A or A* at gcse ?

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  1. grace...'s Avatar
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    A or A* at gcse ?
    This may seem petty but its really worrying me , my whole secondary life it's been drilled into me that I will get quite a few a*'s , I've just finished my gcse's and to be honest I don't feel like I will get any .

    I have some natural ability so I predict I will get a/b grades , and I know it matters but does it REALLY matter if there's a star infront of the a in later life , I don't want to go into medicine , but I'm looking into business law and economics .
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    Re: A or A* at gcse ?
    (Original post by grace...)
    This may seem petty but its really worrying me , my whole secondary life it's been drilled into me that I will get quite a few a*'s , I've just finished my gcse's and to be honest I don't feel like I will get any .

    I have some natural ability so I predict I will get a/b grades , and I know it matters but does it REALLY matter if there's a star infront of the a in later life , I don't want to go into medicine , but I'm looking into business law and economics .
    I wouldn't worry a huge amount, you might have done better than you thought you did, and even if you didn't there isn't a huge difference between an A and an A* - unis are more worried about your A Levels than GCSEs to be honest!

    Good luck with results
  3. Link96ra's Avatar
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    Re: A or A* at gcse ?
    (Original post by grace...)
    This may seem petty but its really worrying me , my whole secondary life it's been drilled into me that I will get quite a few a*'s , I've just finished my gcse's and to be honest I don't feel like I will get any .

    I have some natural ability so I predict I will get a/b grades , and I know it matters but does it REALLY matter if there's a star infront of the a in later life , I don't want to go into medicine , but I'm looking into business law and economics .
    It depends on what uni your trying to get into and what course but with law and economics its competitive

    I would advise you to look at what the unis your going to apply for want.
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