Your Exam Results. - Page 2

August 10, 2008, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Sephiroth Gene

Aaaaaaaaaaand they're in.

Music: A; English & Biology: B; Maths: C; Chemistry: D.

Truth be told, I expected everything, save for Music, to be one grade higher that it was. Maths was disappointing, given that I was estimated for an A. Chemistry looks horrible but, really, that subject was ridiculously impossible. I can maybe appeal for a B in Maths, in which case, I'll have the grades I need for University. If not, I'll be able to re-sit it or even obtain that B elsewhere this year with either Psychology, Advanced Biology or Advanced Music. Hell, I'm even doing an Open University course so, at the end of the day, I'll make it up.

You know, you could have asked me for help if you had problems with math. I'd love to help people with their mathematical woes.

But then you said you were expecting an A, so now I can see why you didn't ask.

We had this geometry course which lots of people said was hard and they didn't like it, which was wierd, because I actually enjoyed it; maybe it was hard, but I prefer the term challenging. The average in that course ended up being a B-, but only because our professor is a really nice guy, and probably ended up bumping our marks up (the average on the midterm was only 55%; how do you make a B- (70%) out of that?) and lots of people I talked to after the final exam said they didn't feel confident. I ended up with a B or B- on that midterm, so I didn't have to worry much; I was 2% away from an A- in that course.

August 11, 2008, 3:18 PM

I went to collect my grades from school and they arrived in my doormat afew days later, if only I'd known you back then Angelus, I got a C in maths, I'm terribly shit at it

I was pretty worried when I went for my results though, I wasnt arsed til I arrived at school and then I was bricking it

Got A in English Lit
B in English Language (that's STILL a sore point, had I not fluffed that I'd of got an A* because of the extra paper I did

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CC in French Maths and Science
B in Art
And U in IT......I really need to look into doing a computer course thing

August 14, 2008, 1:10 PM

Grgh...

A2 Biology - Scraped an E. I was expecting a U, so that's alright, I guess.
AS Business Studies - D, almost a C. One paper dragged my whole grade down. =( I'll retake that specific paper later in order to make up for that.
AS History - C, but it could have been a B easily.

I'll take another AS subject in order to increase my "UCAS score". I have to do that, anyway.
Not what I was quite expecting, but it could have been worse, and I can improve on it.

I'm not stupid, I know that I'm intelligent enough to get good grades if I concentrate. At least that's what I think. I don't do as well in exams as I used to, and I think my preference has shifted towards coursework.

August 14, 2008, 7:20 PM

I didn't take exams. Or actually I did, but then I'm already in college going to year 2 now. So basically, nothing to worry about. My schoolsystem works way different than yours.
I have to pass everything, which means get 6 out of 10 for each and every test. And I don't have things like chemistry or math. I have Japanese (reading, writing, speaking, listening), English (mostly speaking and writing), Law (very basic), Economics (very basic), Intercultural Communications, Presentations (only 4 though), Interviewing, IT (as in word and powerpoint), Japanese Culture (even had a class on anime and manga) and ehm oh business writing (most of my class failed this one).
For each exam you pass you get grades, but only 6 and up get points. 60 points in total to pass year 1, but you can go to year 2 with only 40. You'll have to redo the failed ones in year 2 though.. Only if you have 40 points and not pass Japanese then you're out. Its all about Japanese after all.
Passed all of them so Year 2 here I come

August 14, 2008, 9:11 PM

Turned out that I didn't get kicked out of college, I'm definitely in for a third year. Goodbye, real world! I'm not there yet!

Got a D in English Language & Literature, D in History and E in ICT. Although the E is a bit of a letdown, I'm still in. I'm being allowed to progress to A2 ICT, considering the fact that my teacher actually believes in me!

Heh, no more History. That's an actual A Level now. I could be starting Media Studies next year, so that'd be good for my video-making skills.

August 15, 2008, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Bella Cullen

Turned out that I didn't get kicked out of college, I'm definitely in for a third year. Goodbye, real world! I'm not there yet!

Got a D in English Language & Literature, D in History and E in ICT. Although the E is a bit of a letdown, I'm still in. I'm being allowed to progress to A2 ICT, considering the fact that my teacher actually believes in me!

Heh, no more History. That's an actual A Level now. I could be starting Media Studies next year, so that'd be good for my video-making skills.

Guess I'm not the only one not too happy with their results, so that's a relief. Yes, it does help that I've shown what I'm capable of in History and Business. Just didn't apply it properly when it came down to the exams. I never pay attention when teachers mention "exam technique". It's a little worrying that many students are simply being trained to pass exams, with little practical or in-depth application. Maybe it'll improve at A2. This will be my third year, as well.

It didn't help the mood when I heard hysterical screams of "I got all As!!!"

August 15, 2008, 8:27 PM

I think I actually make my exams more challenging than they should be. I admit I'm terribly lazy, so I could ace all my exams by reading all my notes, memorizing all the theorems and all the techniques used in every single problem, but that would make math seem too much like a science course, which is far too dry for my own tastes. Instead, I do end up doing the problems because they're fun, but rather than memorizing the theorems stupidly, I'd find a way to remember them more easily, like derive them. It's much easier to remember it that way. The only problem is that it takes some time on the test to do that, and I have to figure out how to use them on a test.

I guess you could say math is one of the only few subjects where you can get away with not studying and still know how to solve a problem on an exam. You just need to know how to make use of some stupid algebra tricks and logic. It's already happened several times in my stats exam and the other little math quizzes in the math course I took recently.

August 15, 2008, 10:01 PM

I wish I could use tricks like that on my japanese exams.
unfortunatly I just have to learn the grammar and hope that if I forget one kanji, I still understand what it says.

August 18, 2008, 2:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Liquidus Zeromus

Guess I'm not the only one not too happy with their results, so that's a relief. Yes, it does help that I've shown what I'm capable of in History and Business. Just didn't apply it properly when it came down to the exams. I never pay attention when teachers mention "exam technique". It's a little worrying that many students are simply being trained to pass exams, with little practical or in-depth application. Maybe it'll improve at A2. This will be my third year, as well.

Well, looks like I'm not the only one, anyway. And if you're carrying on with history to A2, it's not so hard as it looks. Although it does depend what kind of topics you cover. I did Mussolini and Italy for my January module, but the teacher used to make me fall asleep, yet when the exam came around, I got a B. How weird's that?