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Davey Gaga

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It's approaching tha time for all of us - the day when those dreaded results get popped through the letterbox. I'm not sure who'll get them first but I know Scotland will their's on August the 5th.

So, until they do come, how if everyone feeling about receiving their results? Do you think you did well enough in the exams to get your desired grades?
 
I get my results on August 21st, and I'm really rather worried. Although I've got a good safety net with my coursework, it's not enough to quell my panic. I'm fairly sure I did really well in my best subjects - like English, History and Drama. I only need 5 Cs to go to college though, which I know I've gotten, but still, I'd like to do really well - not just score enough to scrape into college.
 
I already got a result of the only exam (portuguese language, yeah im portuguese...) i done (well, the positive one lol).

First time in June i got a 9/20 average.. ok! I didn´t even had studied and i wasn´t really prepared. I hated that subject and that was really boring, complicating and complex for my entire head...

Well, in a second phase, things weren´t to different: I only looked at the exams preparing book, and that´s all. Next morning I putted one thing in my spirit: "Inside of me there is the answer for each question, so be calm and focus in every question". And 5 minutes after the exam get started, there I was: a bit sleepy, but a least calm and, more than anything, confident. Every answer was in my head, and the result wasn´t perfect for a boy who dindn´t studied that subject for a year. The fact was that i let myself being inspired with the subject and tried not to be nervous... the result was 16/20, that´s what i was needing!!!
 
I've already gotten then results of my exams.it's been one month and a half.I got 18.4/20 average of all subjects.
You still haven't heard the best.I started crying.
 
i dindn´t cry, but i liked it so much... it was my own words, me then, without studding. And was a good one for my dear selfish teacher from last year and to the ones who got envy on me :tongue1:.
 
I've got one SG result coming in...

Fast track english.

My nails have been permanently chewed for a week, my hair's falling out, and my head is screaming FAILFAILFAIL over & over again. But I know that I've passed. Hopefully. At least a 2. And my room's a mess from my stress. Hopefully it'll be better next year. I'll keep you all posted.
 
SG English? As in, Standard Grade?

You'd be from Scotland then, eh? Higher sucks tbqh :wacky: Though, good luck!

It's terrifying that mine [and Jane's] will be on our doorsteps in a few hours. <_<
 
Aaaaaaaaaaand they're in. :gmonster:

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.
 
I'm rather pleased with my results. Got A's in Maths, English and Geography (the main three that matter, woo), a B in Biology and a C in chemistry.

That's pretty much what I was expecting, although I thought I'd get a B in English.. I'm hoping that I can get the B in biology appealed to an A, because I got an A in the prelim and my teacher was expecting me to get one, so he'll hopefully put it through. >_>

I'm not really bothered about chemistry at all, apparently most people in the class got D's or no awards so a C is rather good. :wacky: I wasn't expecting anything more than that, just glad that I passed.

I'm really happy with that because it means I've got a really good chance of getting accepted to any uni now. =D I had a look at some prospecti and the highest entry requirement is AAAB (unless you want to do medicine or international relations) and I have that so yay. :piggyback:
 
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Aaaaaaaaaaand they're in. :gmonster:

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.
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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.
 
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 :monster:

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 :wacky:

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 -__-)
CC in French Maths and Science
B in Art
And U in IT......I really need to look into doing a computer course thing :wacky:
 
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.
 
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 :)
 
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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! :O

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.
 
Bella Cullen said:
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! :O

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.
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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!!!" -__-
 
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.
 
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.
 
Liquidus Zeromus said:
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.
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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?
 
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