I'm generally against remarking. In rare instances, it's an error. But I generally think that it breeds a "it's the exam board's fault" mentality, it awards people for not much at all, it's also much harder on those on lower incomes and it takes away a lot of responsibility too, as well as many other reasons.
However I got my GCSEs today, and I got 12 A*s and 1 A. I'm really pleased, but that 1 A is in Geography, a subject I should have got an A* in. Though as it turned out, I was off by a single UMS mark. (179/180). In my exam, I misread a 12 marker and know I lost marks there, the difference between an A* and an A. So I wanted to keep the A firstly because for the reasons above, but also it acts as a constant reminder to read the question and to be careful, because that is my fatal flaw when it comes exams overall.
However the temptation is killing me. That 1 UMS point is the difference between straight A*s, but doing so goes against what I believe and takes away Geography as a constant reminder to be careful which could prove useful. Not to mention realistically 12 A*s and 1 A does not look bad at all in its own right, that or 13 A*s isn't going to make a huge difference.
However the temptation is strong, pretty strong. My beliefs and logic go against it, but at the end of the day it'd be nice to have 13 A*s. So looking at my example, should I go for it? What would you do?