[jammysmt]

On my results for GCSEs I got a distinction in ICT. My teacher says its the highest possible grade. Does that mean I can class it as an A*?

[emma363]

I always thought there was a distinction*?

[inksplodge]

No, because it's a distinction. It might be equivalent in terms of being the top grade but that doesn't make it an A*.

[Puma]

Nope, an A.

[woods.vanessa]

Apparantly it is equivalent to an A* (according to my school as I got 3 distinction awards for ICT) but Im confused when doing my UCAS as to what to write I got??

[jammysmt]

OK, thanks. I'm just going to say I've got a distinction from now on instead of saying A/A*

[.:Doctor:.]

(Original post by downpour)
i hate how instead of writing "distinction" my school puts "D"

haha yeah, my teacher scared the f*ck out of me when he showed us our results: DDD , I was like NOOOOOO!

[soutioirsim]

Annoyingly no, it means A.

I wish it did because I got two distinctions at GCSE for ICT.

[Edwin Okli]

(Original post by soutioirsim)
Annoyingly no, it means A.

I wish it did because I got two distinctions at GCSE for ICT.

Distinction is an A* in any qualifications that do not have a distinction* grade.

Pass - C
Credit - B
Merit - A
Distinction - A*

"DiDA qualifications are available at two levels, providing full A* - G equivalence." - Edexcel.
I'm counting my CiDA distinctions as 2 A*s whenever anyone asks me; there's nothing to stop me from doing that. No one's going to arrest me for not using the stupid equivalent grades.

[Oasis Jnr]

my teacher said it was equivalent to an A and i got 2 A's

[Thatstudentdude]

I think it is.
I was quizzing my teacher on this before, she seemed preddy adamant that it counts as an A*

[AmyNutter]

Dinstinctions are equivalent to an A..

[soutioirsim]

(Original post by Edwin Okli)
Distinction is an A* in any qualifications that do not have a distinction* grade.

Pass - C
Credit - B
Merit - A
Distinction - A*

"DiDA qualifications are available at two levels, providing full A* - G equivalence." - Edexcel.
I'm counting my CiDA distinctions as 2 A*s whenever anyone asks me; there's nothing to stop me from doing that. No one's going to arrest me for not using the stupid equivalent grades.

Does that count for OCR as well?

[Adam92]

Never heard of a credit?

For my qualification (OCR Nationals ICT and OCR National Business) it's Pass (C), Merit (B), Distinction (A).

[extons]

OCR Nationals, which it seems you're referring to, goes up to A.

CiDA/DiDA, a seperate BTEC course does go up to A*, but it's a lot less common.

[Noodlzzz]

A, there is no equivalent for A*.

[emilym94]

(Original post by downpour)
i hate how instead of writing "distinction" my school puts "D"

Lol same, the first time I saw DDDD on my work I almost had a heart attack! Then suddenly realised it meant AAAA. I felt a little better after that

[_Aaron_]

Does getting a distinction in OCR Nationals ICT definitely equate to an 'A'? Will employers, universities etc acknowledge the grade as an A and will I get the same number of points for a distinction grade as I would for an 'A'?

[Dalek1099]

(Original post by emilym94)
Lol same, the first time I saw DDDD on my work I almost had a heart attack! Then suddenly realised it meant AAAA. I felt a little better after that

1 Distinction=A
2 Distinction=AA*
3 Distinction=AA*A
4 Distinction=AA*AA*
5 Distinction=AA*AA*A
6 Distinction=AA*AA*AA*
So basically one A* one A per every two distinctions took hope this helps

[AmirHabeeb]

I also got a Distinction in my DiDA ICT course which we were told was equivalent to an A* hence the fact that it gives 58 points like an A* in any other gcse.