SQA Appeals Info :: Ask all appeals questions in here, please!

Schools are crafty. They'll form a "real" prelim should you need an appeal, but you won't.

So can school fake a prelim...? Well not really fake it but be selective and take out certain parts.

Yup, that's what they do.

I got a B in my English prelim what if I fail the exam and get an appeal would my grade boost up to a B or C?

I got a B in my English prelim what if I fail the exam and get an appeal would my grade boost up to a B or C?

Hola, long time no chat! As I procrastinate from studying, a thought occurred! I think I've already read that this isn't possible; but, next year for the remarking of exam scripts, could students who took their exams before the remark is implemented get a remark?

Hope you're doing well by the way and are coping with the exams!

Hey man, procrastination is the way forward! Or that's what I keep telling myself...

I'm not sure what you're asking though? Do you mean can someone who sat their exam this year, then get a remark in August. Or do you mean can someone who sat their exam this year, get a remark next year? Or do you mean something completely different?

I haven't properly read up on the changes to the appeal system yet so may not have a clue

Hahaha, I only wish I had that positive view of procrastination

I meant, seeing as I've finished high school, could I, next year, get remarks for exams I sat last year, the year before and the year before that (when I was in high school )?

You should totally apply for your dream job at SQA Did you ever do a Higher in a language? You could be that infamous guy in the listening papers with that strong Glaswegian accent!

Ah, okay. I highly doubt they'd do that and they'd only do it for papers sat that year.

I don't have a dream job at SQA Never did any Higher languages. French was the only SG that I didn't take to Higher

I'll reply to this when I'm procrastinating once more!

Stop procrastinating and do work!

Hahaha, I only wish I had that positive view of procrastination

I meant, seeing as I've finished high school, could I, next year, get remarks for exams I sat last year, the year before and the year before that (when I was in high school )?

You should totally apply for your dream job at SQA Did you ever do a Higher in a language? You could be that infamous guy in the listening papers with that strong Glaswegian accent!

Says you.

Ah, okay. I highly doubt they'd do that and they'd only do it for papers sat that year.

I don't have a dream job at SQA

Are you sure about that?

Which part?

Very sure my dream job isn't at the SQA Saying that, with how hard it is getting a job these days I can't be fussy

When you send an appeal the SQA say that:

The evidence that your school/college sends to us with your appeal needs to demonstrate that you previously managed to achieve a better grade (eg in your prelim or mock exam) than you did in the real exam. The evidence must give our examiners a detailed picture how you performed during the Course.
The prelim or mock exam that they submit for you should look just like a real exam for that subject. This means the evidence has to be at the same level of difficulty as real exams, be in the same format, have the same range of questions, be the same length, and should be produced under exam conditions.
Along with this evidence, your school/college also has to send us:




I DID TERRIBLE IN THE BIOLOGY EXAM TODAY. I am not even kidding, I missed out a ton of questions and guessed about 10 of them because I ran out of time and just didn't know what to do. And I got so stressed during the exam due to time constraints that I just couldn't work. My lip even has a bruise from biting it during the exam.... I have never ever done so badly in an exam and I was thinking that biology would be my easiest exam. I have done MS and History and they were way easier compared to this. And I need to get an A in all my subjects. I just want now and it is getting me down.

Anyway my question is when the SQA says that your evidence must resemble a real exam paper, what if your school did biology units 1 &2 as a separate prelim from unit 3?

For example I sat the prelim for unit 1 & 2 in January and in April we all sat the unit 3 prelim. I got 80% and 83% in each of them. Will the SQA accept this or not? I am just so worried because I think that I have B after today...