How Did Emma Watson DO IT.
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Re: How Did Emma Watson DO IT.It's pretty hilarious that everyone's going on about private tutors and expensive schools here - it takes barely any effort (ie. nothing that you couldn't easily fit around a busy shooting schedule) to get 8 A*s at GCSE and 3 As at A-level if you're a reasonably intelligent human, which she quite possibly is.
What course would this be? I'm not aware of any of the standard undergraduate courses that are related to performing arts. I suppose in a sense English is vaguely related (and by that I mean the course itself - I'm aware that a huge number of top British actors have read English at Cambridge).(Original post by _Fleur_)
the fact that she has offers to do a PERFORMING ARTS related course at Cambridge is, of course, largely due to the fact that she's been acting professionally for most of her life.
Also, amen to earlier comments about STEP. It's true that the vast majority of pre-university exams are jumping through hoops without thinking, but STEP are HARD! -
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Re: How Did Emma Watson DO IT.No doubt you know a lot more about the courses on offer at Cambridge than I do, just something I read...(Original post by Chumbaniya)
What course would this be? I'm not aware of any of the standard undergraduate courses that are related to performing arts. I suppose in a sense English is vaguely related (and by that I mean the course itself - I'm aware that a huge number of top British actors have read English at Cambridge).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/h...ry-Potter.html
'English and Art course'? And yes, even if it is just English she's going to be reading, then her acting credentials would still hold considerable weight in a personal statement or as a topic of conversation in an interview. If she'd been offered a place to study say, Veterinary Medicine, it would be a different story entirely. -
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Re: How Did Emma Watson DO IT.most people aren't aware of these :P(Original post by Mrm.)
oh really ..... like STEP I, II and III for example..... I think not.
and yes you are right.
STEP really isn't just learning the syllabus and jumping through hoops.
it's totally inaccessible to at least 90% of maths a-level students, and less than 5% really stand any chance of getting a good grade in it. im pretty sure at least 80% of maths a-level students couldn't get a passing grade no matter how long they worked on it.
i cant comment on the difficulty of AEAs in other subjects, but im guessing its similar, probably marginally easier.
and how did emma watson get good gcses?
errrrrr, intelligence and working hard? statistically 1 in 50 get grades as good as that, so its not like rocket science. and when you consider how many people dont try at GCSE... its really not all that hard or unlikely. -
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Re: How Did Emma Watson DO IT.Lol, I feel marginally better about myself now.(Original post by MB2Z)
Any exam pre uni is just a swallowing a syllabus and jumping through hoops, and we already know she is good at performing.
It's so aggravating that she's a wonder child. -
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Re: How Did Emma Watson DO IT.I think it cannot buy intelligence directly but it can buy far better grades most of the time. I went to a school with a postcode lottery and had to fight to be allowed to do the courses I wanted and passed with flying colours despite being told by teachers I was of limited intelligence and would be lucky to even complete a single exam, I left with grade 1's(scottish equivalent of A) 100% in over half my exams, so much so that the kids from the well off families were jealous and accused me of cheating because I was lower class scum. Even asking for a UCAS reference the school said I had limited intelligence and needed constant learning support(I was never given or needed it) and that I was slow. Well I recently found out I have aspergers and dyslexia and dyspraxic so being from a low class family with these disabilitys and getting A's/100% in exams shows how smart I am but had to jump through hoops.(Original post by davidac)
No, it cannot buy intelligence, but it can buy you a good education. I went to an average state school in the northeast, where 42% of the school achieved 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE. There is a public school in Berkshire whose average pupil in 2003 achieved 10 A* grades. To say that the school you go to makes no difference to your intellectual development would imply that the kids sent to every public school in the country just so happen to be 'more intelligent' than the kids going to state schools in the northeast. That's clearly not true. How clever you emerge from the school you went to all depends on how well the school stimulates you intellectually, how much they push and encourage you over the years, and so on. Public schools are paid vast amounts of money by the pupils' parents to make damn sure that their kids are pushed to their limits intellectually, that they achieve their full potential, and that they're kept on the straight and narrow. Not sure whether you've ever set foot in a state school or not, but state schools simply do not provide these things to even nearly the same extent.
If you cannot understand this, you're either a massive thick ****, or, you actually attend a public school.
I got 10 A*'s, and know quite a few people from state schools that did also, but we're the exception rather than the rule. The typical pupil at my school achieved rather disappointing exam results (and my school was by no means a 'bad state school' even on a national level), and this is because the school sucks compared to a public school. If you cannot understand this then I've lost all hope for you. -
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Re: How Did Emma Watson DO IT.Good lad, pretty much what I was gonna say. Worthy of a "/thread" for sure.(Original post by MB2Z)
Any exam pre uni is just a swallowing a syllabus and jumping through hoops, and we already know she is good at performing.
