The way A2 grades are predicted

I wouldn't say it was chance, especially in science subjects. 90% isn't really asking for much in the sciences. In arts subjects though, it can be quite hard.

beg the teachers and cry alot and swear on the force of life itself that you will get these grades, worked for everyone in my school who wanted As

Are you crazy it is unbelievably hard to get 95% + in biology as well as chemistry ( not sure of physics). I mean have you sat the unit 2 biology AQA spec AS half of it wasn't even based on what we learnt.

Well, I've heard your spec is easier than the one we did this year, and in the one we did... well, 90%+ definitely wasn't very hard.

LIES!

No, the content probably was easier (I spent 90% of my time revising for maths because that's actually hard in comparison), but all of the exams I sat were laid out terribly. The biology paper spelled leukaemia wrong, was really vague, and half the time it was impossible to know what the question wanted you to write. In chemistry, the paper was about 3 pages too long, and half of my friends didn't even manage to finish it. Not to mention the IR spectrum which was supposed to have been either a carboxyllic acid or a ketone, but the spectrum looked like a PERFECT cross between these two. Not even my chemistry teacher, TSR, NO ONE, could decide which it was by looking at the spectrum.

LIES!

No, the content probably was easier (I spent 90% of my time revising for maths because that's actually hard in comparison), but all of the exams I sat were laid out terribly. The biology paper spelled leukaemia wrong, was really vague, and half the time it was impossible to know what the question wanted you to write. In chemistry, the paper was about 3 pages too long, and half of my friends didn't even manage to finish it. Not to mention the IR spectrum which was supposed to have been either a carboxyllic acid or a ketone, but the spectrum looked like a PERFECT cross between these two. Not even my chemistry teacher, TSR, NO ONE, could decide which it was by looking at the spectrum.

I don't understand why nobody has had the good sense to scrap predicted grades... Oh yes, Ed Balls, of course, the government is blissfully ignorant about this major discrepancy.

4. Get rid of resits

predictions are brilliant for those who actually were sick on days of exams and so they get a better chance of getting an offer.

That's because A levels aren't that challenging... especially when you can resit as many exams as you want...

i think to say they are not challenging is a bit ott especially if your basing that on the fact you can resit exams because you can resit exams at med school to and that doesnt stop it being challenging

strange how many people are "ill" during the year, and how very few people are "ill" during REAL exams.