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  1. Rob16's Avatar
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    Re: Exams you've failed?
    Got a U in C3, resat got an A. Got a U in C4 too that year.. and a D in mechanics. I had no motivation, even found myself making excuses to leave lessons early :/
    Got a D in my chemistry this January too.. Resitting that and will probably do no better. Chemistry is the anti-rob. Welll it is when you've no motivation. Had my fair share of As/A*s (couple of 100%s too somehow!) to balance it out though I really should avoid subjects I dislike with a passion
  2. limetang's Avatar
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    Re: Exams you've failed?
    AS General Studies I got an E =D

    Not really a real subject though =P
    Last edited by limetang; 01-06-2011 at 20:36.
  3. S_123's Avatar
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    I got an E in the Ethics side of my Philosophy and Ethics mock. Predicted an A :p: My teacher was aghast. Just took the real exam last Thursday and actually revised. It better not be another E :rant:
  4. Charlesworth's Avatar
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    Got a U in my first C1 mock. Felt pretty bad XD
  5. TheDustyKid's Avatar
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    The awkward moment when you think "i've done enough revision to get an A" and then you get a D...
  6. LiamTheKook's Avatar
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    An E in GCSE Art. I was young and naive as they say.
  7. Waqar Y's Avatar
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    D in ICT AS.

    Didn't work, didn't plan to work and never would have worked.
  8. Maaya_D's Avatar
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    Failed my OCR AS F211 Biology exam in January nicely. Did a resit 2 weeks ago and now I am dreading August
  9. doivid's Avatar
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    I got an E in AS Latin translation. I learnt as many words as I could and made up the grammar as I went along.
  10. Unkempt_One's Avatar
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    The worst I've ever done was getting a C in an AS Critical Thinking exam. I considered retaking it, but eventually decided I didn't give a damn.
  11. Sifr's Avatar
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    Re: Exams you've failed?
    (Original post by doivid)
    I got an E in AS Latin translation. I learnt as many words as I could and made up the grammar as I went along.
    That sounds a lot like my GCSE arabic, learned as many words as i could the night before..and when I did write sentences I wrote all the words in the wrong order..
    I say wrong order, but it felt right to me at the time

    LORD KNOWS HOW I EVEN GOT A D
  12. Limitless's Avatar
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    C in biology chemistry and physics unit 1 modules AS level.
  13. Boobies.'s Avatar
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    No, but I did get a C in GCSE Food Technology.
  14. doivid's Avatar
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    (Original post by Sifr)
    That sounds a lot like my GCSE arabic, learned as many words as i could the night before..and when I did write sentences I wrote all the words in the wrong order..
    I say wrong order, but it felt right to me at the time

    LORD KNOWS HOW I EVEN GOT A D
    Yeah that sounds a lot like what I was doing. I also got a D overall when my other papers were taken into account.
  15. dknt's Avatar
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    Exams I've failed? General stduies.

    Subjects I've failed? None.
  16. Accalia's Avatar
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    (Original post by Unkempt_One)
    The worst I've ever done was getting a C in an AS Critical Thinking exam. I considered retaking it, but eventually decided I didn't give a damn.

    Same. Although I could still consider it some sort of accomplishment, a C was the highest grade achieved in the subject throughout my sixth.
  17. DCRichards's Avatar
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    (Original post by Manitude)
    Got 43% in a practice S1 paper once.
    Though I had only joined the class a week or two previously so I hadn't covered a lot of the material. Plus it was mostly on venn diagrams which I loath with the passion of a thousand jihadists.
    TSR casual racism :no:
  18. Manitude's Avatar
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    (Original post by DCRichards)
    TSR casual racism :no:
    If you were anywhere near being factually correct then I might defend my post. But as your evaluation of my post was about as accurate as my cricket bowling I shall not bother.
  19. diamonddust's Avatar
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    I got an E in AS Chem with a U in one exam- think I got something like 3/60 or something!

    I also got a D in Biology. Pretty bad...
  20. cheeseisnice's Avatar
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    Got 28% in my Chem 4 mock a few weeks ago-somehow have to get that up to an A over the next 2 weeks...
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