MySQA 2012

Hope it went okay for the scientists today. Tomorrow, two of my favourite languages, Spanish and Gaelic.

Hi Sam, I spoke to you before about my name not getting changed.

However, today I checked my sqa and since today it has been changed. Must have just been a delay

Admin tomorrow , fairly confident!


Sam I have a querie.

Okay say if you got a C at Int 2 Maths which is a pass can you do higher ? Or is it up to the school?

^(personally immexpecting am A but it's a question that's always ran around in my mind)

It's New Year and that can only mean one thing - counting down to the exams. Sorry, but you know it's true and you should be working by now.

My name is SAM and I'm here to help you with any questions you have about the SQA exams, and particularly to encourage you to sign up for the MySQA results service to get your results early by text or email.

I'll be putting up some study tips as well and generally doing what I can to make the whole ghastly business as painless for you as possible.

SAM

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in the Higher English Essay exam, will we be penalised for messy handwriting? mine is absolutely disastrous when I write fast, it's very loopy and all joined up meaning it's hard to read. All of my teachers have complained greatly throughout the year and I'm worried I'll be massively marked down because my marker will be annoyed

Ask for special arrangements to type your exam, thats what my friend gets for history and English because of his handwriting

It's New Year and that can only mean one thing - counting down to the exams. Sorry, but you know it's true and you should be working by now.

My name is SAM and I'm here to help you with any questions you have about the SQA exams, and particularly to encourage you to sign up for the MySQA results service to get your results early by text or email.

I'll be putting up some study tips as well and generally doing what I can to make the whole ghastly business as painless for you as possible.

SAM

How do they calculate the final grade in SG geography if you get a 1/2 or 3/4 etc?

They round up. So a 1:2 gets you a 1, a 3:2 gets you a 2, a 3:4 gets you a 3.

I hate when you get teachers like that, who don't even teach you yet make assumptions about what kind of student you are..

in the Higher English Essay exam, will we be penalised for messy handwriting? mine is absolutely disastrous when I write fast, it's very loopy and all joined up meaning it's hard to read. All of my teachers have complained greatly throughout the year and I'm worried I'll be massively marked down because my marker will be annoyed

in the Higher English Essay exam, will we be penalised for messy handwriting? mine is absolutely disastrous when I write fast, it's very loopy and all joined up meaning it's hard to read. All of my teachers have complained greatly throughout the year and I'm worried I'll be massively marked down because my marker will be annoyed

My candidate number is 060596247

Hi Sam!

This isn't really about mysqa, but it's a very important issue for me.

One third of my standard grade graphic communication is a folio. Now I was off for a week with extremely bad flu (I can have a formal letter from the practice nurse verify this) so I missed my teacher's personal deadline. I am very passionate about my school work and I want to complete everything to the best of my ability. I spent both breaks and a full lunchtime on the day I came back to school finishing an item for the folio, because I was very concerned. I explained to the head of department that I had been off for five days ill and asked politely if I could see my folio to check it over and make sure all the work was there. He replied ath a rude remark saying I had missed the deadline and I didn't care about my work - this is untrue (he doesn't even teach me so he wouldn't know). My mum phoned the school and spoke to a depute, and after the head of department intimidating me, shouting at me and telling me to "shut up" because of this, I basically got nowhere. I didn't get to see my folio, and I didn't get to check it was complee. I was quietly informed by another technical teacher that he will send away an incomplete folio and let pupils get 7s for it. I don't even know what was meant to be in the folio, I have been researching it online and on the sqa's website for a long time, but it is quite confusing.

I checked the official sqa deadline (31st March) for folios and I still had weeks left to complete it (this was in mid-march).

I'm annoyed that something is being sent on my behalf which I'm unsure of. I don't know if the folio is complete, or quite frankly what work he has put into it. I really care about my grades so I'm just wondering what can be done about this! I'm a credit pupil so I don't want to have a folio full of grade 3 things which I haven't agreed to get sent away.

He also wouldn't tell me a grade for the folio (instead telling me to shut up and verbally abusing me when I was quiet and polite towards him) but happily told other pupils. I know you've been helpful in the past so I'm just wondering what can be done if I get a bad grade for the folio, and how I can find out if it is complete or not.

Thanks a million!

Hi

Sorry for not getting back to you. To be honest, there isn't an awful lot we can do about this - we can only mark the materials we are given, and I don't think we can check whether folios are complete at this stage - really that is the responsibility of your teacher and your school. If you feel your teacher has let you down in this regard then you have to take it up with your school.

The only hope I can offer is that if it comes to an appeal then your doctor's note about having flu could help. Having said that, that argument is undermined a bit if you sent your folio in early.

I've passed your question on to a higher authority, but I suspect they are going to come back and say you have to take the matter up with the school. I will keep you informed though!

Fingers crossed!