how difficult it is to take but i do know quite a lot of people who did well in it to carry it on to alevel. also, one of my sis friend did triple science and got 3 As
i do know, however, that alevel sciences most people tend to find difficult. the thing with taking triple science rather than double science at gcse is that if you take an alevel science the jump between gcse and alevel wont be as large cos you will have covered more stuff at gcse
One question - I've noticed a theme with regards to the Science subjects in that you've all found them or know people that have taken the individual Sciences and found them very difficult with many people not gaining a grade higher than a C.....are the individual Sciences "that" hard? Only my eldest son is wanting to take triple science because of the career path he's wanting to take.
im not sure, i did double science which wasnt that difficult i didnt think, we did each science separately with different teachers, different exams for each etc but only came out with 2 gcses instead of 3. and also we just got 2 of the same grade rather than varying grades like i think you get with triple science (although im not 100% sure). my school didnt give the option of doing triple science when i was there, all the boys schools though were made to do triple science, and a lot of them went on to do at least one science subject at alevel so they must have got at least a B in that subject to do it. so i dont know from personal experience how difficult it is to take but i do know quite a lot of people who did well in it to carry it on to alevel. also, one of my sis friend did triple science and got 3 As
i do know, however, that alevel sciences most people tend to find difficult. the thing with taking triple science rather than double science at gcse is that if you take an alevel science the jump between gcse and alevel wont be as large cos you will have covered more stuff at gcse
The fuss that was made for him to be able to take triple science was astounding tbh - they weren't going to run a course to start with but because so many children wanted to do it, they've had to run it now. He is really looking forward to it and loves all things sciency anyway, which obviously is a help and then maybe it can help him decide which to take forward to A level...
di marco
31-08-2008, 10:06
One question - I've noticed a theme with regards to the Science subjects in that you've all found them or know people that have taken the individual Sciences and found them very difficult with many people not gaining a grade higher than a C.....are the individual Sciences "that" hard? Only my eldest son is wanting to take triple science because of the career path he's wanting to take.
im not sure, i did double science which wasnt that difficult i didnt think, we did each science separately with different teachers, different exams for each etc but only came out with 2 gcses instead of 3. and also we just got 2 of the same grade rather than varying grades like i think you get with triple science (although im not 100% sure). my school didnt give the option of doing triple science when i was there, all the boys schools though were made to do triple science, and a lot of them went on to do at least one science subject at alevel so they must have got at least a B in that subject to do it. so i dont know from personal experience how difficult it is to take but i do know quite a lot of people who did well in it to carry it on to alevel. also, one of my sis friend did triple science and got 3 As
i do know, however, that alevel sciences most people tend to find difficult. the thing with taking triple science rather than double science at gcse is that if you take an alevel science the jump between gcse and alevel wont be as large cos you will have covered more stuff at gcse
The fuss that was made for him to be able to take triple science was astounding tbh - they weren't going to run a course to start with but because so many children wanted to do it, they've had to run it now. He is really looking forward to it and loves all things sciency anyway, which obviously is a help and then maybe it can help him decide which to take forward to A level...
the amount of schools which dont want to cater for what the students want to do is appalling! my sis wanted to do food tech for alevel (something the school had always offered and said they were offering for her year), then they decided without telling the students that they werent going to offer it and put them down to do something else without even asking them! their excuse was that only 6 people wanted to do it which wasnt enough to run the course, even though theres only 8 ovens in each room so realistically you couldnt really have more than 8 people doing it anyway! yet they run music with only 3 people and physics for only 1 person!
im glad in the end your sons school decided to run triple science. i think the good thing about triple science is cos you get a separate grade for each science subject you can see which subject you are best at, whereas with double science you get an overall grade and so might be a lot worst at one of the sciences than you are at the other 2 but you wouldnt know. hope your son enjoys the course. what does he want to do with science afterwards, as you said it would help him with his career?
My eldest wants to do medicine and took physics, chemistry and biology at standard grade level (equivalent of GCSE).
In Scotland there is not the option of doing a combined science course, but there is still a reluctance on the part of schools to allow pupils to take 3 sciences. I went to a meeting at the school where the depute head said taking 3 sciences severely narrowed your child's future prospects etc etc.
My son did 3 sciences, and at higher level he is continuing two of them, with the intention of picking up physics again in sixth year.
My younger son is doing physics and chemistry, his other subjects are identical to my elders choices - English, Maths, French , History, Music but he is doing computing instead of biology. Strangely there is no objection to this combination.
Te depute teacher also gave incorrect advice on University courses to several parent whose children wanted to do dentistry and vet. medicine. 3 sciences are definitely required by some Scottish Universities to do these subjects.
There seems to be a bias against science in some schools.
I did Double Science GCSE and had to learn all three subjects seperately, but as diM said, you just came out with two GCSEs instead of three. I've never heard of people saying that Triple Science is massively harder though. He'll just learn more topics. You've got to think of it as being instead of doing Double Science + Geography (For example), he's doing 3 GCSEs in Science. He'll have to put in more work than those doing double science, because his is worth more. People have probably done worse in Triple Science in the past because they have put in the same work as someone doing Double Science, instead of doing more, which they have to.
Plus now, aren't science GCSEs modular? As in, you do a module, and you do an exam, instead of doing all the modules and having one huge exam at the end? Because that will make it a lot easier for him, especially as it sounds like he has a great head on him.
Kirsty :]
31-08-2008, 16:28
I did Double Award Science at GCSE and found it was very good in that it's just the right amount of information to take in, we did a module in the January and exam in June.
However, having said that, this year I took Biology at AS Level and found it so much more difficult to catch onto than my other friends who all took triple award science at GCSE as they'd already gone into that amount of detail whereas we hadn't so it was a big jump to go from I thought and I came out with a U and my other friends who took triple science the year before B-D's... but I'm not exactly the brainiest of people so I suppose it just depends on the individual and how they cope with work load and that :)
I have to say, I did Double Award science and took Biology AS and found it no problem, Infact I know people who took Triple science at GCSE an have done a sceince at AS and havent done as well as those who did the Double Award.
For me not choosing Triple science made no difference, but thats just me
Out of interest JoJo, what does he want to do in the future? Because most universities don't really look at what GCSEs you got. So as long as he has science in some form, whether it is double or triple won't affect him in the slightest. He just has to get the grades to do sciences at A Level, and then it will be the AS level grades they look at. Having said that, Oxford, Cambridge and LSE pay a lot of attention to GCSEs, and UCL, Kings and Imperial do to some extent. But it is the grades, rather than the subjects. If he is more likely to get A*A* at double science than A*A*A* at Triple, then maybe double is the way to go...
I know some colleges now only let you do a science A Level if you've done triple science. Maybe it's only the ones near me, though!
samantha nixon
31-08-2008, 21:23
I know some colleges now only let you do a science A Level if you've done triple science. Maybe it's only the ones near me, though!
Yh it may be as it isnt like that around here, as you only need BB to do biology, not sure about chemisry and physics thogh
my school also never offered us the chance to do biology, chemistry and physics seperately, we just got normal science, then additional science (top set) and additional applied, but we got seperate grades for each of the modules we got 2 for each science so ended up with 6 grades that got added together
I wish my school had done them seperately as my biology was good i got an A in one of the modules, but the physcis and chemistry brought it down for the first year, and the 2nd year was just hard :(
also if your son likes science jojo, I dont think he will find it hard, my cousin did 5 science gcse's (not sure whether seperate or what they were) and she did really well and so did most of the year
I know some colleges now only let you do a science A Level if you've done triple science. Maybe it's only the ones near me, though!
Wow! Really? :eek:
di marco
31-08-2008, 22:02
I know some colleges now only let you do a science A Level if you've done triple science. Maybe it's only the ones near me, though!
ive not heard of that happening where i live. dont think they really could tbh as a lot of the schools dont offer triple science
Out of interest JoJo, what does he want to do in the future? Because most universities don't really look at what GCSEs you got. So as long as he has science in some form, whether it is double or triple won't affect him in the slightest. He just has to get the grades to do sciences at A Level, and then it will be the AS level grades they look at. Having said that, Oxford, Cambridge and LSE pay a lot of attention to GCSEs, and UCL, Kings and Imperial do to some extent. But it is the grades, rather than the subjects. If he is more likely to get A*A* at double science than A*A*A* at Triple, then maybe double is the way to go...
He wants to go into medicine although at the moment, he's considering which route to go down, but is airing more towards the surgery area. He's always wanted to do something in medicine and looking at his options, wasn't able to decide between which of the three he would really get his teeth into because they've all got areas that he's really interested in.
His first module exam is in January 09, then June 09, then January 10 and then June 10.
Out of interest JoJo, what does he want to do in the future? Because most universities don't really look at what GCSEs you got. So as long as he has science in some form, whether it is double or triple won't affect him in the slightest. He just has to get the grades to do sciences at A Level, and then it will be the AS level grades they look at. Having said that, Oxford, Cambridge and LSE pay a lot of attention to GCSEs, and UCL, Kings and Imperial do to some extent. But it is the grades, rather than the subjects. If he is more likely to get A*A* at double science than A*A*A* at Triple, then maybe double is the way to go...
He wants to go into medicine although at the moment, he's considering which route to go down, but is airing more towards the surgery area. He's always wanted to do something in medicine and looking at his options, wasn't able to decide between which of the three he would really get his teeth into because they've all got areas that he's really interested in.
His first module exam is in January 09, then June 09, then January 10 and then June 10.
I don't know if it will be much help to you, but one of my friends was going to apply for Medicine this year. From what she told me, you have to have two sciences at A Level, and then two "hard" subjects. Something like Maths, English Literature, History etc. So if he does pick two in the end, they will have to be two that he is willing to carry on at A Level. So maybe looking at the A Level syllabuses would be good? Because if he's not going to be interested in them at A Level, then theres no point for him to do them at GCSE. One or two let you only do one science A Level, but the majority want two. And he will need a ton of work experience in the health care area, so if he got going on that now then it will be sooo much easier to write his personal statement. But that's a long way off, lol!
The module exams will make it so much easier for him though. So triple science won't be as hard as they make out. He will only have to remember the topics for a matter of months, rather than untill the end of the year. Plus it will mean that if he suddenly hates Physics (for example) then it won't matter too much, because he can just do Biology and Chem A Level.
My friend did triple Science at GCSE and got a B in Biology, C in Chemistry and D in Physics. She resat 1 module of Biology and 1 module of Chemistry during the course. This was at a school with figures of under the average for the county, though. I think it also depends on what you go into it with; she got a 6.4 in her Science SAT, the minimum her school would allow a pupil to take triple science with. I don't think she put a great deal of effort in when it came to revision either, so all of those factors influenced her grades and could mean that your son does a lot better providing he is in better circumstances starting the course and puts in his best effort.
Also, this friend and I often discussed the modules that we did. She did every module that I did for my 2 GCSE's in Science, just one more unit for each science beyond that I think. Unless that's majorly difficult I don't think triple is that much harder than double. I did better than my friend in the modules that we both did, so I think it all depends on ability as indicated by the SAT and the effort that the individual puts in. After a 7 in the SAT I got 3A*'s in modules in the first year, which were pulled down to a high A by one module I scraped an A in and my ISA which was a middle A. My friend got B's, C's and 1D in modules in the first year, but got an A* and A in the ones she resat because she put in more effort as she knew she'd messed up the first time round.
Out of interest JoJo, what does he want to do in the future? Because most universities don't really look at what GCSEs you got. So as long as he has science in some form, whether it is double or triple won't affect him in the slightest. He just has to get the grades to do sciences at A Level, and then it will be the AS level grades they look at. Having said that, Oxford, Cambridge and LSE pay a lot of attention to GCSEs, and UCL, Kings and Imperial do to some extent. But it is the grades, rather than the subjects. If he is more likely to get A*A* at double science than A*A*A* at Triple, then maybe double is the way to go...
He wants to go into medicine although at the moment, he's considering which route to go down, but is airing more towards the surgery area. He's always wanted to do something in medicine and looking at his options, wasn't able to decide between which of the three he would really get his teeth into because they've all got areas that he's really interested in.
His first module exam is in January 09, then June 09, then January 10 and then June 10.
I don't know if it will be much help to you, but one of my friends was going to apply for Medicine this year. From what she told me, you have to have two sciences at A Level, and then two "hard" subjects. Something like Maths, English Literature, History etc. So if he does pick two in the end, they will have to be two that he is willing to carry on at A Level. So maybe looking at the A Level syllabuses would be good? Because if he's not going to be interested in them at A Level, then theres no point for him to do them at GCSE. One or two let you only do one science A Level, but the majority want two. And he will need a ton of work experience in the health care area, so if he got going on that now then it will be sooo much easier to write his personal statement. But that's a long way off, lol!
The module exams will make it so much easier for him though. So triple science won't be as hard as they make out. He will only have to remember the topics for a matter of months, rather than untill the end of the year. Plus it will mean that if he suddenly hates Physics (for example) then it won't matter too much, because he can just do Biology and Chem A Level.
He's also doing higher level Maths and taking History along with his other option choices.
In his Yr10 SATS he got a level 8 for his Maths, level 7 for his Science and level 7 for his English and English Lit. I think its this year that he does work experience also, so will have a look into where he may be able to do that, to maybe gain an insight.
My friend did triple Science at GCSE and got a B in Biology, C in Chemistry and D in Physics. She resat 1 module of Biology and 1 module of Chemistry during the course. This was at a school with figures of under the average for the county, though. I think it also depends on what you go into it with; she got a 6.4 in her Science SAT, the minimum her school would allow a pupil to take triple science with. I don't think she put a great deal of effort in when it came to revision either, so all of those factors influenced her grades and could mean that your son does a lot better providing he is in better circumstances starting the course and puts in his best effort.
Also, this friend and I often discussed the modules that we did. She did every module that I did for my 2 GCSE's in Science, just one more unit for each science beyond that I think. Unless that's majorly difficult I don't think triple is that much harder than double. I did better than my friend in the modules that we both did, so I think it all depends on ability as indicated by the SAT and the effort that the individual puts in. After a 7 in the SAT I got 3A*'s in modules in the first year, which were pulled down to a high A by one module I scraped an A in and my ISA which was a middle A. My friend got B's, C's and 1D in modules in the first year, but got an A* and A in the ones she resat because she put in more effort as she knew she'd messed up the first time round.
TBH thats one thing that does concern me as up till now he hasn't done much revision, to gain the results that he has in his normal class tests and his SATS, which I've said to him will have to change.
He also gets a lot of bullying from classmates and supposed friends and this year, the school have decided to change his tutor group, which has seemingly lumped him into the same tutor group as those who have done some of the bullying. He is happy to stay there for the moment and see how it goes, but I've told him I'll be on the phone/down to the school if it doesn't work for him. I don't understand why they've felt the need to do this tbh as he no longer has any of his so called friends in the same tutor group anymore.
Medicine is one of the few course where GCSEs really count. Most English Universities use them to distinguish between the many candidates with 4 A passes at A level.
Chemistry is the main science requirement, but many candidates take 3 sciences at A level. The general studies A level is not counted if you are applying for medicine.
Dr Tangliss's forum ( see link in here signature) is really good for anyone thinking of applying to medicine, and as I have mentioned before the ucas webite - ucas.com is esssential reading. If you do a subject search you can then look at all the Universities that offer the subject, the entry requirements etc. Some also have links to info about have they choose applicants and what the non- academic requirements are.
You are recommended to do Duke of Edinburgh Gold, volunteer at old folks home/hospital, do work experience in a caring environment, take part is extra curricular activities such as sport and music etc, etc.
Apparently they want smart high achievers who are demonstrably caring, interested in medicine and society in general and well rounded.
Not a short list of requirements!
With regards to bullying - nip it in the bud now.
My son was being bullied by the same people in physics and French, he wouldn't let me contact the school in case I made it worse.
He got Bs in both those subjects, and I don't think it is a coincidence.
His physics jotter was ripped to shreads with scribbles and obcene drawing etc, his book was stolen, his stuff chucked around the class etc etc etc.
By the time it got to the exams he had no notes to study and was totally behind.
With regards to bullying - nip it in the bud now.
My son was being bullied by the same people in physics and French, he wouldn't let me contact the school in case I made it worse.
He got Bs in both those subjects, and I don't think it is a coincidence.
His physics jotter was ripped to shreads with scribbles and obcene drawing etc, his book was stolen, his stuff chucked around the class etc etc etc.
By the time it got to the exams he had no notes to study and was totally behind.
I've tried to talk to my eldest, but like yours, doesn't want to make the situation worse. Plus, his school has this "wonderful" policy of bringing the bullied and the bully together in a meeting and ask the bully why he's doing it, how its upsetting the bullied etc, which then does make the situation entirely worse. I've told my son to tell me how he feels about being in that tutor group by the end of this week (he goes back tomorrow) and I'll be knocking heads together if something isn't changed at my request. He is a high achiever, who has been left to get on with his work, instead of being pushed forwards, something which I've raised on numerous occasions with his tutor - but then the whole tutor system means its a whole, he says/she says situation. Before long, I would be removing him from the school, but unfortunately our choices are very limited, they're all basically v bad schools in our area with under 50% achieving 5 or more A-C grades. MY only other option is private schooling, but I can't afford £16k per year, and would have to follow through the same treatment for my other 3, and that I couldn't even think about affording. It riles me, it really does, but to be honest, I'm not entirely sure what else I can do. However, should it be carrying on this year, I shall be speaking to the LEA as I've found a lot of happenings totally unacceptable and considering the school received a "Good" OFSTED report last year, something is terribly wrong.
Sorry - totally off topic from results received by other members.
I left it for the whole of 4th year.
He started 5th year just before the summer and the 'main' bully is unfortunately still in his classes for Higher. In one of his subjects a friend of his was making his way to sit beside my son, and the bully pushed her out of the way and took the seat. I was so worried that I contacted the school, but when the guidance teacher spoke to my son he said that there was no problem and to leave it.
My son has dropped physics and french and hopefully the teachers in the subjects he is doing now have a better control over what is going on in their classes and there will not be a problem, but I think that is wishful thinking.
My sons have absolutely no control at all - hence my total shock when they received their OFSTED report.
pookie1968uk
01-09-2008, 15:11
my daughter has much of the same problem, the school is supposed to be doing so much better etc etc yet the kids are horrible to be frank! my daughter is going into year 10 and is doing brilliantly at school, high sats levels etc but she is labelled a swot and gets picked on a lot. most of the time she ignores it and gets on with it but i know it does get to her too. most of the girls are just not interested in doing any work and a lot of the boys just mess around. i have just told her to go back to school and concentrate on her next 2 GCSE years and hopefully they wont affect her reaching her full potential.
DaVeyWaVey
01-09-2008, 15:17
The people who are usually doing the bullying and labelling people "swots" are usually the people who are jealous of a person's achievement, in my experience.
If your son wants to go into medicine JoJo, I hear that work experience is very important for it so my advice would be for him to go and experience a workplace where medicine is involved. It would give him a taster of the career path he wishes to go into and also increase his knowledge on the subject so when the time comes for him to apply to university, he can apply this knowledge and this work experience on his personal statement, and it will make him stand out as he will have more than his grades to stand out on.
My son is two years further down the path; he has had his work experience week shadowing a junior doctor in A& E. This was great as he had to work shifts too!
He has achieved his DoE Bronze and Silver Awards and is working towards his Gold.
He has voluntary work experience in lifeguarding, and at a childrens summer sports camp (two summers full time for several weeks). Plus helping at cubs for six months.
This year is is doing voluntary work in the local hospital - this has the dual purpose of counting towards his DoE gold, plus looking good on his personal statement.
He plays 2 musical instruments to a high level, and has swum at national level ( although he has quit that now - no time!). He plays in 4 different bands.
He is doing a Red Cross standard first aid course at the moment in his spare time, and also plays tennis, skis and mountain bikes.
And on top of all that he has school and has to try to get 5 As in his higher.
I am so glad that I am not that age again!
di marco
02-09-2008, 10:43
Out of interest JoJo, what does he want to do in the future? Because most universities don't really look at what GCSEs you got. So as long as he has science in some form, whether it is double or triple won't affect him in the slightest. He just has to get the grades to do sciences at A Level, and then it will be the AS level grades they look at. Having said that, Oxford, Cambridge and LSE pay a lot of attention to GCSEs, and UCL, Kings and Imperial do to some extent. But it is the grades, rather than the subjects. If he is more likely to get A*A* at double science than A*A*A* at Triple, then maybe double is the way to go...
He wants to go into medicine although at the moment, he's considering which route to go down, but is airing more towards the surgery area. He's always wanted to do something in medicine and looking at his options, wasn't able to decide between which of the three he would really get his teeth into because they've all got areas that he's really interested in.
His first module exam is in January 09, then June 09, then January 10 and then June 10.
I don't know if it will be much help to you, but one of my friends was going to apply for Medicine this year. From what she told me, you have to have two sciences at A Level, and then two "hard" subjects. Something like Maths, English Literature, History etc. So if he does pick two in the end, they will have to be two that he is willing to carry on at A Level. So maybe looking at the A Level syllabuses would be good? Because if he's not going to be interested in them at A Level, then theres no point for him to do them at GCSE. One or two let you only do one science A Level, but the majority want two. And he will need a ton of work experience in the health care area, so if he got going on that now then it will be sooo much easier to write his personal statement. But that's a long way off, lol!
Medicine is one of the few course where GCSEs really count. Most English Universities use them to distinguish between the many candidates with 4 A passes at A level.
Chemistry is the main science requirement, but many candidates take 3 sciences at A level. The general studies A level is not counted if you are applying for medicine.
Dr Tangliss's forum ( see link in here signature) is really good for anyone thinking of applying to medicine, and as I have mentioned before the ucas webite - ucas.com is esssential reading. If you do a subject search you can then look at all the Universities that offer the subject, the entry requirements etc. Some also have links to info about have they choose applicants and what the non- academic requirements are.
You are recommended to do Duke of Edinburgh Gold, volunteer at old folks home/hospital, do work experience in a caring environment, take part is extra curricular activities such as sport and music etc, etc.
Apparently they want smart high achievers who are demonstrably caring, interested in medicine and society in general and well rounded.
Not a short list of requirements!
as others have said, you need to have really really good grades to get into medicine, although from what ive read, your son seems really clever so im sure it wont be too much of a problem for him
although i didnt apply to do medicine myself, a lot of the boys where i did my alevels were applying to do medicine. they were told that they basically needed at least As and A*s in their gcses and to have done quite a few gcses as well (ie not just have got the 5 gcses which the government considers you should get). also they were advised to take alevel chemistry and biology and then one other science subject (ie physics, maths etc) and that their last subject shouldnt be something like media etc but one which is considered a "proper" subject, and that they needed to carry through all of their 4 alevel choices
also, you do need to have some sort of work experience as even if youve got the best grades they dont consider you if you have no experience. as your son is only going into yr10 then hopefully he will have a lot of chance of getting some work experience. my sis wants to be a childrens nurse and the degree she wanted to do needed experience, as shed already done her work experience at school (at the end of yr10) she had to try and organise it herself and im not sure if its the same in all areas of the country, but it was very difficult for her to get any through just writing to the hospital etc as it takes them months to reply and then months to get an interview etc. hopefully if your son does his work experience through the school then it should be easier for him. or if you know anyone who works at a hospital etc then it might be easier for your son to ask them about work experience or if they can pass his cv on, as my sis has done that now and it was so much quicker than going through the proper routes. also its best to check as some places wouldnt let kids do work experience if theyre under 16/18. plus as trinity said, try and do voluntary work at an old peoples home and with kids in maybe a playschool/junior school etc as it shows you are good at working with a wide range of people
finally make sure that as well as getting good grades and doing voluntary work, your son does some extra curricular activities, such as sports, music etc as that also goes in your favour on the application. and also try and participate in things which he will gain awards from like the DoE (as someone mentioned) or certificates/trophies etc from other things as it shows he can gain other awards rather than just academic qualifications and shows you can work as part of a team etc. it might also be a good idea to go on a first aid course
although it seems a bit early, you might want to look on the ucas website or the websites for different unis to see what their requirements are etc. also if your sons school has a careers advisor/careers library it might be a good idea for him to look in there/talk to them about it as they will obviously know what is needed etc and be able to help him. and ive just remembered, if there are any university/career roadshows in your area than it might be an idea to go to those as they can be very useful with talks and info and a lot of them focus on careers like medicine so there will be people there to talk to too. a lot of people dont bother going to things like this but if there are any in your area then they are very useful
and one last thing, although its a few years yet before your son will be applying to uni, if he reads up and keeps up-to-date with anything medical related in the news etc then that would be good as they generally ask you about stuff like that in interviews
sorry for the essay lol!
di marco
02-09-2008, 10:47
My friend did triple Science at GCSE and got a B in Biology, C in Chemistry and D in Physics. She resat 1 module of Biology and 1 module of Chemistry during the course. This was at a school with figures of under the average for the county, though. I think it also depends on what you go into it with; she got a 6.4 in her Science SAT, the minimum her school would allow a pupil to take triple science with. I don't think she put a great deal of effort in when it came to revision either, so all of those factors influenced her grades and could mean that your son does a lot better providing he is in better circumstances starting the course and puts in his best effort.
Also, this friend and I often discussed the modules that we did. She did every module that I did for my 2 GCSE's in Science, just one more unit for each science beyond that I think. Unless that's majorly difficult I don't think triple is that much harder than double. I did better than my friend in the modules that we both did, so I think it all depends on ability as indicated by the SAT and the effort that the individual puts in. After a 7 in the SAT I got 3A*'s in modules in the first year, which were pulled down to a high A by one module I scraped an A in and my ISA which was a middle A. My friend got B's, C's and 1D in modules in the first year, but got an A* and A in the ones she resat because she put in more effort as she knew she'd messed up the first time round.
TBH thats one thing that does concern me as up till now he hasn't done much revision, to gain the results that he has in his normal class tests and his SATS, which I've said to him will have to change.
i wouldnt worry about that too much tbh, most people at my school didnt bother revising for class tests and sats (including me) but realised that its best to do revision for gcses, alevels etc lol! im sure your son will start to do more work/revision now hes starting his gcses as he will know theyre a lot more important than sats etc
I never revised for my GCSE's :lol: Bad example I am.
So the other problem is finding something extra currular for him - he isn't sporty at all, by his own admission, and mine as a rose tinted mum, he is useless at sport. So I don't know what else he could look at :searchme:
di marco
02-09-2008, 14:35
I never revised for my GCSE's :lol: Bad example I am.
So the other problem is finding something extra currular for him - he isn't sporty at all, by his own admission, and mine as a rose tinted mum, he is useless at sport. So I don't know what else he could look at :searchme:
lol! i did a bit of revision for my gcses but not much, realised i had to revise for my alevels though!
erm i just suggested sport or music as an option as they are probably the ones most people do. is there anything that hes interested in? cant really think of anything else atm apart from drama or scouts, ill have a think
I never revised for my GCSE's :lol: Bad example I am.
So the other problem is finding something extra currular for him - he isn't sporty at all, by his own admission, and mine as a rose tinted mum, he is useless at sport. So I don't know what else he could look at :searchme:
Duke of Edinburgh is great as it covers the voluntary work, skills and recreation.
First aid, scouts, bike maintenance whatever
www.theaward.org (http://www.theaward.org)
Hollie-x
02-09-2008, 16:30
Anyone doing or has done Edexcel science will know about the double award/triple award GCSEs. So today I got my results from last year (:
For those who don't know - we get two GCSEs for science, one in year 10 and one in year 11.
I got:
P1a - A* P1b - C
B1a - A B1b - B
C1a - B C1b - A
And for each internal assesment I got A*s. Full marks in both chemistry - which we did in year 9 and in Biology
Overall I have a B so far but we have yet to get the 10% in each subject for practical grades, and so have been told by my teachers that I should be getting an A overall (: Dead chuffed with that (: .
Kirsty :]
02-09-2008, 16:52
Well done Hollie that's brill! :):):cheer:
I did those modules but they were AQA ones so it could be that all the boards have B1a, B1b etc. Ours was 25% practical though. For the practical do you have to do an ISA exam? I hated those, so glad I never have to do them again. Even the teachers think they're hard.
Anyone doing or has done Edexcel science will know about the double award/triple award GCSEs. So today I got my results from last year (:
For those who don't know - we get two GCSEs for science, one in year 10 and one in year 11.
I got:
P1a - A* P1b - C
B1a - A B1b - B
C1a - B C1b - A
And for each internal assesment I got A*s. Full marks in both chemistry - which we did in year 9 and in Biology
Overall I have a B so far but we have yet to get the 10% in each subject for practical grades, and so have been told by my teachers that I should be getting an A overall (: Dead chuffed with that (: .
WOW thats good :D You must be pleased :)
I never revised for my GCSE's :lol: Bad example I am.
So the other problem is finding something extra currular for him - he isn't sporty at all, by his own admission, and mine as a rose tinted mum, he is useless at sport. So I don't know what else he could look at :searchme:
Try and get him doing things that relate to medicine and health care, because that is what the universities are really interested in. Things like helping at an old people's home for a few hours a week, or at a hospice. He is probably... 14? 15? So most hospitals won't let him do lots of work experience just yet. But other areas of health care are just as important. Then get the school to help with getting work experience in year 10, and he can get some contacts when he's there to get more experience. Doing things like sports are all well and good, but medicine is soo competitive that he will need a major amount of experience to really help his application stand out.
di marco
02-09-2008, 22:24
Anyone doing or has done Edexcel science will know about the double award/triple award GCSEs. So today I got my results from last year (:
For those who don't know - we get two GCSEs for science, one in year 10 and one in year 11.
I got:
P1a - A* P1b - C
B1a - A B1b - B
C1a - B C1b - A
And for each internal assesment I got A*s. Full marks in both chemistry - which we did in year 9 and in Biology
Overall I have a B so far but we have yet to get the 10% in each subject for practical grades, and so have been told by my teachers that I should be getting an A overall (: Dead chuffed with that (: .
well done hollie :)
Hollie-x
03-09-2008, 15:21
Thanks guys (:
Yeah I think we did do the ISAs.
We got told the answers by the teachers though! Or as they put it - we will be doing these questions today that are very similar to the ones in the test.
DaVeyWaVey
11-08-2009, 22:44
Results day is approaching...
Nearly 8 days to go until AS/A Level results come out on August 20th.
GCSE results are out a week later on August 27th.
How is everyone feeling?
Even though I have an unconditional offer from my firm university, I still really hope I've done well in my A Level exams. I am predicted ABC but all I pray for is at least a B in English.
I posted elsewhere that my son got his SQA Higher results. He didn't make the 5 As that would have allowed him to apply anywhere, but he can still apply to several medical schools and hope that he gets straight As in his 3 advanced highers.
Unfortunately your university entrance in Scotland for medicine is based on your 5th Year Higher results.
He got:
Maths A
Biology A
Music A
English B
Chemistry B
He also passed his grade 8 trombone, and is just finishing his DoE Gold.
He will need to get predicted an A at AH chemistry to make up for the B at Higher, to be honest I don't like his chances of getting in.
We have our leaving cert results (similar to A Levels) out today.. waiting to hear how 2 of my nieces and 2 of my nephews got on.
Hollie-x
12-08-2009, 11:41
I am actually quite nervous!
I'm hoping I've got the C in maths to be able to do my college courses. As I was put into set 3 at the beginning of this year - a C is the max I can get :(
I know I wont have done that good in history - I just didn't have any way of getting any of the info to stick in my head!
Good luck everyone!
Hannelene
12-08-2009, 11:47
Good luck to you all and I hope that you all get the results you have been hoping for :)
My neices and one of my nephews did really really well.. the other nephew failed.. my brother is none to pleased
di marco
13-08-2009, 08:31
good luck everyone! :) id forgotten it was this close!
A week today ...... and the rest of our lives are decided! Brilliant :|
Kirsty :]
13-08-2009, 22:26
Haha, I'm not worried.
I know I've done bad, I didn't put the work in because I never wanted to be there but went back to keep everyone else happy, but I've got a place at College, a chance to star all over again.. so results day for me is like.. put it all int he past day, forget how bad my results are, party hard and then concentrate on the future.. and work my damn bum off so that I can do what i want to do :)
I don't want to know... and mine are only AS. Having a uni place riding on it must be a nightmare.
I don't want to know... and mine are only AS. Having a uni place riding on it must be a nightmare.
I was like that last year when I got the envelope. I walked around the classroom for about half an hour before I opened it. I didn't get what I wanted but I still got into uni and that's all that mattered.
At the end of the day, all I wanted was to do well enough to get a place at uni, I wasn't bothered about getting four As. I knew I wouldn't anyway because my AS results weren't good but I wasn't going to make myself ill over revision.
This sounds strange but I actually find uni work easier than A level work. Maybe because it's enjoyable and I love what I'm doing whereas I hated my A levels and regret the subjects I chose.
I don't want to know... and mine are only AS. Having a uni place riding on it must be a nightmare.
I was like that last year when I got the envelope. I walked around the classroom for about half an hour before I opened it. I didn't get what I wanted but I still got into uni and that's all that mattered.
At the end of the day, all I wanted was to do well enough to get a place at uni, I wasn't bothered about getting four As. I knew I wouldn't anyway because my AS results weren't good but I wasn't going to make myself ill over revision.
This sounds strange but I actually find uni work easier than A level work. Maybe because it's enjoyable and I love what I'm doing whereas I hated my A levels and regret the subjects I chose.
You shouldn't regret your A level subjects. They have got you into doing something you love, and that is the whole purpose of doing them.
Regret is a futile waste of emotion.
The teachers say a lot of people say that their A Levels were harder than uni work. I guess it helps not having 3/4 different subjects.
I know what you mean about the AS; it's that that bothers me at the moment because I know it will be harder to get the grades at the end of next year and to get into top unis if these aren't what I'm meant to get.
DaVeyWaVey
16-08-2009, 12:12
I've heard that uni work is easier than A Levels as well...one of my teachers said to me that A Levels will be the hardest thing I do and I must admit, it has been a bit of a challenge!
I found the step up from GCSE to AS Level the hardest - I still don't know to this day how I got BBC for my ASs last year.
I had my first 'results day' dream last night :o
To be honest, I think I'm worrying too much and I know I shouldn't but my A Level grades mean a lot to me - I want some good grades to show off, even though I already have my place at uni. If I got bad results, I would feel like I didn't deserve it.
But I know there are people in worse off positions than me, so I should get a bit of a grip.
StarsOfCCTV
16-08-2009, 19:05
3 days. Argh! :eek::p
I feel sick! Just ill at the thought.
Everytime I had a small thought about it on holiday I felt fine, it seemed ages away for reason even yesterday when I thought about it, but now Im back I feel sick :sick: its like the day after tomorrow :(
DaVeyWaVey
18-08-2009, 15:09
Funny how this is reported two days before A Level results (found it on Yahoo News)
A monkey could be trained to sit today's "Mickey Mouse" A-level questions, according to a survey of teachers.
The study by the social policy think tank Civitas also found that modular courses and resits are responsible for the rise in top A-level grades.
The A-level system allows today's students to get better results than they would have in the past, because they have more opportunities to succeed, teachers claim.
One director of A-levels, based in the North West, told researchers: "You could train a monkey to do the questions today."
Another head of sixth-form from the East Midlands said: "This is Mickey Mouse stuff - what they learn at A-level today is not sufficient for GCSE. The system is an absolute shambles. The standard of the candidates is very low - it's a national disgrace."
The survey is published just days before teenagers across the country receive their A-level results.
Last year, more than one in four grades (25.9%) were A grades, and that figure is expected to top 26% this summer.
The Civitas study, based on responses from 150 A-level teachers, found that not one thought that the rise in A grades was due to students being brighter.
More than four in 10 (43%) thought the reason for more top grades was that students are more informed about what will be in the exams.
Modular courses means students are tested at the end of each "bitesize" section.
squillyfer
18-08-2009, 15:39
Funny how this is reported two days before A Level results (found it on Yahoo News)
A monkey could be trained to sit today's "Mickey Mouse" A-level questions, according to a survey of teachers.
The study by the social policy think tank Civitas also found that modular courses and resits are responsible for the rise in top A-level grades.
The A-level system allows today's students to get better results than they would have in the past, because they have more opportunities to succeed, teachers claim.
One director of A-levels, based in the North West, told researchers: "You could train a monkey to do the questions today."
Another head of sixth-form from the East Midlands said: "This is Mickey Mouse stuff - what they learn at A-level today is not sufficient for GCSE. The system is an absolute shambles. The standard of the candidates is very low - it's a national disgrace."
The survey is published just days before teenagers across the country receive their A-level results.
Last year, more than one in four grades (25.9%) were A grades, and that figure is expected to top 26% this summer.
The Civitas study, based on responses from 150 A-level teachers, found that not one thought that the rise in A grades was due to students being brighter.
More than four in 10 (43%) thought the reason for more top grades was that students are more informed about what will be in the exams.
Modular courses means students are tested at the end of each "bitesize" section.
Seriously do they just keep these on record, drag them out every august and change the numbers cos its the same old news and its still a load of rubbish
Funny how this is reported two days before A Level results (found it on Yahoo News)
A monkey could be trained to sit today's "Mickey Mouse" A-level questions, according to a survey of teachers.
The study by the social policy think tank Civitas also found that modular courses and resits are responsible for the rise in top A-level grades.
The A-level system allows today's students to get better results than they would have in the past, because they have more opportunities to succeed, teachers claim.
One director of A-levels, based in the North West, told researchers: "You could train a monkey to do the questions today."
Another head of sixth-form from the East Midlands said: "This is Mickey Mouse stuff - what they learn at A-level today is not sufficient for GCSE. The system is an absolute shambles. The standard of the candidates is very low - it's a national disgrace."
The survey is published just days before teenagers across the country receive their A-level results.
Last year, more than one in four grades (25.9%) were A grades, and that figure is expected to top 26% this summer.
The Civitas study, based on responses from 150 A-level teachers, found that not one thought that the rise in A grades was due to students being brighter.
More than four in 10 (43%) thought the reason for more top grades was that students are more informed about what will be in the exams.
Modular courses means students are tested at the end of each "bitesize" section.
That's funny because all my teachers A level teachers said exams aren't getting easier and there are many reasons why grades are better.
It's the same rubbish every year at the same time. Next week we'll have news that GCSEs are being "dumbed down" even further.
The critics would be complaining if more students were failing. You just can't win :rolleyes:
Exactly, its like they want us to do badly
Kirsty :]
18-08-2009, 17:11
I'd like to see them sit an A Level exam... and not forgetting, it's not even just 1 exam, it adds up for 2/3/4 subjects, along with coursework oh and now the pointless compulsory Welsh Bacc that some schools have no choice but to do! Idiots. :rolleyes:
Is anyone going on ucas before and find out if they got into their uni?
Im not, I mean a part of me wants to, but then if I havent got in I wouldnt want to know my results
Good luck to all those getting results tomorrow :) Hope you get what you want or need for uni.
Thanks Abigail, I cant stop freaking out about it though
It's a big day and your results will decide the next three years of your life to some degree.
You can't change anything now, there's nothing you can do to alter the contents of the envelope or your universities decision. I'm confident you'll have got into Bristol though, you worked hard enough.
BTW, are UWE and Bristol in roughly the same area?
erm? :confused:
are you talking to me? Exeter is my first choice and plymouth second, they are both in the south west if that helps
DaVeyWaVey
19-08-2009, 18:06
Good luck everyone!
I pray I get my B in English!
StarsOfCCTV
19-08-2009, 18:26
BTW, are UWE and Bristol in roughly the same area?
UWE is about 4 miles out of Bristol city but still in the Bristol area.
I need to ring up one of my friends - I forgot the time between which we can pick up the results. :lol: :p Is it the same everywhere in the UK?
DaVeyWaVey
19-08-2009, 18:33
Yeah, 10am where I am too
10am for me too; was 9 last year though. Cutbacks :rolleyes:
If A Levels are so easy and so many people say they're the hardest things they've ever done, what does that say for uni work :lweek:
I feel really sick.
StarsOfCCTV
19-08-2009, 21:01
Apparently its 11am for us. 11-1 to be precise. :p
My mum and sister are going to drop me off and wait in the car. :lol: :rolleyes:
Anyone going to check UCAS at 12am? :p
I think we have 10-2. Could be 10-12 though. If we don't get there by then the results are in first class post, which we don't want because there is a strike apparently.
Chloe O'brien
19-08-2009, 22:02
good luck to everyone for tomorrow you will all do fab i know it.
Pinkbanana
19-08-2009, 22:23
All the best to one and all for tomorrow... I hope everyone gets what they need/wanted!!! *fingers crossed* :D
Kirsty :]
19-08-2009, 23:48
It's 9 at our school. Not overly bothered about my results since I knwo how I've done because I put no effort in, and everyone knew/knows that. I'm happy that I've got my place in College to start over again and do things properly, so tomorrow I won't be dwelling on bad results, but feeling good that I have some closure on the past 2 years of school which I really didn't enjoy.
EDIT: Good luck everyone :)
Im sooo nervous, my friend just text me and made it worse
I havent been on UCAS yet, im to scared, I will do it afterwards
I feel sooo sick, Im just trying to think of the worst so I can prepare myself
Oh and good luck!
moonstorm
20-08-2009, 09:13
Good Luck All and remember it is not the end of the world if results do not go as planned. xxxx
Good Luck Everyone,
My little sisters just got her AS's
How did you sister get on?
She did really well, A B and a distinction in her acting Btec
She did really well, A B and a distinction in her acting Btec
Fanastic! Well done to lil' sis!
DaVeyWaVey
20-08-2009, 12:24
My results:
English Literature [B]
Media [B]
Drama and Theatre [c]
I am happy :)
Woohoo!! well done Davey..
DaVeyWaVey
20-08-2009, 13:28
Thanks! Surprised by some of my exam marks. I got an A in my Paradise Lost paper and I thought I epicly failed that!
I failed one of my Drama papers and got a U but luckily it evened out to a C.
Thanks! Surprised by some of my exam marks. I got an A in my Paradise Lost paper and I thought I epicly failed that!
I failed one of my Drama papers and got a U but luckily it evened out to a C.
well done davey x
:eek: :eek: :eek: !!
Business - A
Psychology - A
Economics - A (Can't believe I managed to make up the marks without a resit!) :D :D
English Literature - C (Oops! :( Got an A on the coursework but a D in the exam!)
Wow Kim.. amazing results
DaVeyWaVey
20-08-2009, 14:45
I knew you had nothing to worry about Kim. Well done! :)
I knew you had nothing to worry about Kim. Well done! :)
:thumbsup: well done kim x
Well done Kim and Davey :D
YAY!!! I got into Exeter I was soooo happy when I read it :D
My results:
English Language : A
Geography: B
Drama & theatre studies: B
Biology : C
Im sooooo happy :D
Im proud of my C in biology cos it was hard this year and although I got a U in unit 5 which was horrible, in my resits for unit 1 and 4 it took my C and D up to 2 A's so its a good job I got a C overall :D :D
Well done Abbie.. congrats
I want my certificates now :p cos my resits took my AS results from BBBC to AABB which I know dont really matter now, but still I will know
There was a letter in the envelope with my results about certificates. I didn't think there were separate ones for AS's but it made it sound like there were :hmm:
Well done guys :D brilliant results - all into first choices?
I got:
Psychology [A]
Drama & Theatre [A] - i got A's for all 3 units this year so i'd dead chuffed!
English [C] - really pleased considering the Synoptic paper was AWFUL and i actually thought i'd failed! I got a D in the synoptic and an E in the other paper (byron/Hamlet) which i was annoyed about - but ah well!!1
Didn't get into Cardiff because of the C (wanted AAB) but im glad because i was starting to have second thoughts - off to Nottingham Trent :)
There was a letter in the envelope with my results about certificates. I didn't think there were separate ones for AS's but it made it sound like there were :hmm:
yeah there is
Well done guys :D brilliant results - all into first choices?
I got:
Psychology [A]
Drama & Theatre [A] - i got A's for all 3 units this year so i'd dead chuffed!
English [C] - really pleased considering the Synoptic paper was AWFUL and i actually thought i'd failed! I got a D in the synoptic and an E in the other paper (byron/Hamlet) which i was annoyed about - but ah well!!1
Didn't get into Cardiff because of the C (wanted AAB) but im glad because i was starting to have second thoughts - off to Nottingham Trent :)
wow great results :D
yeah I got into my first choice
Well done to all of you!
I should have said that too.. I am getting sore fingers saying congrats all the time
But to everyone WELL DONE and congrats.. excellent results from all :clap::clap::clap:
DaVeyWaVey
20-08-2009, 16:29
Well done Abbie and Layne - I'm really glad that you've got into unis you are happy with. You both have a fantastic set of results there.
My friend is currently having such a bad day - her insurance choice rejected her and her firm choice considered her but now they have rejected her too, so she's had to go into clearing.
Meanwhile, my other friend got DEE and still got onto his Geography course in Bangor!
well done everyone! great results! hope you all got the grades you wanted, and got into your unis?
heard on news today 1/4 A Level grades are an A, this is absurd, the whole meaning of them is lost when top marks are being handed out so freely, they need to tighten up the grade systems if you ask me.
Well done Kim and Davey :D
YAY!!! I got into Exeter I was soooo happy when I read it :D
My results:
English Language : A
Geography: B
Drama & theatre studies: B
Biology : C
Im sooooo happy :D
Im proud of my C in biology cos it was hard this year and although I got a U in unit 5 which was horrible, in my resits for unit 1 and 4 it took my C and D up to 2 A's so its a good job I got a C overall :D :D
well done abbie and layne :thumbsup:
My results:
English Literature [B]
Media [B]
Drama and Theatre [c]
I am happy :)
Business - A
Psychology - A
Economics - A (Can't believe I managed to make up the marks without a resit!)
English Literature - C (Oops! :( Got an A on the coursework but a D in the exam!)
Well done Kim and Davey :D
YAY!!! I got into Exeter I was soooo happy when I read it :D
My results:
English Language : A
Geography: B
Drama & theatre studies: B
Biology : C
Im sooooo happy
Im proud of my C in biology cos it was hard this year and although I got a U in unit 5 which was horrible, in my resits for unit 1 and 4 it took my C and D up to 2 A's so its a good job I got a C overall :D :D
I got:
Psychology [A]
Drama & Theatre [A] - i got A's for all 3 units this year so i'd dead chuffed!
English [C] - really pleased considering the Synoptic paper was AWFUL and i actually thought i'd failed! I got a D in the synoptic and an E in the other paper (byron/Hamlet) which i was annoyed about - but ah well!!1
Didn't get into Cardiff because of the C (wanted AAB) but im glad because i was starting to have second thoughts - off to Nottingham Trent :)
Well done to you guys, fantastic results :thumbsup: Have you got any celebrations planned?
Chloe O'brien
20-08-2009, 19:51
Thank god i can uncross my eyes now. :D Well done to everyone for brilliant results i knew you could all do it.
Hollie-x
20-08-2009, 20:54
Well done everyone, they're fantastic results! Just shows the hard work pays off :D x
Well done Abbie and Layne - I'm really glad that you've got into unis you are happy with. You both have a fantastic set of results there.
My friend is currently having such a bad day - her insurance choice rejected her and her firm choice considered her but now they have rejected her too, so she's had to go into clearing.
Meanwhile, my other friend got DEE and still got onto his Geography course in Bangor!
You got to love Bangor! My friend got to EEs and was let in and we are all convinced its because we think the lecturer thought he said 2 Bs on the phone!
well done everybody, there great results. My little sister got ABC and all her friends have done brilliant so they were celebrating round here today.
StarsOfCCTV
21-08-2009, 00:00
History: C
Science Double Award: BC
I still got my place though. :D Maybe uwe took my grade 6 music into account, and that made up the points I missed.
Well done everyone else. AOL has been dead all day so haven't been able to come online.
Pinkbanana
21-08-2009, 00:11
well done everyone! :D
History: C
Science Double Award: BC
I still got my place though. :D Maybe uwe took my grade 6 music into account, and that made up the points I missed.
Well done everyone else. AOL has been dead all day so haven't been able to come online.
They might've counted points from your AS Philosophy as well.
StarsOfCCTV
21-08-2009, 00:39
Ooh yes I hadn't thought of that. :p
Kirsty :]
21-08-2009, 02:31
I'm going to have to break the good grade chain now
I had:
English Language- D
RE- E
However!
...I'm actually fine with my results, my teachers were fine with them too... my english teacher was actually pleased with me, since I did my coursework in an hour before it had to be moderated and sent off...
They're not the best results, but my teachers were just happy that I went back and sat my exams because I was fully intent on not going back at all, and I was expecting 2 U's.
So I'm happy I wasn't so stubborn and actually listened and just went ahead with them, because that shows how well I can do if I managed to pass at some degree without putting in any effort at all.. and teaching myself half of the topics because I missed them.
Now it's off to College :) I know I can do well.. it's what I want to do... and this time I'm not messing it up! :) It's a new start for me haha
Well done to everyone on their results!! You all did so well!! I am sooo proud of you :D:D:D
The thing is kirtsy is at least you have a plan and now your gonna do what you want to do :)
I had dancing last night so didnt really celebrate and then went round my friends and we watched a DVD
squillyfer
26-08-2009, 20:36
Hi everyone know I'm a bit late but the laptop's been broken, well done, glad everything worked out ok for everyone. I got into my first choice uni, Dundee
General Studies: A
Chemistry: B
Physics: B
Psychology: B
Maths: D
Maths is pretty naffy but I actually thought I'd failed after C4 so ironically its the one I'm most proud of :) and I'm thrilled with physics since I found that my hardest subject. I only have 9 days till uni now, cant believe I'm moving so far away, its technically a different country lol
Well done :D those are great results
Hi everyone know I'm a bit late but the laptop's been broken, well done, glad everything worked out ok for everyone. I got into my first choice uni, Dundee
General Studies: A
Chemistry: B
Physics: B
Psychology: B
Maths: D
Maths is pretty naffy but I actually thought I'd failed after C4 so ironically its the one I'm most proud of :) and I'm thrilled with physics since I found that my hardest subject. I only have 9 days till uni now, cant believe I'm moving so far away, its technically a different country lol
Great results, congrats :D What are you going to study?
Congrats squillyfer :D
Good luck to everyone getting GCSE's tomorrow.
Hollie-x
27-08-2009, 12:58
Aaaa i'm so pleased with my results!
I gotttt.
Religious Studies - A
ICT - A
English Language - A
English Lit - B
Maths (foundation) C
(got 213 out of a pissible 250 on the foundation, C is the highest I could have got)
History - C (ded chuffed with that seen as I got a U on my mock lmao because I couldn't answer the questions)
Dual Award Science - BB
Citizenship - B
Ohh and we have our drama mark yet to come because Edexcel messed up so we don't know what we got - everybodies paper just says F which is gonna look fab in the paper tomorrow....
But overall i'm really happy!
Went to college to enrol and i'm doing A Lever Biology, Sociology, Psychology, ICT and got told I'd have to do either Critical Thinking, General Studies or a Finance thingio so I'm doing Critical Thinking even though I don't really know what it's about lol.
DaVeyWaVey
27-08-2009, 13:02
Well done Hollie :) Those are great! You should be proud.
Wow :D well done hollie
I did biology at A level
Wow :D well done hollie
I did biology at A level
I failed biology at our A level equivulant (SP?).. hated Biology preferred Physics
I really like parts of biology I was just sick of plants! Biology is quite hard but the unitsr range for example although I got a C overall in the units my grades ranged from an A - U :lol:
Well done Hollie :)
I don't think they will show F's in the paper. When my school put our GCSE's in the paper they just showed everything that we passed, and the exact grade if we got an A* or A.
Sometimes I think that these days thats schools and colleges care too much about the school getting like a really high % of high grades rather than them caring that the individual student got the best grade they could have done
Sometimes I think that these days thats schools and colleges care too much about the school getting like a really high % of high grades rather than them caring that the individual student got the best grade they could have done
Same here. Most schools in my area only show A*'s in the paper but my school decided to put the A's in as well.
well done Hollie, great set of results! :D :cheer:
well done hollie.
I just seen on the local news a young girl in Gorton got 16 A*s thats insane!
Kirsty :]
27-08-2009, 23:25
Aww well done Hollie, thats fab!! :D:D
Thats also so so weird... I was going to do those exacts subjects when i wanted to re-do my A Levels in COllege haha
Hollie-x
28-08-2009, 09:59
Thanks everybody :D
Chloe O'brien
29-08-2009, 00:35
Wow :D well done hollie
I did biology at A level
I failed biology at our A level equivulant (SP?).. hated Biology preferred Physics
I liked biology right up until we were cutting up bull's eyes one day and a couple of boys in class stole the bull's eyes and rolled them across the dinner table when it was meatballs for school dinner's. I've never been the same since.
eww thats horrible, I dont blame you
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