***Official GCSE Results Thread***

Hatter The Mad said:
How about you get an understanding that some people are devestated when they don't meet their own goals, however crazy they may seem to you? Just because he has chosen to aim high and is upset he missed doesn't make him a "poindexter"

It is probably retards like you that bring down the performance of other kids at school, because it is uncool to be a "poindexter" and instead cool to be a tard.
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calm down tiger, it aint that serious
 
I got 2 C's and the rest are B's i hated every moment of school and im pleased with my results. I only needed them till College which is where i will put the real work in.
 
anant_shah94 said:
Yes, with medicine, it actually doesn't matter where you go. No matter where you go, you'll end up with the same degree. It's all regulated by the GMC.
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Just to give a bit of perspective I got 5As, 5Bs and a C at GCSE 15 years ago - I went on to study Medicine at Cambridge. I cant see you having problems if you keep applying yourself in the same manner...

Just make sure you are the most rounded applicant - as important as grades are for Med you really need a decent personality to boot.

P.S. Yeah I was slightly disappointed by my GCSEs (my Science teacher was moreso than me :p) but I got to do the 4 A levels I wanted to do - but in hindsight I didnt really revise so it wasnt a surprise...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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ps3ud0 said:
Just to give a bit of perspective I got 5As, 5Bs and a C at GCSE 15 years ago - I went on to study Medicine at Cambridge. I cant see you having problems if you keep applying yourself in the same manner...

Just make sure you are the most rounded applicant - as important as grades are for Med you really need a decent personality to boot.

P.S. Yeah I was slightly disappointed by my GCSEs (my Science teacher was moreso than me :p) but I got to do the 4 A levels I wanted to do - but in hindsight I didnt really revise so it wasnt a surprise...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Well that's excellent, getting a place to study medicine.

That's the one thing that I'm happy about, that not only are my grades good enough for medicine, but apart from 3A's at A level, there are things much more important in the application. Like you've said, things like personality, work experience etc.
 
anant_shah94 said:
Well that's excellent, getting a place to study medicine.

That's the one thing that I'm happy about, that not only are my grades good enough for medicine, but apart from 3A's at A level, there are things much more important in the application. Like you've said, things like personality, work experience etc.
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.... why are you here and not near the telephone box with some white lightening? This is GCSE results night, ring the boys!
 
anant_shah94 said:
It's mainly the fact that I got A's in the subjects that I worked HARDEST for. German was by far my strongest subject out of the ones that I was doing. Yet I got an A???

The only thing that matters is if people get the results they wanted. I wanted an A* in German and got an A, not sure how that happened.
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Sometimes this happens, I worked hardest for Spanish when I was doing it, doing work with teachers on saturdays, and continuing with it during the rest of the week, still I 'only' got an A.
 
2 years ago, I got...

2 A*, 8 A and 3 Bs. Bs in French, IT (lol stupid subject...) and History.

Now they aren't worth much at all, I've got even better qualifications :)
 
explicit4u said:
exams are the same, we youth are just smarter ;)
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Naturally, 15 years has passed and a secular change in intelligence is only to be expected. However, in relation to your peers the higher achievement of an A*/A has been diluted in comparison to previous years.

In 1995 roughly 12% of papers achieved the top marks of an A compared to 23% this year. This means that the highest achieving students (the top 10% say) are now rolled in with those who may in previous years have only achieved a B. This devalues the merit of a top grade and the whole grading scheme as a whole.

It would be better for the grade boundaries to be normalised to bring an 'average' mark to somewhere like a high C and set the higher marks to recognise true performance against this average.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to belittle GCSE results as a whole, 70% A-C is an outstanding achievement and I'm really pleased to see it reflect the generally excellent standard of education in the UK. However I do think that the encroachment of 'easy' subjects such as IT, media studies, etc and the move towards more modular exams has served to 'dumb-down' the GCSE as a measure of academic achievement.
 
WillyNelson said:
Naturally, 15 years has passed and a secular change in intelligence is only to be expected. However, in relation to your peers the higher achievement of an A*/A has been diluted in comparison to previous years.

In 1995 roughly 12% of papers achieved the top marks of an A compared to 23% this year. This means that the highest achieving students (the top 10% say) are now rolled in with those who may in previous years have only achieved a B. This devalues the merit of a top grade and the whole grading scheme as a whole.

It would be better for the grade boundaries to be normalised to bring an 'average' mark to somewhere like a high C and set the higher marks to recognise true performance against this average.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to belittle GCSE results as a whole, 70% A-C is an outstanding achievement and I'm really pleased to see it reflect the generally excellent standard of education in the UK. However I do think that the encroachment of 'easy' subjects such as IT, media studies, etc and the move towards more modular exams has served to 'dumb-down' the GCSE as a measure of academic achievement.
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Yes you are right in a way, and that is why I did badly in my AS exams, the gap is so big.
 
Well i'm just going into Year 11, so this is what i got:

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