GCSE mock results vs the real thing

I got U's

but on the real thing they went up to A*'s A's

so im not sure wot i was doin on my mocks

Mocks and predicted mixture of B's, C's and A's

Had a horrendous parents' evening where everyone said I could improve if I worked at it but I knew I didn't have the time / inclination to do that for all 10 gcses

Amazingly got 7 A*'s and 3 A's

Apparently my school mark the mocks really harshly so as to get your butt into gear for the real thing - no-one was more amazed than me

your U's went up to A's and A*'s? haha wow did u fail on purpose first time round
and thanks everyone for replying and things X X (Y)

Mocks aren't a very accurate guideline as to what grade you are likely to get. I got As and Bs in most of my mocks, and ended up with As/A*s. I proved a lot of my teachers wrong. So (if you work hard) your grades should go up by 1 or 2 grades. Well done for doing well in your mocks, but don't let that make you complacent

I'm not complacent; quite the opposite. I'm so nervous nothing's going in and in the past week I've had at least 3 crying fits and lost my appetite over a few days.

Aww don't get worked up about them too much. You're clearly a very capable person, and I'm sure through hard work you'll get where you want Best of luck!

I got U's

but on the real thing they went up to A*'s A's

so im not sure wot i was doin on my mocks

i think i was abit cocky of my ability and then when i got U's was abit like wooopps!

also how the HELL did you guys go up from U's to A*'s???
yeah i'm not worried about suddenly getting C's or anyting
i jsut wanna make sure, like you all said, that i dont become complacent..
i wanna push the A's all upto A*'s
mannn i'm jsut worried coz my school has been DRILLING it into us that GCSE's are the only ACTUAL results you have to show uni's, and BARE people are applying for oxbridge ETC so we all need like 8a*s...the average intake for oxbridge last year was like 8.5a*s at GCSE.
literally the week before we broke up we had FOUR meetings to tell us this...it was like YES WE KNOW thanks for the pressure....
okay yes thank you tout le monde
X X X

I got all A*s except PE in my mocks. As a result, I am absolutely petrified about my real exams because I'm frightened I'm going to get lower than my mocks and look really idiotic or that our mocks were too easy.

Thanks...fortunately, I have some really good friends who don't get angry when I get worked up I'm going to see my History teacher tomorrow to ask her what a good technique for History revision is, since that grade was a miracle (I did most of my revising the night before). How vital is a revision timetable to results?

also how the HELL did you guys go up from U's to A*'s???
yeah i'm not worried about suddenly getting C's or anyting
i jsut wanna make sure, like you all said, that i dont become complacent..
i wanna push the A's all upto A*'s
mannn i'm jsut worried coz my school has been DRILLING it into us that GCSE's are the only ACTUAL results you have to show uni's, and BARE people are applying for oxbridge ETC so we all need like 8a*s...the average intake for oxbridge last year was like 8.5a*s at GCSE.
literally the week before we broke up we had FOUR meetings to tell us this...it was like YES WE KNOW thanks for the pressure....
okay yes thank you tout le monde
X X X

I honestly don't think they've got that right there...I went on the actual website and it said it will accept people with lower GCSEs as long as they show clear signs of improvement in A Levels...I can't see how, for example, if I get an A in Full Course RS, they would use that as a basis of deciding whether to accept or not.