Can anyone confirm/deny this?
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Can anyone confirm/deny this?
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English, Maths and Science are core subjects, so I'd be surprised if this was not true
The most important thing is understanding and being able to form a good argument/comparison. Quotations are important within that because they justify your argument. So you say something about the text and back it up with quotation. Without that then your argument has no real substance.
it's pretty much true. most employers, too, will be looking for at least some confirmation that applicants have at least moderate skills in English, Maths and Science.
Ah, of mice and men, I can remember that fondly.
Just remember to keep your quotations to the minimum. The examiners like it if you choose a short phrase relevant to the question, do a couple of scenarios. E.g. It could mean this because, this has an effect because, it makes us feel this...
Then once you've done that, pick out a word out of the quotation and examine this more closely.
As with the degree thing. With the new goverment coming in, less money being put into the Universities, its advantageous to get a grade above what the minimum is, as there are people with good A's and B's that are getting rejected.
If you mess up one exam, its not the end of the world, you can re-do the exam at college. Not the best thing to be doing, but its not the end of the world if you don't do aswell.
With those two exams like I mentioned in the other thread. Planning your english answers is crutial to getting a good grade.
Just remember to keep your quotations to the minimum. The examiners like it if you choose a short phrase relevant to the question, do a couple of scenarios. E.g. It could mean this because, this has an effect because, it makes us feel this...
Then once you've done that, pick out a word out of the quotation and examine this more closely.
As with the degree thing. With the new goverment coming in, less money being put into the Universities, its advantageous to get a grade above what the minimum is, as there are people with good A's and B's that are getting rejected.
If you mess up one exam, its not the end of the world, you can re-do the exam at college. Not the best thing to be doing, but its not the end of the world if you don't do aswell.
With those two exams like I mentioned in the other thread. Planning your english answers is crutial to getting a good grade.
absolute rubbish
im doing an engineering course at uni and no one ever asked what my GCSEs where. and i know for a fact theres people on the course who have no GCSEs at all
if your not going to a red brick uni then no one cares what your GCSEs where once you have surpassed them with a college course or experience. and if they do care they usually offer a short course/exame in the summer before the course starts.
they often state it in 'requirements' but then dont actually care when you have a word with them
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ours where marked really really harshly
infact so harshly that when going through them we where spotting things marked wrong that where blatantly right...
Happens in real exams too. The school paid to get a geography paper of mine back as we were confused by the grade; on a four mark question I had written word for word what was in the mark scheme yet got 2 marks. 2 appeals and they only budged my grade up 4 marks, useless :/
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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) with some revision. It doesn't have to be intensive either, you can easily spare an hour or two each day in your study leave to do some work in, do some past papers.
It is true that "bad" GCSEs can affect your future in education, but for every person who says not getting As and Bs stopped them from going into a specific uni, I could find you ten who scraped their GCSEs and got their act together in A-levels who did get in
It is true that "bad" GCSEs can affect your future in education, but for every person who says not getting As and Bs stopped them from going into a specific uni, I could find you ten who scraped their GCSEs and got their act together in A-levels who did get in
It is true that "bad" GCSEs can affect your future in education, but for every person who says not getting As and Bs stopped them from going into a specific uni, I could find you ten who scraped their GCSEs and got their act together in A-levels who did get in
So true, A-Levels are by far the most important thing when it comes to uni entry.
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There's no question to give advice on.
How about you study hard to get the best grades you can get, then see where that gets you?
How about you study hard to get the best grades you can get, then see where that gets you?
Dare I ask where you are doing your engineering degree?
It will probably vary from one university to another. I went to Loughborough to study Computing and Management and am sure I remember them staying a requirement for C in the core subjects (English, Maths and Sciences).
Just googled for this and found:
(source - http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/bs/ug/entry.html) - expect this may just be for business school courses as I'm sure the science and engineering faculty would want to see GCSEs for a reasonable grade in the sciences too.
This is my issue , the science course is not a GCSE so in my eyes , it is pratically useless.
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It doesn't matter too much if it's useless, as long as you can get a C in it.
Unless you want to have a science based career at a uni which takes gcse grades into account?
Unless you want to have a science based career at a uni which takes gcse grades into account?
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I take this back, it may be true that they will allow you to do a foundation year before hand, as would happen if your A-levels weren't up to scratch.
I know people that have been turned down technician level apprenticeships for not having c and above GCSE's in the core subjects.
Could someone answer this? Do short course grades count ?