22 August 2013 GCSE results: Discussion thread

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What time can you guys go to pick up your results? Like what time does your school open for collection??? Mine's 10:00am!

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mine's 10am aswell i believe, i would have wished for an earlier time

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pathosL

Original post by cmorga1

What time are edexcel grade boundaries released to students online?

released tomorrow but i'm not sure of any set time

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Dilzo999

Original post by pathosL

released tomorrow but i'm not sure of any set time

Usually it's at 00:01 however they rarely ever keep to this so it should likely be out by 8am.

Gcse's are crucial

Original post by dopeyboi

i dont think the results get sent out in physical form. that'd be too risky. easy for things to be late, or get lost etc. What i believe happens is that at some point on wednesday, the exams officer is able to access the results online. So your school prints the results out and puts them in envelopes. This also explains why the results for different schools are given in different formats. At least i think this is what happens. If i'm wrong can someone correct me?

That actually sounds right. If they got lost in the post there'd be an outcry!

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Alleykat606

Original post by taye_kelani

What time can you guys go to pick up your results? Like what time does your school open for collection??? Mine's 10:00am!

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mine's 9:30am! :tongue:

at least it's early so I can get it over with

Reply 5306

king cobra

what do poeple want to do at uni??????????????????????????????????????

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Icesk8ing97

Hey, I'm in yr 10 and did the core science module 3 exam for ocr 21 st century science from 2011. I was wondering if anyone else found that so hard! I did teh first two modules in January where I got a b for teh first one as I ran out of time and an a* on teh second so I'm hoping for a pass! But yeh anyone???????

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Icesk8ing97

Original post by king cobra

what do poeple want to do at uni??????????????????????????????????????

I wanna go to ucl and do maths and modern foreign languages! Not entirely sure on career but that what I enjoy xx

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lolface32

Original post by king cobra

what do poeple want to do at uni??????????????????????????????????????

Biomedicine :biggrin:

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Basket case

Original post by aLittleBookWorm

I sat WJEC and we did all our English exams at the end of this year - it was the one that wasn't poetry that I'm worrying about :smile:

I'm hoping for a good result at the bottom of the list with Welsh!

Same here all my school did WJEC except for science which was AQA.
I know I already have a B in welsh without sitting the exam( I had full marks last year on foundation so the school
most people in this year for higher)

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snikutsmullac

Just think, in 48 hours time our academic futures will have been determined.

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Lucky260

Original post by snikutsmullac

Just think, in 48 hours time our academic futures will have been determined.

Thank you. That makes me feel a lot, lot better. *forced smile*

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jadeey97

Original post by king cobra

what do poeple want to do at uni??????????????????????????????????????

I want to do midwifery! :smile:

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snikutsmullac

Original post by Lucky260

Thank you. That makes me feel a lot, lot better. *forced smile*

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It's the same for all of us D:

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Lucky260

Original post by snikutsmullac

It's the same for all of us D:

I'm debating whether it's worth looking at the grade boundaries tomorrow. I don't want to break down before I've got my results but I don't want false hope either. :C

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snikutsmullac

Original post by Lucky260

I'm debating whether it's worth looking at the grade boundaries tomorrow. I don't want to break down before I've got my results but I don't want false hope either. :C

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What difference does it make? The grade boundaries represent how well students as a whole have done. They've obviously been worked out to account for all students, you included, so it doesn't really matter how high or low they are. All it tells you is how well or badly everyone has done, you'll still come out with the same grade overall.

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Darnell LD97

Original post by king cobra

what do poeple want to do at uni??????????????????????????????????????

Well I would love to take a physics or maths course at Imperial College London. :biggrin:

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zerock

Original post by Dalek1099

I am not too sure about this hypothesis because AQA seemed to mark the June 12 Unit 1 papers more slackly than the January 2012 Unit 1 papers.For example 1% of people got an A* in B1 in January but 10% got an A* in B1 in June, which seems fishy and the BBC did an article on it-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19599279.So I would expect the marking to be harsher because its the first sitting.