is ABB good A-level results?

I'm not sure how the quote goes but...

"If you judge a fish by its ability to walk, it would always think it was a failure."

There's a reason why the richest people in the world usually didn't do so well at school.

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And you know what they are called? Deviations from the norm!

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I've been on this forum for a while and maybe these grades seem 'average'. But to me to achieve that it is exceptional. Well done. To even achieve a C at A-level is extremely hard.

I created a guide about two years ago, here it is;



Therefore to answer your question;

To the average person, ABB is 'good'.

To the average TSR'er, ABB is 'very bad'.

To the average Asian TSR'er, ABB is unheard of.


Hopefully this helps

You had a medical condition? Did you get A*A*A* at AS?

I got into a A*AA course at a top 25 with ABB so I'm really happy about that.

So by being fair that makes it unfair on those who like the current system? I don't want to take BTECs, A Levels should give a well rounded grade.

How does it have less bias? Your whole argument seems to be "exams suit some people so there"

I'm not sure how the quote goes but...

"If you judge a fish by its ability to walk, it would always think it was a failure."

There's a reason why the richest people in the world usually didn't do so well at school.

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Bill Gates, Harvard. Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard. Warren Buffet, Wharton Business Scool. Surprise surprise, top 3 richest men in the USA went to two of very best schools in the USA.

If you bring up Richard Branson or Lord Sugar like every other person I'm going to plant my face into a wall.

Well, go plant your face in a wall because I am going to bring them up.

These people you mention probably have business acumen as well which A*'s at A level do not teach you. Good grades do not teach you common sense or guarantee any sort of success in life.

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But those are such rare occurrences, you shouldn't encourage them too much, very unlikely to happen and they become even less so as time goes on

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Well, go plant your face in a wall because I am going to bring them up.

These people you mention probably have business acumen as well which A*'s at A level do not teach you. Good grades do not teach you common sense or guarantee any sort of success in life.

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Actually they are not as rare as we think. What about billionaires from other countries? Most of them developed their business sense to good use. Even millionaires and billionaires from the UK and US, I would say quite a high percentage of them more or less failed at school.

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Trivial, but relevant, though you're clutching at straws. No top firms hire grads without common sense, but nor do they high people off the street with just 'common sense'. Deal with the statistics. Also, good grades may not teach you, but certainly studying at a top university will make you for more able and competent than others, and no, not just academically, I assure you.

Firstly, that's highly speculative conjecture. And secondly, you're wrong.

Of course I'm aware that the odds are against you in this day and age if you have no degree seeing as every Tom, Dick and Harry now have one...

...but. As hard as it definitely might be, it is not the BE ALL END ALL. Right? No?

I'm working towards a degree myself after achieving A*AA so not speaking from experience but I do have friends who I regard as generally intelligent work much harder than me and who cannot achieve higher than a C at A level. Makes me question whether exams really are suited to everyone and whether it should be the standard to which everyone is judged.

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I guess it's how you percieve it. I haven't studied maths past GCSE so I can't comment on whether it can be applied to real life or not but I find with most exams, they tend to be very hypothetical. Also they're great if your learning type is reading/writing, if you're kinaesthetic like me it's ridiculous. Go up give a presentation? FINE. Do a cool looking and informative piece of coursework? FINE. Go and do an exam? Lolno. That's what annoys me about exams.

To me they're a means to an end and it seems bizarre to fuss about little grades. But my boyfriend is the same as you to me it makes no sense But he's also a perfectionist like it sounds like you are so I guess it depends on what you're like.