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  1. bahjat93's Avatar
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    Re: Feeling Stupid
    (Original post by Fishfingers52)
    Just been looking through what people have been saying about what they believe they will be getting in their GCSE's and many believe that they will be leave with 7 or 8 A*'s.
    I believe that, at most, I will leave with 4 A*'s, 3 A's, 1 B and 1 D (French). It's now got me thinking, would these grades be enough to get me to Uni. I'm doing A-levels and I'm expected to get A*AA but I have been told that Uni go on your GCSE as well as your A-levels.

    Anyone information would be great.
    The average is 5 C's in most of the country.
    NEVER think of TSR as representing the country, TSR is just a place where the top 10-20% of students in the country come.
    Last edited by bahjat93; 20-07-2012 at 22:52.
  2. 123maz's Avatar
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    Re: Feeling Stupid
    (Original post by Fishfingers52)
    Thanks, and I would be unable to retake French unless I moved schools as my teacher didn't really like me as I got her put on a warning for treating half the class unfairly.
    hahhha a fair enough and just make the most of your time before we all go back in septmeber :eek: xx
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    (Original post by bahjat93)
    The average is 5 C's in most of the country.
    NEVER think of TSR as representing the country, TSR is just a place where the top 10-20% of students in the country come.
    That makes us feel special
  4. veracocha's Avatar
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    Re: Feeling Stupid
    (Original post by OllieGCSEs)
    WHAT?? You are mistaken! A fraction of a fraction of people take more than 14/15 GCSEs and actually Oxbridge will look at your application if you have 8-9 A*s, 16 is ridiculous! Outside of Oxbridge then as long as you have some A*s at GCSE, you can get in with good A levels
    (Original post by Fishfingers52)
    I believe that you are mistaken as only the top 1% of students will receive an A* per subject, and many students will not take more than 13 subjects.
    Maybe things have changed since I went to uni. Standards are clearly slipping somewhat.
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    Re: Feeling Stupid
    (Original post by shadab786ahmed)
    That makes us feel special
    Hahaha, your welcome
  6. social outcast's Avatar
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    Re: Feeling Stupid
    You'll be find the thing is with TSR there lots of very , very, very clever people around which make the clever people think there stupid when there definitively not
  7. RyanTheRed's Avatar
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    Re: Feeling Stupid
    Alternatively, this is the Internet. The people you see on here are effectively faceless and anonymous.

    They can tell you what they like about their grades, this could be the only way they can live out their fantasies and be ace students. Don't believe EVERYTHING you see on here.
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