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I think you might,I'm in the same boat so to speak,with german.I got an A(81%) in the prelim and a C in the final.

I was really gutted with a 'C' because French has always been one of my best subjects but I think the paper this year was just so hard.

What about your German paper.

Hi, I'm appealing for french. I got an A (77%) in the prelim, and a B in the final exam. I found the paper really hard this year, and combined with my crap teacher, it wasn't a good combination!!!

Hi,

I got a 'C' in Higher French this year, despite getting straight 'As' throughout the year and my Prelim with 74%.
Would I be able to meet this if i was allowed to appeal or would it only move up to a grade 'B'.

Thanks for any help.

I think you both have a fantastic chance of getting that appeal. I agree, that paper was horrendous - after years, the French marking scheme actually moved; yes for an A it went down by two marks to 68. I think that's pretty evident of the difficulty really.

I also got a C in the exam, but unfortunately I have no means of appealing. I did, however, get an A in Spanish.

Great, I'm glad you think so because I really wanted to get better than a 'C', but this year the exam was one of the worst in years, - in YEARS.

Hopefully through appealing we will all get what we really want.

I think you both have a fantastic chance of getting that appeal. I agree, that paper was horrendous - after years, the French marking scheme actually moved; yes for an A it went down by two marks to 68. I think that's pretty evident of the difficulty really.

I also got a C in the exam, but unfortunately I have no means of appealing. I did, however, get an A in Spanish.

Thank you very much, I really hope so!!! Sorry about that, maybe Spanish is just much more your language!!

Could I get an appeal?

I'd assume so... Alt_x and Brad22 both got As in the 70 mark, whereas you got an A1 for your prelim - you, too, would have a really good chance.

A1? Really? I thought it was only 90% plus that constituted an A1. Can an appeal go up by two grades or just one? I've never appealed before...

80% and higher is A band 1. It depends how high your C was, and even then it depends if you have more evidence. I'm not too sure - it's happened before, but you'd need a lot of evidence to go up to an A.

I remember reading how someone a few years back got 'No Award' for their Advanced Higher Modern Studies exam, yet they had great standard A grades throughout the year - they appealed to a grade B. But, that person must've had a lot of evidence.

80% and higher is A band 1. It depends how high your C was, and even then it depends if you have more evidence. I'm not too sure - it's happened before, but you'd need a lot of evidence to go up to an A.

I remember reading how someone a few years back got 'No Award' for their Advanced Higher Modern Studies exam, yet they had great standard A grades throughout the year - they appealed to a grade B. But, that person must've had a lot of evidence.

Hi there again,

It is just to ask what you mean by a lot of evidence.
I know of course your Prelim is a big and almost necessary part to your appeal, but what else.

Do you mean NAB'S, Classwork, Reading and Writing Examples.

As 'Odd things' said I have never appealed before.

There are various kinds of appeals (different levels of priorities) which means you can get the results by the end of August or back in October/November. If your appeal goes through and you get boosted up to an A or B, then you'll just have to drop the subject and choose another to crash in on. So it's more on your school end than the SQA end and whether they allow subject switching. You could take up another subject and hope for the best come appeal results time.

It's probably best to discuss this with a guidance teacher.