22 August 2013 GCSE results: Discussion thread

Haha being a few marks away from an A* is the worst I guess the best thing is to get it remarked, fingers crossed! The worst thing is that my school is charging £48 just for the remark... that's A LOT! Are you going to get your Chemistry remarked?

Edexcel Geography, i was pretty sure I got an a* in this before results day. This is because, i got 95 and 93 ums (A*A*) in the Dynamic Planet and Making Decisions papers last year (year 10). Also, i got 100 ums in the Geography coursework (A*). This equated to 288 UMS. 360 UMS/400UMS was an A*,so this meant i had to get 72 ums (low b) to get my a* overall. The exam i had to get 72 ums in, was the most recent exam I took this june. Unfortunatley i got 60 ums (c) and was 12 ums marks of the a* overall. I was shocked because I knew i did better than that because i counted the marks i thought i got whilst in the exam.

So my question is- i want to get my exam script back from Edexcel for that last People and the Planet paper, but how do i go about doing so?

I understand your situation, I'm only two marks away from an A* in Chemistry overall XD.
Now whilst it's kind of rare for science exam marks to change (because it's a subject where generally an answer is either right or wrong, unlike essay subjects) you've got nothing to lose, so you may as well go for it I guess? You may get that extra mark! Good luck with whatever you do.

You can do pretty much any subject with a B in Eng Lang if that is the only subject you needed to get a particular grade in, so yes economics is a yes. Yes, further maths is extremely hard, unless you are very good at maths i wouldn't recommend doing it. Sorry, but that's the truth, if you aren't good at a subject don't risk it!

Thanks your a huge life saver x

Haha being a few marks away from an A* is the worst I guess the best thing is to get it remarked, fingers crossed! The worst thing is that my school is charging £48 just for the remark... that's A LOT! Are you going to get your Chemistry remarked?

Most likely. GCSEs aren't as important as A levels (they still look at them though). Tbh yours are pretty good so it should be fine.

This is the first time I've ever been close to getting an A* so yeah I'm having mixed emotions, one half is like "dude you got a high A sldkfmsldmf" the other is like "Yes but A* was so close! XD. £48?! :O If my school charged that much I don't think I'd be able to afford a remark >.>. That seems way too pricey D: I probably won't get it remarked only because it's two marks off and not one, if I was one mark off I'd be really tempted to get it remarked :I Even if you don;t have yours remarked you can still tell people how you basically got an A* though

i would say remark unit 1 language.... but that would be it tbh

Ryan

Aw well done, that's awesome!! I know how you feel because our school has a 48% pass rate :s
But our year did well overall despite the news saying earlier people had done worse.
I had 7A*s 3As and 2B's (although the one b was in applied business and no-one got higher than a B and my teacher is confused :'()
Anyway, well done again

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This is the first time I've ever been close to getting an A* so yeah I'm having mixed emotions, one half is like "dude you got a high A sldkfmsldmf" the other is like "Yes but A* was so close! XD. £48?! :O If my school charged that much I don't think I'd be able to afford a remark >.>. That seems way too pricey D: I probably won't get it remarked only because it's two marks off and not one, if I was one mark off I'd be really tempted to get it remarked :I Even if you don;t have yours remarked you can still tell people how you basically got an A* though

Yeah I know exactly what you mean! Part of me thinks that an A is good enough, but the other part says that an A* would be soo good! LOL Yeah, 48 pounds is so stupid... but I'm going to try and argue about the price, see if I can get it lower! I reckon I will get a remark, and hope for the best! Fingers crossed! Another A* will look so good, It's too close just to leave it

Anyone know how to convert the MATHS AQA LINEAR ums to raw marks?

i got 6As , 3Bs 1c 1D and want to go to oxbrige to study physics. Do i have a chance.
thanks

Yeah it's all so annoying xD. I got 2 Bs both of which were really close to As but I expected to get Bs in them so I am more than happy with almost As XD But if they had been As and my Chemistry had been an A* it would've sounded awesome.
Hopefully you can get it lowered! I wonder if we can get ISAs remarked because maybe there's an easier like, change to it since ISAs are more written based. Good luck, hope you get that A*!

Haha yeah, like in a few subjects I got high A's, but since I expected to get B's in them, I'm more than grateful for them! Yeah, so awesome I was actually wondering that, if they could remark them it would be so much better, because they're more likely to get remarked better than the actual exams, I guess i'll ask my school Thank you!

I got an A* with 293/300 and i think i read somewhere that A* is around the 270-280 mark, i'm not sure, but if that is the case i'm really sorry but i don't think it's worth the remark. I know how frustrated you feel though i'm in the same situation for 2 of my subjects, but an A is still good so congratulations

That's great that you did much better than you expected!
That would be a good idea to ask the school, I have no idea how I'd get round to doing that...I guess since mine's two marks I'm just not going to bother XD I have the grades needed for sixth form, and I always seem to be a mark or two off of boundaries (in modular exams I kept getting one mark off the next grade, so frustrating XD)
You're welcome! Good luck

Hallo! I know i'm a bit late to jump on the bandwagon but hey ho, here're my results anyways

Biology: A*
Chemistry: A*
Physics: A*
English Lit: A*
English Lang: A*
Geography: A*
PRE: A*
Art: A
Maths: A
Economics: B
ICT: B
Italian: B

Economics is a bit of a shame cause i tried sooo hard (i can't seem to wrap my head around it) and still got a C in one of my modules
Oh well! Still SUPER chuffed, espesh since 7*'s was my goal, so YAY!
I really want to do English Lit at Oxford or Durham, and i know that GCSE grades aren't everything, but how do you guys think that i'd fare if i applied for these uni's (especially Oxford)?
Much appreciated

You seem pretty knowledgable on the French front, can you help me? I did AQA French, and if I'm right, Units 1 & 2 are the Listening/Reading papers, and units 3 & 4 are Writing/Speaking - is that right? If it is, I thought that the Writing/Speaking units were out of 60, and I suppose they were scaled up to 90? If that's all correct, then how on earth, with 55/60 (A*) and 51/60 (A), did I end up with 63/90 and 61/90 - a B and C? Do you reckon there's been some sort of calculation error? Or am I just being stupid?