Can I resit an Exam more than once...

If I've already resat an exam and decide to sit it again, will my best result still be the only one that counts - do any exam boards have different policies?

This is for A levels btw

thanks
(just worried that my previous mark maybe discounted)

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Reply 1

Zakir

im sure you can, as long as its you whos willing to pay for it because the college won't.

and if you don't do as well in the resit, you're highest grade counts, so dont worry!

:smile:

Reply 2

boboyt

I read this on direct gov webiste

The awarding body will count the higher mark from your two attempts.

Does that mean after you've taken the exam twice your third attempt will override the other 2 attempts in terms off the mark you get?

Reply 3

SOA Vamp

Yes you can re-sit as many times as you like for as long as the specification lasts.

And as above poster says, the highest grade counts :smile:

Reply 4

SOA Vamp

With regards to the direct gov thing, I've never heard of that policy, so I'd check with your college, but I'm pretty sure they take the highest grade you get no matter what resit it's from.

Reply 5

boboyt

so hypothetically I've got a B in unit1 history for instance, I have resat the exam and got the same mark. So I decide to resit it again (3rd attempt) and get a C. Does my B grade still go as final?

Yes!

Original post by boboyt

i think its just givin an example...that IF you take the exam twice then your higher grade counts...

so if you take it 3 times, your highest grade counts...

ask your tutor or someone in college to make sure! :smile:

Reply 8

boboyt

Ok thanks wil check with school anyway - just panicking as exam resit deadline is tommorow (need to decide what I am doing)

Reply 9

chickenkatsu

Original post by Zakir

Your third attempt overrides everything else. i.e.: first time you get a C, then you retake and get a B. Excellent, you get to keep the B. But, if you retook again and got a C then that would be your final grade.

Reply 10

boboyt

Lol yes I will have to check - would be seriously pissed off if one of my A's happened to get discounted by a bad resit.

Reply 11

boboyt

Original post by chickenkatsu

So by first time you mean first time you take the exam not first time you resit the exam?

Reply 12

Emma:-)

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Original post by boboyt

Im sure i heard when i was at 6th form that you could resit it as many times as you want. The highest grade counts. There was one lad who was doing the same exam as us when i was at 6th form. He was in his 3rd year at 6th form (resat a year again). That was the about the 5th time he had sat that module.

Reply 13

username418231

Yes and the highest grade counts towards your overall grade.

Reply 14

username418231

Original post by chickenkatsu

Oh my god I didn't know that!

Reply 15

boboyt

Original post by Emma:-)

Okay, is there anything on the exam board websites that say's anything like that?

Reply 16

chickenkatsu

Original post by boboyt

So by first time you mean first time you take the exam not first time you resit the exam?

yes sorry should've been clearer. I mean for example if you took an exam in Jun 10 and got a C, retook and received a B for the exam in Jan 11 and then a subsequent C in Jun 11 then your grade is a C.

Reply 17

boboyt

Original post by Dee Leigh

Oh my god I didn't know that!

That's what I mean!

My resit forms have to be in tomorow aswell! Descisions!

Reply 18

boboyt

Original post by chickenkatsu

Is there anything on the exam boards websites that say's this?

Reply 19

Princestia

Yeah, I think they look at the your highest achieved grade for that particular module so if you previous mark is better than your resit mark, they would take your previous mark to be your final mark.
Also, yeah you can take an exam any number of times as long as the specification for that unit remains the same.