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  1. hadiyayayaya's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    wow, some people only have three?! I have 15 (no retakes) and I counted myself lucky.. well, good luck to you all!
  2. Kitty.Cat's Avatar
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    11
  3. simibean's Avatar
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    I have 11 exams- one retake.
  4. chriss-cross's Avatar
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    I have 16 exams (no retakes) and my French and one of my English exams clash, thanks to Cambridge IGCSE not planning their exam timetable around the other exam boards. So, we'll have to take the French early and then be supervised by teachers all day, until we take the English. Should be fun!

    Some of my friends even have to take a music exam on a Sunday, and be escorted into school the next day by their parents!
  5. iJess's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    I have 8 exams but they're only 3 subjects.
    I leave on 9th may and all my exams are over by 30th may wooo

    3 AQA additional science (chem, phys, bio)
    2 RE exams (Edexcel)
    3 english exams (AQA)
  6. Zhy's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    16 exams: 3 AS, 13 A2.
  7. Mazzini's Avatar
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    I have 22 exams - I would have more but I've already done French and Music (last year). Only 2/9 subjects I'm doing this year are coursework-based; all others are just exams at the end of the course.
  8. Duke's Avatar
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    I have 21 exams with 2 of them being re-takes.
  9. Ohhiitskatie's Avatar
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    9. Sociology and German clash on the final day
  10. Tommo96's Avatar
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    I have nineteen exams to take for the next few months; undeniably the largest amount of exams out of any student in my year.
  11. RoryS's Avatar
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    I've not got my timetable yet. I'm guessing I've got quite a lot!
  12. DrumChops's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    I'm in Year 11. For GCSEs, I've got 14 exams in Japanese, German, Eng Lang + Lit, Music, Phys, Chem, Bio, Geography. Luckily I did my Maths last year, or it would have been 16!!
  13. HarryPotterFanx's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    I have 8 exams... Starts May 22nd and Ends June 12th

    No retakes...
  14. DrumChops's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    (Original post by HarryPotterFanx)
    I have 8 exams... Starts May 22nd and Ends June 12th

    No retakes...
    Your're really lucky. My fourteen exams span from the 14th of May to the 27th of June Don't even have retakes.
  15. HarryPotterFanx's Avatar
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    (Original post by DrumChops)
    Your're really lucky. My fourteen exams span from the 14th of May to the 27th of June Don't even have retakes.
    We started GCSEs in Year 9 XD so we have had TIME to finish exams.

    year 9; business studies paper 1
    science; B1A.
    Maths; Paper 1, 2, 3,4

    year 10: Business studies paper 2
    science; B1B, c1A, C1B, P1A, P1B. Maths, Paper 6 5
    (I'm modular maths)
    R.E (Ethics)


    Year 11;
    Science; Additional; P2 B2. x2

    Summer;
    R.E
    Dance (Unit 1)
    English Lang
    English Lit- Poems
    English Lit- Literature. (of mice and men and an inspector calls)
    C2
    Last edited by HarryPotterFanx; 03-04-2012 at 19:47.
  16. thatgirlbecky's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    I have 24 exams - and none of them are retakes :unimpressed:

    EDIT: To be fair, they are quite spread out, from 10th May till 28th June
    Last edited by thatgirlbecky; 05-04-2012 at 15:56.
  17. Matt_96's Avatar
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    i have have 10 exams that last from may 14th to june 15th!
  18. Kermitt's Avatar
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    Ive got 8 exams this may, and my school has now refused study leave, so when we leave in May, we gotta come back to school everyday, in our own clothes. I think we should get study leave!

  19. crimson.threads's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    (Original post by Kermitt)
    Ive got 8 exams this may, and my school has now refused study leave, so when we leave in May, we gotta come back to school everyday, in our own clothes. I think we should get study leave!

    I've been denied study leave too! I've actually got an exam on an school day... which is just cruel imo.

    15 exams, no retakes, here. From 4th May to the 25th, last week is killer! 7 exams.
  20. Dalek1099's Avatar
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    Re: exam timetables
    (Original post by crimson.threads)
    I've been denied study leave too! I've actually got an exam on an school day... which is just cruel imo.

    15 exams, no retakes, here. From 4th May to the 25th, last week is killer! 7 exams.
    I should get study leave next year-unless the new headmaster,only been in a year,decides to not allow study leave.Technically, you shouldn't get study leave because being in school guarantees focused revision and I always love a taught lesson and it means that people who don't revise won't just fail their exams-they will if they have been without studying in any form for weeks.
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