How did your predicted and/or mock grades match your real grades?

How did your predicted and/or mock GCSE grades match up to your real ones?

In my mocks I performed reasonably well - 2 As, 7Bs, 1C. Nothing amazing but I didn't exactly work my arse off, I did quite a bit of revision but I could have done alot more than I did.

In my real GCSEs I really want one or two A*s, around 5As and 5Bs. Anyone think this is a realistic target for myself? Or am I just being too hopeful? :frown:

P.S. sorry if this has been asked numerous times before.. I'm new, I tried to search but I wasn't able to find anything entirely relevant.

Reply 1

Muffinz

Mocks are nearly always wrong. Revise your arse off (I recommend flash cards) and you can get all A*s if you want :woo:

Reply 2

Samus2

Work, that's what I'll suggest.

I did very little revision (revised on the way to the exam) for both. For me I just got lucky in the mocks with the questions and unlucky in my real exams.
In my mocks and predicted I got 4A*'s, 3 A's, 3B's and a C. I came out with 3 A's, 5 B's and 3 C's.

Reply 3

lattywatty

A few of mine were quite inaccurate: (Subject - Predicted - Actual)

Biology - A - A*
Physics - A - A*
History - A - A*
French - B - A*
RE - A* - B
Music - A - C

(Rest were correct)

So no, they're not terribly accurate :p:

Reply 4

emma363

I'm sure you can get that if you try really hard, anything is possible :biggrin:

In the mock I got 4A 3B 2C 2D and I'm aiming for atleast 1A* 5A 5B

Reply 5

The Referee

Predicted straight A*'s, achieved straight A*'s

Reply 6

Colour Me Pretty

I did the same or better in my real ones,
I got a D in R.E & Maths in my mocks,.
Which I got up to an A and a B :woo:

Reply 7

lightburns

In the GCSE RS mock, I got 56%

In the real, I got 96%

:wink:

Reply 8

GEOLOGIST

its very simple let come first join [email protected]

Reply 9

Playboy King

Predicted something like 6 A*s and 5 As
Mocks two months before real exams: Highest was D but mostly U's (which led to an emergency meeting with my parents)
Real grades: 7A*, 3A, 1B (damn french :mad:

)

Reply 10

ilovepolska

in my case, predicted grades were TOTALLY unaccurate. for example, i was predicted a C for english, i ended up with an A; similar for PE, i was expected to get a B, i got an E (!) in real thing.

Reply 11

_anum

revised hard for both mocks and real things and got exaxtly the same grades in both, mocks arnt seen to be accurate because few people actually take them seriously

Reply 12

Motorbiker

Predicted: 8A,2A*.(not too bad)
Mocks: 6B,3A,1A* (had coursework due in the week after and deliberately didn't revise at all for any subjects)
Actual: 7A*, 3A (craming revision in the last days before the exams, should have got straight A*s in hindsight)

Reply 13

LouisVuitton43

mines were A*AAAB
to A*A*A*A*A

(scottish highers though :p:

)

Reply 14

User188463

I went up a few grades in most subjects.

Reply 15

Purple Haze

the mocks i dont think are to show your capablity but just to get a feel for what the real one's are going to be like. Especially with ours has we hadnt finished the scheme of work so it wasnt complety fair to begin with. In my mocks i got c's d's & an e.
In the actual ones i got b's& c's
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Reply 16

v1oXx-

I got wayyyyyyy higher than my predictions. But to be fair, I was a lazy bastard.

Reply 17

-aimz

I got halved

Predicted 8 A* 2 A
Achieved 4 A* 6 A

Reply 18

username227498

Targeted (achieved)

English Literature - A (A)
English Language - A (A*)
Mathematics - A (A*)
Core Science - A/B (A)
Additional Science - A/B (A)
OCR Nationals in ICT - MM (Merit) equivalent to BB (DD (Distinction) equivalent to AA)
Applied Business Studies - BB (BC)
Music - A* (A)
Religious Studies Short Course - a (a*)
French Short Course - a (b) *sigh*