Higher Art & Design 2011

How did everyone get on? I got the A I hoped for but wasn't sure I'd got! Hope you all did well.

How did everyone get on? I got the A I hoped for but wasn't sure I'd got! Hope you all did well.

OMG CONGRATS!!! I got a B, but I'm SUPER chuffed with that because I didn't need any A's I might still appeal it though :3

I got an A.

Totally unexpected, considering the crap quality of my expressive, and last minute cramming for the exam. Not to mention that my teacher seriously considered putting me down to int2 after the pre-lim, which he did do to a few people.

Planning on doing Adv. this year, could be a suicidal decision ahaha!

Anyone doing advanced this year ?

I had a little cry when I saw my Art results, not gonna lie. I got a C. Even though my design was predicted an A, and so was my writing. and even though I spent in Art my every single free period. And even though I took work home almost every day. It was such a waste of time, as I think about it now :|

How did you do in the prelim? If you got an A in the prelim, there's a really really high chance you'll be accepted for an appeal, because if your teachers told you your folios were at grade A standard, then it must have been your essays that let you down. Good luck if you do appeal!

Yes, I got an A in my prelim. I got something like 72%, though. Is it good enough?

Even if you got 90%, it'd still be hard to determine whether or not you'd be granted the appeal. But i'd say you have a really strong case and the chances are good Both my friends last year got Bs, one of them got AAAA in the other subjects and didn't get the appeal, the other person got BBB and got the appeal (making it ABB). What I was trying to say with that is that it can mostly be determined on luck I also think they factor in whether or not you need it for your course!

Well, I don't really need Art, however the fact that it could be a B instead of a C is good. I'm kinda embarrassed by that C. But then again, I'm one of these lucky people who actually passed...
and Yes, I got an A in the prelim.

OMG CONGRATS!!! I got a B, but I'm SUPER chuffed with that because I didn't need any A's I might still appeal it though :3

You can't appeal. Only teachers are allowed to do that. Just saying...

In some cases, when you already have the grades you need, they won't bother appealing. That's when you need to ask. Just saying...

You might have to ask but you are not the one who does it....

Nae need tae get technical :]

Im doing higher Art this year! Im enjoying it but it is quite stressful
I think my folios are a low B standard But I want to try and get an A for my Critical which I think will be crazy difficult for me. Can anyone give me advice on writing the essays?
Im doing Graphic Design and Fantasy and Imagination.

For the written I kinda winged it. But I would say write out perfect drafts of your essays for the b) question, get your teacher to read over it and make sure you're picking up full marks or thereabouts. And from there just memorise it, because the questions are pretty much the same every year.

For a) just practise different questions/work it's fairly easy I find.