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Do you regret any of your GCSE options?

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Reply 380

sevenbooks

I did a grand total of...6 (SIX. *facepalm*) IGCSE's.

Wish I had taken more. A language subject would be nice!

Reply 381

kiyubi

Original post by sevenbooks

I did a grand total of...6 (SIX. *facepalm*) IGCSE's.

Wish I had taken more. A language subject would be nice!

that is good well done
most people rarely get out with 4 hah!

Reply 382

somethingbeautiful

I wish I'd taken History. I wish I hadn't taken Statistics - I didn't learn a thing and I hated it but my school told us people would look favourably on it - do they ****.

Reply 383

criminal

GCSE are so insignificant.. just make sure you get at least 5 GCSEs with at least grade C in maths and Eng.. its the A-levels that are really important when applying to uni

Reply 384

LuckyBlackCat7

I wish I hadn't taken art. I wish I'd done psychology instead.
At AS level I should have taken English lit instead of French.

Reply 385

XxelliexX

Should have done triple science instead of double science and drama.

Reply 386

Rahul.S

shouldn't of picked art

Reply 387

ZazDogg

I don't regret any of my options. I'm just disappointed with some of my grades.

Reply 388

tuckla07

Original post by criminal

GCSE are so insignificant.. just make sure you get at least 5 GCSEs with at least grade C in maths and Eng.. its the A-levels that are really important when applying to uni

Not really... 5 C's would severly limit your university and employment prospects. Yes, A levels are a lot more important but you need to get the best GCSE's you possibly can, and it's not just about the grades. GCSE knowledge is a good base for A level and then university studies- for example, I didn't take art GCSE and as such was not allowed to take it at a level.
Overall I'd say take what you enjoy and you should end up enjoying them, and wanting to carry them on to further study :smile:

overall I enjoyed all of my GCSE's (apart from french, but it was compulsory to take a language and french wasn't quite as bad as german so...) :P

Reply 389

scribbledoutname

I.T and graphics more than anything!! Hate coursework!! :colone:

Reply 390

Fool In The Rain

I currently enjoy my GCSE options. However, one of my biggest regrets was not taking Triple or Additional Science. I do well in Geography, but I would have rather taken History alone rather than studying both (even if I get As and A*s in both of them). I also took ICT and I get 3 GCSEs in it! But, I find it wrong that a subject so easy is given so many GCSEs, in my opinion, it's ridiculous (no wonder there's a hate for vocational courses, plus they're scrapping ICT for computer science). I really wish I revised hard for the year 9 exam, especially since I was expected a 7c (the level in my school that lets you take Triple Science), sadly I ended up with a 6c, partly my fault, as well as the teacher (no wonder we got a new teacher this year!). But, at least I do well in my options, getting mostly As, with the odd B and A* and at least I do two languages, Spanish and French (completed in year 9) :biggrin:

Reply 391

emzing2396

ART- time consuming, pretty much quantity over quality. Started off great and got an A in my first two projects, but when it got to my mock exam I just got so frustrated and could no longer be bothered. Restarted my final piece four times, then tore it up- resulting in a spectacular C/D.
WORST SUBJECT EVER. I'm looking forward to dropping it at sixth form!

Reply 392

emnat

Travel & Tourism

It was a B Tech so basically meant nothing when I applied for college, I also went on to highly academic subjects such as Law so it was no help at all.
Not only is it a completely useless lesson, its SO boring as well! -All we did was make PowerPoints and posters.

I would never encourage anyone to take Travel & Tourism at GCSE & don't even think it should be an option.

Reply 393

criminal

Original post by tuckla07

overall I enjoyed all of my GCSE's (apart from french, but it was compulsory to take a language and french wasn't quite as bad as german so...) :P

im doing my A2.. i personally, got 10a-c grades..

Reply 394

tuckla07

Original post by criminal

im doing my A2.. i personally, got 10a-c grades..

yeah, but that doesn't mean you should encourage people to not try in theirs :P That comments wasn't really intended for you, more as a follow-up for anyone who read it, didn't want an enitre year thinking their GCSE's didn't matter :tongue:

because, to be honest, your comment was a load of tosh
You also seemed to forget that not everyone does A-levels, in which case they matter even more

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Reply 395

itsmehello

I regret taking graphic art, i enjoed it but it was just too time consuming

Reply 396

SpringNicht

Wish I'd switched to short course RE, I might have done better.

Reply 397

LowRider

Currently doing a degree. But looking back I would say ICT what a load of crap and I ended up getting a D in it. I'm not bad with computers have grown up around them and I am getting very high marks computation modules at uni which includes programming. But seriously we were barely taught much and I am still not sure what they wanted for a good grade.

Kinda wish I had done geography at GCSE. I did it at A level without a GCSE even though you were possibly meant to do GCSE to be accepted and ended up getting an A. I really enjoyed it too as we had some really good teachers.

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Reply 398

LETSJaM

Drama GCSE. Too many bloody essays to write and no-one told us how to bloody do them until a month before the exam. :angry:

<3 x

Reply 399

tuckla07

Original post by LETSJaM

Drama GCSE. Too many bloody essays to write and no-one told us how to bloody do them until a month before the exam. :angry:

<3 x

haha too true! I loved every second of the lessons, but I didn't even know what was in the exam until 2 weeks before, and turns out the teacher was working to the wrong syllabus anyways :colonhash: