Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)
Discussion for A-Level students and for those choosing their A-Level subjects.
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A*A*A* or above 170 38.81% A*A*A 158 36.07% A*AA 183 41.78% AAA 219 50.00% AAB 168 38.36% ABB 143 32.65% BBB 90 20.55% BBC 35 7.99% BCC 20 4.57% CCC 15 3.42% CCD 6 1.37% CDD 4 0.91% DDD 4 0.91% DDE 4 0.91% DEE 3 0.68% EEE or less 7 1.60%
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Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)There seem to be an array of differing opinions as to which A-level grades can be considered good - some people maintain that any less than AAA is a failure while others say thay CCC is a good level.
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)the thing is, obviously BBB is good. CCC would be fair. However, I would be unhappy if I got any of those because that's simply below the requirements of the course I want to do.
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)This thread is pretty unclear. Are you asking what A-level grades would be good for each one of us personally. Or what we think is the minimum from anyone to be considered to have good A level grades?
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)The latter.(Original post by hassi94)
This thread is pretty unclear. Are you asking what A-level grades would be good for each one of us personally. Or what we think is the minimum from anyone to be considered to have good A level grades? -
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)20% on TSR get A*A*A* and above, what are you smoking?(Original post by Aspiringlawstudent)
I would imagine something like 20% of people on TSR get those grades, so it seemed worthwhile to include it.
For me good grades are 3B's and above. I got ABC btw lol. -
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)It doesn't seem that odd to me. Quite a few people seem to have grades in that range.(Original post by pbsjohnz)
20% on TSR get A*A*A* and above, what are you smoking?
For me good grades are 3B's and above. I got ABC btw lol. -
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)It's disproportionate but I definitely wouldn't say 20%.(Original post by Aspiringlawstudent)
It doesn't seem that odd to me. Quite a few people seem to have grades in that range. -
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)Given that Michael Gove has been pushing for no cap on students with AAB grades I suspect that the government is trying to say 'this is the gold standard'. Personally I think ABB and anything above is excellent. BBB is very good, CCC satisfactory, and anything below that unsatisfactory/poor.
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)I would say ABB, with an A in the subject you want to go into, or better I'd consider good grades on the grounds they'll get you to minimum a top 50 uni. How ever there's actually very little difference between an A student and a B student in most A level courses so I wouldn't discount say BBB.
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)Eh? So UUU is good?(Original post by HighestKungFu)
Given that Michael Gove has been pushing for no cap on students with AAB grades I suspect that the government is trying to say 'this is the gold standard'. Personally I think ABB and anything above is excellent. BBB is very good and anything below that good/satisfactory.
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)Work smarter not harder.(Original post by Luffy.)
Done AS and got UUU and I am doing A2 this june and I am sure I will get UUU so I will say CCC is good.
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)Your grades are only 'good' if they reflect that you've worked hard. One person can be chuffed with 3Cs but someone else might feel they slacked but still got 3As. There's no universal good grade, it's really dependent on how hard you've worked and other circumstances that might have impacted on your grades. So if you were going through tough times but got Bs I'd say that was pretty good.
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)I don't agree.(Original post by Tilly87)
Your grades are only 'good' if they reflect that you've worked hard. One person can be chuffed with 3Cs but someone else might feel they slacked but still got 3As. There's no universal good grade, it's really dependent on how hard you've worked and other circumstances that might have impacted on your grades. So if you were going through tough times but got Bs I'd say that was pretty good.
Your grades aren't suddenly 'worse' somehow if you got AAA but didn't work hard to get them, nor are they any better if you worked very hard but got CCC - arguably they are worse, because you actually tried and still got poor grades. -
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Re: Which A-level grades do you consider to be good? (POLL)I'm heading for AAA despite doing barely any work in an entire 2 years. So for me good would be pretty high.
It's all dependent on the person though, some people just aren't as good at exams or holding/ regurgitating large amounts of information. Sadly i'm good at this but not particularly intelligent or hard working.
