Failed exams

the shadow said:
I failed some exams for the second time.I got the results today so i like to hear how other people who failed.Felt when they passed.and what kept them motivated.
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If it makes you feel better I failed all my A-Levels (got 9 GCSE's C or higher) and only did a HND at university (I am epic fail at exams), I am now a senior systems operator earning £40k a year (inc bonuses) and still in my twenties and looking at another major payrise come Jan. (Do I get a cookie too? :p). Everything I have achieved now was not due to academic studies but experience and being better when doing hands on work.

Education is good and a degree can give you a leg up in life, but experience is just as important. I spent several years in support to get my break (started on £12,500).
 
I haven't failed any (proper) exams yet, but there haven't really been many opportunities to - GCSEs & AS-Levels only. GCSE I got 7 A*s, 3 & 1/2 As, and 1/2 a B. AS I got 3 As, 1 B, and a C in Chemistry (which was damned difficult for everyone in my year, very few people did well).
One of my mates this year got two Us and two Ds, so he has to resit all of AS year again.
 
Second year at college when doing my NVQ3, we had an online exam which really was too hard. failed it 4 times along with 7 other people out of a class of 15.

I attended revision sessions and passed. Hard revision is the best thing you can do for any exam.
 
Moses99p said:
Yes, and most people fail because they don't do the work... and guess what, they don't do the work second time round, either. I know it's possible to retake and do better, it's just a lot of people don't.
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I still don't think thats the case, often the fact that you've failed is shock enough to put more effort in, especially at degree level.

Burnsy
 
When i was doing my GCSE's 10 yrs ago I was totally rubbish at Maths. I got a D first time round with some private tuition. Did a resit and got a B, still need the tuition.

May wanna get a private tutor for a few weeks on top of your school teacher. Worked for me. GCSE's aint easy when your an average 15-16 year old. Hang on in there, increase your effort (more revision, ask more questions in class, maybe get a private tutor for abit) you will win.
 
I dont understand how you can fail a GCSE, AS or A2. It perplexes me.

You either have to be unfortunate (marking fiasco, suffer severe learning disabilities etc) for which I totally sympathise.

Otherwise you're just lazy and stupid; these exams are not hard if you work in class and study hard for your exams at the end of the year.
Makes me sound like a knob, but this is how I view it: work at it and you pass. You don't have to have a high IQ or go to posh school to get great grades and go to uni.
 
Voltar said:
I dont understand how you can fail a GCSE, AS or A2. It perplexes me.

You either have to be unfortunate (marking fiasco, suffer severe learning disabilities etc) for which I totally sympathise.

Otherwise you're just lazy and stupid; these exams are not hard if you work in class and study hard for your exams at the end of the year.
Makes me sound like a knob, but this is how I view it: work at it and you pass. You don't have to have a high IQ or go to posh school to get great grades and go to uni.
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I worked really hard at my science and i managed to get a C in my exams and B in my coursework, i dont think i could have tried any harder. Its not all revision, you need the concentration and i reckon hat their are some people that naturally find it easier to pass exams. But without the revision its a lot harder.
 
sanaxe1 said:
Last year i had a shocker and got 4 U's ... did resits this year with literally 1 hour of revision before the exam and got 4 B's.
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I remember when I realised that boasting about doing little/no revision portrays yourself as a fool. Particularly if you didn't get the top mark.
 
Got an E for my GCSE Maths and retook it - got a D. Still managed to get into the Uni i wanted & found the code orientated maths module a lot easier than the GCSE content! :p
 
markyp23 said:
It really isn't.

Why should you be entitled to resit?
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Because people have not been able to achieve their maximum ability because they havn't tried hard enough?

The AS levels are a great wake up call to those who have been more relaxed that A levels are difficult and they shouldn't be taken lightly. Whats wrong with that? Everyone is entitled to retake. Students have to apply to university with their AS grades and are punished as such.

I retook a large amount of AS level exams because I had been lazy.
 
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