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Yes I know there is another thread on this , but I want some advice and I dont want to de-rail the other thread :) .

I Have got an english literature exam on the 25th , I am revising by using these revision guides and notes I have written. I got an E on the mock without any revision :(

Whilst everyone else in my year is also doing the 3 sciences at gcse level and have exams for them at the same time , I do not. I am in a ASDAN Science foundation class which frankly is full of rejects and people with learning issues.
And before you ask , I am in there because of my attendance for the previous year (55%).

In june I have geography and history exams and I am not worried about them , got C in both the mocks without revision :)

Without GCSE science I have no chance of getting into uni and thus any chance of a decent job , I want to try and take this course at college if possible.
 
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Alex74 said:
Well it depends on what you want to study at uni really :p What texts are you studying for english literature?

You do need to revise the various quotations and interpretations you want to have ready in answering any question you might get, but other than that it's down to your essaywriting and argumentative skills to get you through the exam..
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Of mice and men + view from the bridge .
 
Joshy said:
D'oh!

Don't worry about it dude. Your life is far from over if you get bad GCSE results, you can always resit, take foundation courses, etc. Unless you want to go into a science related course I can't see it being a problem at all? All of the colleges I applied for were only interested in the number of A* - C grades rather than the individual grades or subjects.
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Do short-course grades count?
"andy" said:
surely the science only matters if your plannin on sciences at a level ?
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I really hope thats the case
iNPUt said:
Its really not game over, depends on what you want to study in the future, and you can always do a science gcse outside of school enviroment if it all goes that badly.

I wouldn't worry about the E mocks are always harder than the real thing, its to give you a shock and make you do some revision, so REVISE !

Do the best you can in your science and it may need to be explained at a later date, I should see no reason why it would hold you back.
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Thank you all for reassuring me that it isn't gameover. The teachers very much make out that it is ! .
 
Samueltastic said:
I did of Mice and Men at my GCSE's good book but i cant really remember much about the questions so not much help i'm affraid. I got a D in PE and got onto A-level PE so i wouldnt worry about it too much. I was like yourself in the mock test got a D and E but ended up with BB much to my suprise. Compare notes with class members and friends from another class with another teacher? they may have something more to add. Also have a one to one with your teacher if you're worried about it.
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Seems to me that the most important thing is to learn quotes.
Just remembered my english teacher saying that the only thing stopping me getting a C in the mock was that I didn't include any quotes at all.
 
Killerkebab said:
You shouldn't have problems passing (i.e: getting grade C or above) in most if not all of your exams, even if you're doing a foundation science course (whose top mark is a C, if I recall correctly)
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This is my issue , the science course is not a GCSE so in my eyes , it is pratically useless.
 
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