G.C.S.E's

[Abigail]

Good luck Jelly Belly - can't you resit your AS anyway if you don't do as well as expected?

I can resit AS either one module in a subject which wouldn't be too bad or the whole course which means that I won't be able to do the A2 in September. I know I'm going to get a low grade in Business because I got an E in Jan and didn't resit it in June. And I'll be shocked if I get anything above a D in
Biology, I just don't understand any of it.

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

Question to fellow SBer's who have passed thier GCSE's..
1)Do you remember what you got in you mocks (especially Maths) and then what you got for the real thing?

2)How did you achieve your grades and how did you study?
3)Did you go tution?
4)Did you go for extra classes within school?

Thank-you

[StarsOfCCTV]

1) C and C
2) I have no idea and I didn't
3) no
4) no

[DaVeyWaVey]

Question to fellow SBer's who have passed thier GCSE's..
1)Do you remember what you got in you mocks (especially Maths) and then what you got for the real thing?

2)How did you achieve your grades and how did you study?
3)Did you go tution?
4)Did you go for extra classes within school?

Thank-you

1. I got the exact same grades in my mocks and in my real GCSEs. I got a C in Maths.

2. I studied by looking at my exam timetable and revising a week before my exams (about 1-3 hours a day leading up too it)..and I revised by making notes and looking through exercise books, looking through past papers. (rereading my set texts for English). I rarely used any revision guides.

...and no to the last 2 questions.

[Abigail]

1)Do you remember what you got in you mocks (especially Maths) and then what you got for the real thing?

2)How did you achieve your grades and how did you study?
3)Did you go tution?
4)Did you go for extra classes within school?

Thank-you

1. I didn't do my mocks but I got my target grades. My friends who did mocks got on average two grades higher in their real exams.
2. I didn't bother revising.
3. No
4. Yes, about three.

[Abi]

Question to fellow SBer's who have passed thier GCSE's..
1)Do you remember what you got in you mocks (especially Maths) and then what you got for the real thing?

2)How did you achieve your grades and how did you study?
3)Did you go tution?
4)Did you go for extra classes within school?

Thank-you

1) I got mainly B's in my mocks, if i remember correctly. I got DD in science, because i failed the Physics part. And i got a C in maths. In the real thing, i got 6 As and 5 Bs (BB in science, A in Maths). So i did a lot better in my real thing.

2) I got my grades by working hard in lessons towards the end of the year, and asking lots of questions. I barely revised at home.

3) No, its too expensive for what you get. Not worth it.

4) No

[Abbie]

Question to fellow SBer's who have passed thier GCSE's..
1)Do you remember what you got in you mocks (especially Maths) and then what you got for the real thing?

2)How did you achieve your grades and how did you study?
3)Did you go tution?
4)Did you go for extra classes within school?

Thank-you

1) I got like just a C in my mocks and I mean barely a C and then I got an A in the real thing
2) I just went over and over the stuff and really paid attention in class I did a lot of past papers and at home when through my revsion guides and remember the key points on certain methods and subjects. In the exam if there was a question when I wasnt sure I just tried anything I could think of that was realvent to try and work it out.
3) No
4) Not really but when we were on study leave I did go to the extra maths classes where we did past papers and then before the scond paper we had a class as we could work out what would appear on the paper

[di marco]

Question to fellow SBer's who have passed thier GCSE's..
1)Do you remember what you got in you mocks (especially Maths) and then what you got for the real thing?

2)How did you achieve your grades and how did you study?
3)Did you go tution?
4)Did you go for extra classes within school?

Thank-you

1) erm got A* for maths in both and i think i got pretty much the same in my mocks as i did in the real things (apart from for RE, which went up from a D to an A!) in the real thing i got 2 A*s, 7 As and 3 Bs and got roughly As and Bs in my mocks i think
2) didnt really study much, did the past papers and exercises in class, and started revising for the real thing a day or 2 before if that!
3) No
4) Only once for statistics cos that was an extra thing and we hadnt learnt it in class, only stayed for about 10mins though!

although saying this, its different for everyone. i might have done better if id actually revised properly and went to extra classes but i just couldnt be bothered at the time! also remember that your final grade is made up of your cw marks as well as your exams so your grades will probably differ from those you got for your mocks cos of this

[Abigail]

After you have done your GCSEs and moved on to A levels nobody asks you what grades you got at GCSE. As long as you got at least a C in English and Maths nobody is bothered about the rest. Just make sure that you pass in English and Maths and don't stress too much.

I only have five GCSEs. I missed the whole of year 11 and did no revision at all and got 2 As and 3 Bs. Nobody has ever asked me about them since I started my A levels.

[di marco]

After you have done your GCSEs and moved on to A levels nobody asks you what grades you got at GCSE. As long as you got at least a C in English and Maths nobody is bothered about the rest. Just make sure that you pass in English and Maths and don't stress too much.

I only have five GCSEs. I missed the whole of year 11 and did no revision at all and got 2 As and 3 Bs. Nobody has ever asked me about them since I started my A levels.

that isnt strictly true. to get my place at uni, i had to have 5 gcse at grade A - C, 3 of those had to be english, maths and science. also (i think i said this in another thread) some of the top unis, especially oxbridge, will look at your gcse and they will be looking for all As at least. and youd normally put your gcse on your CV so although employers will look at your other qualifications first (ie. your degree and/or alevels) they will still know what your gcse were so obviously the better the grades the better. so yes if you do really badly in your gcse its not the end of the world but obviously its best to work hard and get good grades