Anyone ever received the wrong exam grade?

Hey everyone

Yesterday I got my gcse grades and in english literature I was given a B.This is very surprising for me as english has always been my best subject- I was predicted an A* and have never got below 95% in any of the mocks or essays i’ve done. Before the results I had also been given an english scholarship for sixth form and had intended to study it at a good university.

I am incredibly disappointed and very confused. This doesn’t seem right in the context of my past performance or any of my other results (I got my predicted A* in English language for example which is apparently much tougher on my board.) I didn’t notice this exam to be any different to my other ones and i prepared thoroughly for it as English is such an important subject to me. What i’m wondering is if it is worth requesting a remark or if it’s too risky? (I would be devastated with a C) Could there even have been an error adding up my grade?Do i have the wrong result?

I understand a remark could go down as well as up and I normally wouldn’t consider it but this does seem incredibly strange to me and my teachers. Any advice would be much appreciated and i hope everyone got the results they wanted

Perhaps ask for a copy of your script (not the original) from the exam board and let a teacher mark it for you. If they give a mark considerably higher than what your actual result says then request a remark

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If you get a script you cannot then get it remarked, just to let you know.

I thought if you requested a copy, not the original, then you can still get the original remarked? This is the case for A levels as I know people who have done it, are GCSEs different?

Hey everyone

Yesterday I got my gcse grades and in english literature I was given a B.This is very surprising for me as english has always been my best subject- I was predicted an A* and have never got below 95% in any of the mocks or essays i’ve done. Before the results I had also been given an english scholarship for sixth form and had intended to study it at a good university.

I am incredibly disappointed and very confused. This doesn’t seem right in the context of my past performance or any of my other results (I got my predicted A* in English language for example which is apparently much tougher on my board.) I didn’t notice this exam to be any different to my other ones and i prepared thoroughly for it as English is such an important subject to me. What i’m wondering is if it is worth requesting a remark or if it’s too risky? (I would be devastated with a C) Could there even have been an error adding up my grade?Do i have the wrong result?

I understand a remark could go down as well as up and I normally wouldn’t consider it but this does seem incredibly strange to me and my teachers. Any advice would be much appreciated and i hope everyone got the results they wanted

Perhaps ask for a copy of your script (not the original) from the exam board and let a teacher mark it for you. If they give a mark considerably higher than what your actual result says then request a remark

The exact same happened to me last year my friend. I got almost full marks in the mocks and when results day came I got a B rather than an A*. It was most likely due to a bad day when taking the exam that led to me getting a lower grade. Maybe you over complicated your answers or misinterpreted the question. It is very rare to have been given the wrong grade. Just think positively about how amazing your A* grade in English Language is and ignore the B!

Omg! Me too. Normally when I do essays I get B's and A's. This time I got C :/ it just doesn't seem right but in my mock I got D ( cos I didn't revised). Do you think they based it on my mock grade? So confused


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Normally when I do essays I get B's and A's. This time I got C :/ it just doesn't seem right but in my mock I got D ( cos I didn't revised). Do you think they based it on my mock grade? So confused

I got a B in English Lang and Sociology instead of A*s
However I got A*s In things like Chemistry and Biology- I'm focusing on the positives, you should try to do so too

I actually received the wrong grade in GCSE maths, on results day I was told that I received an A but a year later just before the next year's GCSE results day I received a phone call from my old high school. Apparently there was a system error and was awarded an A* with a letter of apology from OCR

That's very interesting I'll see what happens